Annotated Bibliography: The Animation Bible

Annotated Bibliography (approx. 1750 words)

Books

 Furniss, M., 2008. In: The Animation Bible. New York: Abrams.

In this book, Furniss assists the reader in understanding different forms of animation while also explaining clearly the different techniques which can be used in order to create stop motion and digital animations. She also supplies useful examples to display each technique. This helps to gain a greater understanding of animation as a whole.

 Furniss, M., 2007. In: Art in Motion Animation Aesthetics. Malaysia: John Libbey & Company Limited.

This book assisted in furthering my understanding of the differences between multiple types of animation. Again, Furniss clearly describes the process while also using valid and simple

In: The animation book: a complete guide to animated filmmaking: from flip-books to sound cartoons to 3-D animation. New York: Three Rivers Press.

I found a useful section of this book where it explains the process of creating animations along with the use of a rostrum camera in order to give depth to the scene. The book also gives an excellent insight into the merging of stop motion and CGI in order to make the animation process faster and easier to work with. Laybourne also goes into explanations of different software which are used for this process. I think this book will be very useful while I’m discussing Laika in my research project.

 Thomas, F. & Johnston, O., 1981. The Illusion of Life Disney Animation. New York City: Abbeville Press.

I believe that this book will be extremely useful when discussing the history of animation and when mentioning the many types of animation. The chapter which I think will be very useful is Chapter three which describes the 12 basic principles of animation

 Weisher, P., (2004). Moving Pixels: blockbuster animation, digital art, and 3D modeling today. London: Thames & Hudson.

I plan on using this book to further my understanding of CGI animation while also giving me information on some of the larger animation studios such as Disney

(2016). Set Visit Report: 'KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS' Plus BTS Video From The Film. [online] LRM Online. Available at: http://lrmonline.com/news/set-visit-kubo-and-the-two-strings [Accessed 15 Dec. 2016].

This website describes a set visit during the creation of Kubo and the Two Strings in this piece the use of hybrid technologies is mainly discussed.

 Generator.acmi.net.au. (2016). Adam Elliot on the animation process | ACMI Generator. [online] Available at: http://generator.acmi.net.au/makers/animation/animation-process [Accessed 13 Dec. 2016].

This website displays an interview with animator Adam Elliot, the artist behind many stop motion shorts such as Cousin (1998). I may use some of his interview answers to draw on my own ideas and questions to be asked within my research project.

 Gulati, P. (2016). Step-by-Step: How to Make an Animated Movie. [online] 3D & Motion Graphics Envato Tuts+. Available at: https://cgi.tutsplus.com/articles/step-by-step-how-to-make-an-animated-movie--cg-3257 [Accessed 11 Dec. 2016].

This website gives a great insight into the process of creating an animation and the production of CGI animated characters and sets while also showing how to then prepare them for the animating