動畫師必備的書籍之一－The Animator's Survival Kit

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動畫師必備的書籍之一－The Animator's Survival Kit，發行DVD版本－The Animator's Survival Kit – Animated，如果你對閱讀書籍有種莫名的恐懼感，或是很想觀看書籍中提到的動畫片段的話，那麼這個DVD版本大概最適合你不過了，不過對我來說，書籍這個媒介更有彈性，我可以隨時選擇我要的時間以及我要的地方，至於DVD，想要隨時看的話，你得要有個portable的DVD player，前後章觀看也不如書籍方便，更不用說要在上面註解了，而且我有個毛病，觀看video tutorials時總是會讓我昏昏欲睡。

整套DVD共16片，11月前預購的話美金$1,168.16元(新台幣36,519元)，這個價錢坦白說實在是很沒有競爭力，尤其是對正在學習動畫的學生們，大概只有學校或是公司負擔得起，在這個DVD複製這麼容易的時代，不久後絕對會有人將它放在網路上，提供給人用P2P軟體下載，不管這些人會不會真的去看，所以，倒不如變成付費的線上教程，然後分成很多個部分，價格或許也可以平易近人一些，這樣或許可以讓Richard Williams寶貴的經驗真正獲得推廣吧。

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The Animator's Survival Kit DVD版本

The Animator's Survival Kit - Animated


Each DVD box set comes with an exclusive personally signed statement from Richard Williams
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Animation is one of the hottest and most creative areas of filmmaking. The master animator who bridges the gap between the golden age of animation by hand and the computer animation successes is Richard Williams, triple Oscar winner and Director of Animation of Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
Williams has now combined his best-selling book, The Animator’s Survival Kit, with his legendary Masterclasses to produce this 16-DVD box set. Filmed over four days at Blue Sky Studios in New York, the Masterclass is intercut with over 350 specially animated examples. During his 50 years in the business, Williams has been one of the true innovators. Dedicated to passing on his knowledge to a new generation of animators so that they in turn can push the medium in new directions, here he reveals the secrets of the masters, distilling his experience into a working system that makes animation better and easier to do. You’ve read the book – now see it filmed.
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16-DVD Box Set Contents:
1. STARTING RIGHT2. TIMING AND SPACING3. WORKING METHODS4. MORE TIMING MORE SPACING5. BUILDING WALKS6. FLEXIBILITY IN A WALK7. SNEAKS, RUNS, and ANIMAL ACTION8. FLEXIBILITY9. OVERLAPPING ACTION and WEIGHT10. TAKES11. VIBRATES12. ACCENTS13. DIALOGUE 114. DIALOGUE 215. GIVING THE PERFORMANCE16. PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
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Reviews of The Animator's Survival Kit - Animated
‘When an animation great like Richard Williams offers you the fruits of his experience - his knowledge, his craft - packed into a box and fully illustrated with moving pictures, just say “thank you!” and hand over the cash. Then use it.'JAN PINKAVA Oscar winner Geri’s Game and Co-Director Ratatouille
‘The sample animation is amazing and it is so wonderful to see Richard Williams demonstrating in live-action: articulate, passionate and humorous. He is a distillation of a dozen master animators each giving you a private tutorial, a uniquely personal way to learn the art and the craft of animation.’JOHN CANEMAKER, NYU Professor, Author, Oscar-winning animation filmmaker.
About Richard Williams
Richard Williams was the creative mind behind the animation of the worldwide smash hit Who Framed Roger Rabbit for which he won two Oscars. He directed and designed Roger and Jessica Rabbit, Baby Herman and all the new characters for the Walt Disney/Steven Spielberg blockbuster.
British-based Williams has won 3 Oscars, 3 British Academy Awards and over 250 other international awards. His 50 year career in animation includes The Return of the Pink Panther, What’s New Pussycat, Casino Royale, The Charge of the Light Brigade and the Oscar-winning A Christmas Carol.
In the 1990s he gave the Richard Williams’ Animation Masterclasses around the world to participants from studios such as Disney, Pixar, ILM, Dreamworks /PDI and Warner Bros, culminating in his best-selling book, The Animators Survival Kit (2001).
‘Absolute animation genius’ Los Angeles Times‘Arguably the best animator working in the field today’ Hollywood ReporterVoted by peers as ‘The Animator’s Animator’ The Observer‘The only “genius” genius to come along in animation in years …probably one of the most respected draftsmen in the world.’ Los Angeles TV Times
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