Craft Notes for Animators

<P>If Disney’s <I>Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs </I>represented the Animation industry’s infancy, Ed Hooks thinks that the current production line of big-budget features is its artistically awkward adolescence. While a well-funded marketing machine can conceal structural flaws, uneven performances and superfluous characters, the importance of crafted storytelling will only grow in importance as animation becomes a broader, more accessible art form. <I>Craft Notes for Animators</I> analyses specific films – including <EM>Frozen </EM>and<EM> Despicable Me </EM>– to explain the secrets of creating truthful stories and believable characters. It is an essential primer for the for tomorrow’s industry leaders and animation artists.</P>