Animation (Movement) Guidebook: Basic Course On Communicating Expressions
Categories：Design Resources
The life-long lectures of "Animation Boot Camp,'' a human resource development program that has been running for more than 10 years as an initiative of the Agency for Cultural Affairs in the media arts field, have finally been published as a book.
Learn the secrets of movement from top animator instructors!
Move your body, observe, and learn together????
This is a simple and profound guidebook for creating animation that ?gcommunicates?h. How do you design a performance plan, draw your movements, and communicate them to others? Through workshops and lectures based on a wealth of examples, you can learn the way of thinking necessary to draw animation movements.
Includes special lectures by animators Yoichi Kotabe, Nobuo Tomizawa, and Hiroyuki Okiura, as well as interviews with Toshiyuki Inoue, Yoshihiro Komori, Ryochimo, and Cedric Errol. This is a timeless introduction to animation that summarizes the essence of the "Animation Boot Camp,'' a human resource development program that has been running for more than 10 years as an initiative in the media arts field of the Agency for Cultural Affairs.
At the end of the book is a flip book collection by Takeshi Inamura that you can flip through and enjoy the animation! In addition, a URL is included where you can view a movie of the published example, so you can deepen your understanding while checking the movement in the movie.
[Table of Contents]
Foreword
How to use this book/Character introduction/Author introduction
About the line test environment
Glossary for learning animation
Part 1 What does ?ggood?h mean? What is ?gexpression?h?
1-1 What is ?gpainting?h?
1-2 Is a drawing ?ggood?h if it is accurately drawn?
1-3 ?gCommon sense?h for ?gcommunicable expression?h
1-4 Confirmation of common sense?@??Check with onomatopoeia
1-5 Confirmation of common sense?A??Feel with your own body Jiru
1-6?@Common sense seen in character animation?@??Study "Walking''
1-7?@Common sense seen in character animation?A??Acting "Surprise''
1-8?@Example?@Movie "When Marnie Was There'' ?xcut-0636
Part 2 Confirm the common sense
2-1 Workshop?@ Balloon
2-2 Workshop?A Ball
2-3 Special lecture 1 About the common sense (Lecturer: Takeshi Inamura)
2- 4 Special Lecture 2 Expression of waves (Lecturer: Yoichi Kotabe)
Part 3 Feel it with your body
3-1 Workshop 1 Feel the center of gravity
3-2 Workshop 2 Feel the tempo
3-3 Lecture Feel the movement
Column Theater game
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Part 4 Find the pose
4-1 Workshop Draw a thumbnail
4-2 Example Thumbnail example drawn in the workshop
4-3 Lecture 1 Tips for drawing thumbnails
4- 4 Lecture 2 and
Part 5 Creating a performance
Procedure for creating a performance - 4 steps
5-1 Workshop Walking
5-2 Lecture 1 Creating a performance
5-3 Lecture 2 Natural walking
5 - 4?@Special Lecture 1?@To combine rough drawings into three-dimensional ones (Lecturer: Nobuo Tomizawa)
5-5?@Special Lecture 2?@Thinking about natural acting in animation (Lecturer: Hiroyuki Okiura)
Part 6 Animation Boot Camp Education
What is ?gAnimation Boot Camp?h?
?qInterview?rOB/OG Interview ?@ (Aka Isano)
?qInterview?rOB/OG Interview ?A (Yasutaka Akama)
?qSymposium?rAnimation Boot Camp 10 Years of Progress (Toshiyuki Inoue/Komori) Yoshihiro/Ryochimo/Aka Irono/Bamboo Koji Uchi/Tart Fuyama)
List of movies
Appendix at the end of the book: Flipbook collection
Koji Takeuchi (Author), Takeshi Inamura (Author), Tarto Fuyama (Author)
About the Author
Author: Koji Takeuchi
Co-Director of Animation Boot Camp. Animation producer, Tokyo Anime Award Festival Festival Director. Born in 1953. Joined Nippon Animation Co., Ltd. in 1976. In 1980, transferred to Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. Former president of Telecom Animation Film. Since 2016, he has been the festival director of the Tokyo Anime Award Festival. Representative works include "Three Thousand Leagues in Search of Mother'' (1976), "Rascal the Raccoon'' (1977), "Future Boy Conan'' (1978), "Anne of Green Gables'' (1979), and "Jarinko Chie'' (1981). , "Detective Holmes'' (1984-85), "Little Nemo'' (1989), etc.
Author: Takeshi Inamura
Animator. Belongs to Production I.G. Co., Ltd. After joining Shinei Animation Co., Ltd. and being in charge of videos and video checks, he joined Studio Ghibli Co., Ltd. in 1991. After that, he worked on the original illustrations for Ghibli works, and worked for Studio Ponoc Co., Ltd. until now. Major works in which he has participated include "Spirited Away" (2001, original animation), "The Cat Returns" (2002, assistant animation director), "Howl's Moving Castle" (2004, animation director), "Gedo Senki" (2006) , animation director), "Ponyo on the Cliff" (2008, Assistant Animation Director), ?gFrom Poppy Hill?h (2011, Animation Director), ?gThe Wind Rises?h (2013, Original Animation), ?gWhen Marnie Was There?h (2014, Assistant Animation Director), ?gThe Beast?h ( 2015, original picture), ?gYour Name. ?h (2016, original art), ?gMary and the Witch?fs Flower?h (2017, animation director), ?gThe Dragon and the Freckled Princess?h (2021, original art), ?gHow do you live??h (2023, original art), ?gIn the Attic?h "Raja'' (2023, original picture).
Author: Tart Fuyama
Co-director of Animation Bootcamp. Professor, Department of Animation, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts. Doctorate (academic). He has been producing animation works since the 1990s. He began developing animation production devices in the 2000s, and holds hands-on exhibitions and workshops at museums and science museums both in Japan and abroad. The stop-motion app "KOMA KOMA" developed is widely used in elementary and junior high school classes, expanding the scope of animation education. In addition, we have developed the line test tool "KOMA CHECKER'' and the app "KOMA OTO'' that can also record time-lapse sound. Secretary-General of the Japan Animation Society. Director of the Japan Animation Association. Director of the Japan Animation Education Network, a general incorporated association.
Publisher: BNN (2024/3/27)
Release date: 2024/3/27
Language: Japanese
Book: 232 pages
ISBN -10: 4802512724
ISBN-13: 978-4802512725
Dimensions: 22.3 x 18.2 x 1.8cm
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