Prepare to board! : creating story and characters for animated features and shorts /: creating story and characters for animated features and shorts. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Nancy Beiman.
• Authors: Beiman, Nancy
• Contents: Cover; Half Title ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Dedication ; Table of Contents ; Acknowledgments ; Author ; Introduction to the Third Edition ; Section I: Getting Started ; 1: First Catch Your Rabbit: Creating Concepts and Characters ; Logging In: Finding an Idea Walking the Story Line Story Outline and Character Explorations ; Shopping for Story: Creating Outlines ; Where and When Does This Story Take Place? ; Getting the Treatment and Beginning Character Development ; A Story Should Always be Told by the Most Interesting Characters Nothing Is Normal: Researching Action 2: How Storyboard Took Over the Movies (and Television) ; Live-Action and Animation Boards ; The Hybrid Film ; Graphic Novels: Shaping the Frame ; Screen Ratios: The Fixed Frame ; Television Boards and Feature Boards Commercial Storyboard: An Interview with Elliot Cowan Who Loves Short Shorts? ; 3: Putting Yourself into Your Work ; Symbolic Animals and Objects ; See You Later, Allegory ; The Newsman's Story Guide: Who, What, When, Where, and Why ; 4: Situation and Character Driven Stories Linear Stories Character Arcs and Story Subtexts ; Nonlinear Stories ; Formulaic Characters and Stories ; "What If?" The Possible Story ; Defining Conflict and Story Arcs ; Stealing the Show ; Parodies and Pastiches ; Beginning at the Ending: The Tex Avery "Twist"
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 791.4334; Animated films -- Authorship; Animation (Cinematography); Cartoon characters; Animated films -- Authorship; Animation (Cinematography); Cartoon characters; PERFORMING ARTS / Reference; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351652339; 1351652338
• Related ISBNs: 9781498797009; 1498797008
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.