The Animation Producer's Handbook : A production guide

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An easy to read reference guide to the business and management side of producing animation. Wondering what a render wrangler does, exactly? Intrigued by slugging? If you've ever dreamed of working in the animation industry, this is your ideal guide. Animation is big business. Many of the top grossing movies of the past ten years are fully animated films. But there's more to animation than Shrek there's also TV, video games, advertising, online, and a whole range of interactive products. Whatever the media, producers need to be familiar with the language and procedures of animation. The Animation Producer's Handbook is an easy to read guide to the business and management processes of producing animation. The authors draw on their wide experience to demystify and describe the producer's role from a project's inception to its conclusion. Covering everything from the initial concept and the pitch', to establishing a core team, developing the script and characters, and budgeting and scheduling, Milic & McConville take you step-by-step through the production cycle from pre- to post-production. With an extensive glossary, details of funding bodies and tips on industry marketplaces, The Animation Producer's Handbook is an essential reference for budding animation producers everywhere. 'a must have book for all those involved in the animation process or who want to be.' - Jan Nagel, US Representative of AGOGO Corporation and president of Women in Animation International 'a lucid and detailed description of the business of producing animation from the initial pitch to screening strategies It's going on our required reading list.' - Dr Michael Hill, Director of the Master of Animation, University of Technology Sydney Table of Contents : 1. Animation 2. The producers 3. The concept and the pitch bible 4. Project development 5. Setting up the pre-production process 6. The 2D pre-production process - part 1 7. The 2D pre-production process - part 2 8. 2D production 9. Pre-production and 3D animation 10. 3D production 11. Post-production 12. Producing Flash, stop motion and multipath movies Glossary Resources First published April 2006. About the Author : Lea Milic is an associate development director at Electronic Arts Los Angeles, California, specialising in outsourcing and has also worked as a senior producer, localisation producer, web producer and teacher. She has worked at Yoram Gross/EM TV, Energee Entertainment, Brilliant Interactive, DIC Entertainment, Santa Monica Academy of Entertainment and Technology and McElroy Advertising. Yasmin McConville is a line producer at Yoram Gross/EM TV in Sydney, Australia, and has also worked as a post-production coordinator, motion capture manager and multipath producer. First published April 2006.

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• ISBN : 9781741147230
• Publisher : Allen & Unwin(Australia) Pty Ltd
• Imprint : Allen & Unwin(Australia) Pty Ltd
• Product Type : books

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• Bind : Paperback
• Author : Lea Milic & Yasmin McConville