How to Write for Animation
Author | : Jeffrey Scott |
Publisher | : Abrams |
Total Pages | : 382 |
Release | : 2003-06-24 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781468304275 |
ISBN-13 | : 1468304275 |
Rating | : 4/5 (75 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: In recent years, the world of animation has expanded far beyond the Saturday morning cartoons that generations of Americans grew up watching. Recent years have seen a boom in animation—hit prime-time television series, blockbuster cutting-edge digitally animated features, conventional animation. The expanding market is luring writers who have an eye toward the future and an eagerness to work in a medium where the only limit is the depth on one’s imagination. With step-by-step instructions and the insights of a seasoned veteran, award-winning animation writer Jeffrey Scott details the process of developing even the vaguest of ideas into a fully realized animation script. He details every stop on the road from inspiration to presentation, with sections on premises, outlines, treatments, description, and dialogue, and much more.