Animation

Basics Animation: Scriptwriting

Paul Wells

Basics Animation: Scriptwriting addresses the full variety of approaches to scripting and developing for an animated film, profiling the particular issues faced by the animation scriptwriter, and the techniques to overcome them.

Basics Animation: Scriptwriting seeks to promote the unique qualities of animation as a form of expression. The book looks at genres in animation as a starting point for scripting, employing a range of case studies from feature films and public relations work to independent productions, in order to reveal a range of approaches to writing. It provides a clear account of the spectrum of choices and approaches available to the animator, and the particularities of each model.

Key features

• Core student text that discusses the key principles and processes involved in animation scriptwriting.
• Features contributions and examples from artists, animators and film-makers from all over the world.
• Presented in a visually stimulating style, designed to appeal to students of the creative arts.

Readership: Intermediate

• Our Basics books provide readers with an in-depth exploration of each of the topics introduced in the Fundamentals titles. These books offer both a theoretical and practical approach, supported by examples and exercises.
• Individual titles can form the basis of specific modules, while the series as a whole functions as a comprehensive reference tool, and can be called upon at any stage of a student’s education.

Offers valuable introductory insight into the subject to students from a visual background who struggle with the need to develop meaningful and structured approaches to script development.

Andrew Selby, Loughborough University, UK

978 2 940373 16 1

$29.95 srp

176 pages
200 colour images
230mm x 160mm
Paperback with flaps

Autumn 2007