They want to know that your idea is a strong one, that is has a strong premise, that it has "legs" - meaning that your story is big enough to span a full series and, further potential series.

If a scene contains several elements, there should be a balance in how those elements are exaggerated in relation to each other, to avoid confusing or overawing the viewer. This book gives a history of Disney animation, explaining the processes involved in clear, non-technical terms. The level of exaggeration depends on whether one seeks realism or a particular style, like a caricature or the style of a specific artist. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

In the course of time Cain brought to the Lord an offering of the fruit of the ground, and Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions. The animator needs to be a skilled artist and has to understand the basics of three-dimensional shapes, anatomy, weight, balance, light and shadow, etc. The Animation Bible covers every conceivable animation process and technique, explaining and exploring their use through case studies of eminent and cutting-edge animators past and present. A good pitch is like throwing out a hook, helping your potential investors and partners to understand the context of your idea and build excitement about its potential. All the illustrations were fully animated in the app version, and many parts of the chapter were annotated with explanatory comments from Disney's current animators.

Overlapping action" is the tendency for parts of the body to move at different rates (an arm will move on different timing of the head and so on). A third, related technique is "drag", where a character starts to move and parts of them take a few frames to catch up. The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son. There are several tricks for making a character connect better with the audience; for likable characters, a symmetrical or particularly baby-like face tends to be effective.This series of half hour films re-tell the stories of David and Saul, Ruth, Jonah, Moses, Joseph, Elijah, Abraham, Daniel and Creation and the Flood. In baseball, a fastball would tend to move in a straighter line than other pitches; while a figure skater moving at top speed would be unable to turn as sharply as a slower skater, and would need to cover more ground to complete the turn. Body parts with much tissue, such as large stomachs and breasts, or the loose skin on a dog, are more prone to independent movement than bonier body parts. Our first year students must create a animation bible as part of pitching their pitch for an animated TV series - part of the "Movement and Narrative" module in year 1.

She is also founding editor of Animation Journal and author of Art in Motion: Animation Aesthetics, The Animation Bible, and A New History of Animation. The essence of this principle is keeping focus on what is relevant, and avoiding unnecessary detail.

In 2013, the book's third chapter (which explains the twelve basic principles of animation) was republished in its entirety with the permission of the authors' heirs in the Disney Animated iPad app from Touch Press. In realistic animation, however, the most important aspect of this principle is that an object's volume does not change when squashed or stretched. A guide from everything from Flipbooks to Flash" is not just a name it really does take you through everything in animation.