Inspired 3D Short Film Production

Description

This book brilliantly guides readers, using colorful images and step-by-step instructions, through all aspects of creating a digital short film, from the development stage (story, character design, animatics), through the production process (animation, camera direction, lighting), as well as the post-production phase (editing, submitting to festivals and contests). By the time readers complete ?Inspired 3D Short Film Production?, they will have received an overview of all the steps involved in creating a digital short, as well as having witnessed the production of a student's short film from concept through completion. Co-Author Jeremy Cantor's latest CG short film, "Squaring Off" will be featured in ?North America?s Best Animated Shorts? (DVD collection) scheduled for release this Spring. Co-Author Pepe Valencia is currently lending his character animation skills to "Tadpole," ?Sony Imageworks' second animated CG short. An exciting companion DVD features several student and professional animated shorts, and includes examples performed in the book's tutorials. "Inspired 3D Short Film Production" provides budding filmmakers with the necessary inspiration, examples, and pipeline suggestions to help them turn their story ideas into reality through the medium of the 3D animated CG short.

CONTENTS:

1. Introduction
2. Story
3. Character Design and Development
4. Production design
5. Storyboarding and Animatics
6. Technical & Structural Considerations
7. Modeling
8. Texture Mapping and Background Painting
9. Character Set Up
10. 3D Animatics and Layout
11. Animation
12. Camera Direction
13. FX
14. Audio
15. Lighting and Rendering
16. Compositing
17. Editing and Post Production
18. What to do with your finished short
Appendices:
A: Glossary of Terms
B: Resource Lists
C: Complete Bibliography
D: Film Suggestions