[Richard_Williams]The Animators Survival Kit (Expanded Edition)(pdf){Zzzzz}

Animation is one of the hottest areas of filmmaking today—and the master animator who bridges the old generation and the new is Richard Williams. During his nearly fifty years in the business, Williams has been one of the true innovators, winning three Academy Awards and serving as the link between Disney’s golden age of animation by hand and the new computer animation exemplified by the films from Pixar.

Perhaps even more important, though, has been his dedication in passing along his knowledge to a new generation of animators. In this book, based on his sold-out master classes in the United States and across Europe, Williams provides the underlying principles of animation that every animator—from beginner to expert, classic animator to computer-animation whiz—needs. He illustrates his points with hundreds of drawings, distilling the secrets of the masters into a working system. In this revised edition, he expands upon and illuminates more difficult areas of animation, such as animal action and gaits and the correct use of live action, to help animators push the medium in new directions.

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Review
"Arguably the best animator working in the field today."--Hollywood Reporter

"Richard is a genius."--Robert Zemeckis (director, Back to the Future, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Forrest Gump)

"Probably one of the most respected draftsmen in the world."--Los Angeles TV Times

"Williams is miles ahead of anyone in the world of animation."--New York Times

"Voted by peers as 'The Animator's Animator'."--Observer

About the Author

Richard Williams is best known as the Director of Animation and designer of the new characters for Who Framed Roger Rabbit, for which he won two Academy Awards, including a Special Achievement Award.Canadian-born Williams has won three US Academy Awards, three British Academy Awards, and an Emmy among 246 international awards - starting with his first film The Little Island in 1958.Williams has also animated title sequences for Return of the Pink Panther, The Pink Panther Strikes Again, What's New Pussycat, Casino Royale and linking sequences for The Charge of the Light Brigade, as well as countless prize-winning commercials.In 1990 he was voted by his peers as 'The Animator's Animator', and in 1995 he started giving the Richard Williams Animation Masterclass for professionals and students worldwide.

Publisher: Faber & Faber; Revised Edition edition
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0571238335
ISBN-13: 978-0571238330

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

The book which will Help you survive!
By Sumit Kumar on 21 September 2014
Like the name says, essential for surviving in the animation industry. all 380 pages in book are Dedicated to the art of Character Animation. If ever. you are having problem with motion in animation, this is the book which will help you survive!

Exactly what it says on the cover!
By Prasanth T on 12 July 2013
Must have for an animator, beginner, pro, amateur who wants to know how animation works.A good resource for, and artist's library
It goes in-depth with explaining different methods and techniques to animation, as well as giving a brief history behind them and the studio(s) that developed them. Another feature is that it includes a ton of pages in the back for reference (walk cycles and so on) that are great to use if you've no idea where to start.
To animators, I can't recommend anything more important than this book.

great book
By meenu on 24 July 2014
my sir recommened me to buy it and this books is very helpfull
mmust buy for new and proffesional animators