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Producing Animation (Focal Press Visual Effects and Animation) |
Author: Catherine Winder
Published: 2001-05 |
List price: $45.95
Our price: $30.33
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Customer comments on this selection.
 A nice picture
A friend of mine who is a production manager recommended this book to me. I think that any person working in production will find it very useful. This is a book that you can always refer to. Even if you are working in the CG industry, most things apply the same. This is a very unique book!
 Independent Producer
This book is an excellent book for producers ONLY. If you are a director, animator, designer, etc. then this book is not for you at all. For example ,it doesn't mention the aspects of lighting, camera movements, artistic style and the list go on.
Adding to that, the authors seems to have low knowledge of 3D graphic and animation software and hardware. The authors didn't mention and software package at all. Both of the authors seems old in the animation industry, and ,unfortunately, they didn't improve their knowledge to match the new era of 3D animation.
Why three stars then? As I said, if you are producer, this book for you, but still not enough source. Also, if you are a planing in investing in animation business and don't want to go into the details of producing animation, this book is a good source for that purpose.
 Message to the author
Both industry experienced ladies have done a good drafting
of the content. It looks more theoretical and fails to explain the practical aspects. I work in animation industry, but
it doesn't mean that I have to undervalue artists.
In a animation production both creative and management team
play equal role. But here the artists have been undervalued a lot.
it doesn't cover core production management aspects. Whole
production process has been explained in mechanical procedure.
The animation production company is not a product manufacturing
company.
 A big disappointment
I was so disappointed with this book. As an animator I bought this book hoping that it would give me some idea about how to start producing my own short films and becoming an independant animator, but I soon discovered that the book had nothing to offer and the authors had no clue at all what problems animators faced in producing their own films.
Tremendous wealth of info on animaton production
Okay, you bought every book out there on how to create animation and you have a project you're trying to produce. Well, up until now you would have to track down [costly] freelance producers to put together your budgets and schedules and lose a big percentage of your creation to people who don't hand out trade secrets for free.Not anymore! This book is packed with charts and diagrams of animation production that can be fit to whatever type of project you are planning on pitching. To the purist this book would seem to be the end of the world. Just because the book describes top heavy management doesn't mean we are obligated to follow [along]. "Producing Animation" lists every job out there, so we can pick and choose which ones are redundant and need to be streamlined.
This book has no place in a purists library. If all you want to do is have your work viewed at experimental film festivals keep working with your small group of volunteers. But those of us who need a resource to take our ideas to TV or the theater need look no further, because as of yet there is nothing else. Thanks to Catherine and Zahra, you've probably taken much flack for putting this info out there for animators to buy.
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