The Animation Smears Book
eBook - ePub

The Animation Smears Book

Uncovering Film's Most Elusive Technique

  1. 280 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Animation Smears Book

Uncovering Film's Most Elusive Technique

About this book

Throughout cinema, there have been various techniques to depict motion, and one style in particular is the fascinating use of smears in animation. Incredibly popular and captivating to artists, these animation smears are frames that creatively replicate motion blur captured on film, which is the phenomena that we commonly observe in our everyday life.

The vast world of different techniques for smears is explored in this book, expanding way beyond their commonly believed starting point in the 1940s to their actual origins that date back to the beginning of art history with illustrations and prototypes that led to their usage in some of the earliest known theatrical animations.

The Animation Smears Book: Uncovering Film's Most Elusive Technique is a comprehensive guide that provides extensive information on the stylistic and creative aspects of smears and their impact, on how they make use of the way we perceive motion. Additionally, this book also reveals the names of artists who helped develop smears and the original techniques that were used.

Thoroughly examined by a professional animator, the animation smear is highlighted as a versatile technique used in all forms of animation including 3D and stop?motion. This book answers all of the questions that readers ever had about smears and brings clarity to this simple yet mysterious trick that has puzzled fans, scholars, and historians for centuries.

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Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2024
eBook ISBN
9781040263679

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. 1 Introduction
  9. 2 What Is an Animation Smear?
  10. 3 Prelude: Portraying Motion in Art before Film
  11. 4 Part One: The Introduction of Film
  12. 5 Part Two: The Study of Movement
  13. 6 Part Three: Influence and Application from Modern Art
  14. 7 Part Four: The Digital Age
  15. 8 Part Four Extended: 3D Animation Smears
  16. 9 Certain Action Examples
  17. 10 Master Animator Methods
  18. 11 What Are NOT Smears
  19. 12 Smears Outside of Animation
  20. 13 Conclusion
  21. Terminology
  22. Credits, References, and Thanks
  23. Index