This book opens up the creative process for you, delivering tips, tricks, anecdotes, and advice from the makers of today's award winning CG shorts. The text includes a comprehensive showcasing of films from filmmakers at a variety of industry levels, including award-winning student filmmakers.

Learn from TRUE GAME LEGENDS: Will Wright - Sims creator, Harvey Smith - Deus Ex-fame, and Warren Spector - founder of Origin Games...as they share their secrets on applying age-old cinematic film techniques to the greatest games of our time.

This book explains the creation of animation from concept to production. Instead of focusing on singular aspects of animation production, talented animators can learn to make better films by understanding the process as a whole. Veteran independent filmmaker Hannes Rall teaches you how to develop an animation project from the very start of conceptual exploration though to completed production. Subjects like script, storyboarding, character and production design illuminate the pre-production process; later chapters explain the production process applied to different animation techniques like 2D animation, 3D computer animation and stop motion. This book is just the right mix of practical advice, lavish illustrations, and industry case studies to give you everything you need to start creating animation today. Key Features Learn the concepts of film animation production from an expert instructor Interviews with legends Andreas Deja, Hans Bacher and Volker Engel Robust coverage of the pre-production process, from script to storyboarding and visual development Includes a glossary and further reading recommendations

SHORT FILM STRUCTURE SECRETS - SHORT FILMS - There's no secret that structuring a short film can be a difficult process because of how condensed short films can be in relation to feature film. Author Chike Camara has done it again. This book demystifies the process and gives you a breakdown of some of the most common short film types, how their structures work, why their structures work and how to take your own short film idea to the next level. In a way, it teaches you how to create a short film as well. Enjoy, let us know what you think: )