Books/Movies

So here, in no particular order is a list of books and movies that I have found to be entertaining, useful, indispensible, amazing, awesome… well, you get the picture.

Books

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  Character Animation Crash Course!
  Author: Eric Goldberg
  Rating: 5

 

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  TOO FUNNY FOR WORDS: DISNEY’S GREATEST SIGHT GAGS
  Author: Frank; Johnston, Ollie Thomas
  Rating: 4

 

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  Walt Disney’s Bambi: The Story and the Film/With Flip Book
  Author: Frank Thomas
  Rating: 4

 

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  Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels
  Author: Scott McCloud
  Rating: 4

 

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  The Art of Animal Drawing: Construction, Action Analysis, Caricature (Dover Books on Art Instruction, Anatomy)
  Author: Ken Hultgren
  Rating: 5

 

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  Acting for Animators
  Author: Ed Hooks
  Rating: 3

 

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  Animation from Pencils to Pixels: Classical Techniques for the Digital Animator
  Author: Tony White
  Rating: 5

 

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  Film Directing: Shot by Shot: Visualizing from Concept to Screen (Michael Wiese Productions)
  Author: Steven Katz
  Rating: 5

 

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  Digital Character Design and Painting (Graphics Series)
  Author: Don Seegmiller
  Rating: 5

 

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  The Artist’s Complete Guide to Facial Expression
  Author: Gary Faigin
  Rating: 5

 

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  The Animator’s Survival Kit: A Manual of Methods, Principles, and Formulas for Classical, Computer, Games, Stop Motion, and Internet Animators
  Author: Richard Williams
  Rating: 5

 

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  The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation
  Author: Frank Thomas
  Rating: 5

 

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  All About Techniques in Drawing for Animation Production (All About Techniques Series)
  Author: Sergi Camara
  Rating: 4
  The artwork is good (from rough sketches to completed pieces), and the content appears good: starting with a brief history of animation, the book has 6 main chapters: The Studio and the Materials, The Storyboard, Creating and Constructing Characters, The Layout, The Animation, The Finish. There are approximately 186 pages so you can’t get into too much detail about any one topic, but I do like what it does cover. The biggest section seems to be “The Animation” chapter covering approximately 77 pages. I’m not sure there is much new as far as content, but I like how it is presented. Either way, if you are a 2d or 3d animator this looks like a good edition to add to your collection… well it jumped into my shopping cart!

 

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  Prepare to Board! Creating Story and Characters for Animation Features and Shorts
  Author: Nancy Beiman
  Rating: 5

 

Movies

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  Frank and Ollie (Special Edition)
  Director: Theodore Thomas
  Rating: 4

 

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  Techniques of Scott Robertson 1: Basic Perspective Form Drawing
  Director: Gnomon Workshop
  Rating: 4

 

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  Chuck Jones – Extremes and In-Betweens, a Life in Animation
  Director: Margaret Selby
  Rating: 4