Secrets of Oscar-winning Animation: Behind

If you love animation then you're in for a treat! Olivier Cotte has gone behind-the-scenes of 13 of the greatest short animations ever made, interviewing the directors and close collaborators who made each one, to offer us a unique guide to classic techniques from the masters of their crafts. Packed with beautiful, instructive illustrations and previously unpublished material (including story-boards, photos and hand-drawn sketches) and interspersed with interviews - this is an exceptional source of inspiration and knowledge for animators, students and fans alike. Covering 13 winners of the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film: Neighbours (Norman McLaren, Oscar 1952) Frank Film (Frank Mouris, Oscar 1973) Le Chateau de sable (Co Hoedman, Oscar 1977) The Fly (Ferenc Rofusz, Oscar 1980) Anna & Bella (Borge Ring, Oscar 1985) L'homme qui plantait des arbres (Frederic Back, Oscar 1987) Balance (Christoph and Wolfgang Lauenstein, Oscar 1989) Manipulation (Daniel Greaves, Oscar 1991) Mona Lisa descending a staircase (Joan C. Gratz, Oscar 1992) Quest (Tyron Montgomery, Oscar 1996) The Old Man of the Sea (Alexandre Petrov, Oscar 1999) Father and Daughter (Michael Dudok de Wit, Oscar 2000) Harvie Krumpet (Adam Elliot, Oscar 2003) * Learn from the best... Olivier Cotte interviews some of the most innovative and inspirational animators of the last 50 years, including Frank Mouris, Borge Ring, Frederic Back, Alexandre Petrov and Michael Dudok de Wit * See how it's done... with never before published color storyboards, preliminary sketches, stills from the films and behind-the-scenes photographs * Be inspired... the detailed exploration of how these unique films were made will make you want to get out there and do it yourself!

Foreword
Frank Film
Le Chateau de sable
A Legy
Anna & Bella
L'homme qui plantait des arbres
Balance
Manipulation
Mona Lisa descending a staircase
Quest
The Old Man of the Sea
Father and Daughter
Harvie Krumpet
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Each chapter includes: Introduction to the technique being discussed Synopsis of the film Biography of the filmmaker 7-8 page discussion of the techniques used and how the film was made 7-8 page interview with the filmmaker Listed below is a brief synopsis of each film - to show the range of techniques covered and the international filmmakers discussed. Neighbours
Norman McLaren, Scotland. Created his most famous film Neighbours in 1952, besides the brilliant combination of visuals and sound, the film has a very strong social message against violence and war. McLaren is famous for his experiments with image and sound as he developed a number of groundbreaking techniques for combining and synchronizing animation with music. Frank Film (Oscar 1973)
Frank and Caroline Mouris, USA. Classic of stop motion animation, this film was selected to the National Film Registry, Library of Congress, in 1996. This animated short features two soundtracks - in one, Frank narrates an autobiography,in the other, he reads off a list of words beginning with the letter "f." Tying the two soundtracks together and influencing their subject matter is the animated collage of photos collected from magazines - all arranged by theme and each theme merging into the next. Le Chateau de sable (The Sand Castle), (Oscar 1977)
Jacobus, "Co," Hoedeman, Holland/Canada. Animates puppets, sand, paper cut-outs, building blocks and, on occasions combines more than one technique. Born in the Netherlands in 1940, he started at the Canadian National Film Board in the middle of the 1960's. He has won many important prizes for the twenty or so films he has made there, including, an Oscar in 1977 for The Sand Castle (1977), as well as the Grand Prix at the International Animated Film Festival in Annecy. A Legy, (The Fly), (Oscar 1980)
Ferenc Rofusz, Hungary. The film is a simple story about a day in the life of a housefly. Totally from the point of view of the fly, the film builds tension and sympathy for the insect throughout. An amazing example of perspective and foreground-to-background movement. Anna & Bella (Oscar 1985)
Borge Ring, Holland. Anna and Bella are a pair of old ladies, subsisting on their memories. As they page through a photo album, the ladies conjure up images both sweet and sour of their past lives and loves. Ring is one of the few independent animators whose style carries a definite Disney influence. Ring?s work has been awarded by both the Academy Awards and the Cannes Film Festival. The Man Who Planted Trees, (Oscar 1987)
Fr+¼d+¼ric Back, Canada. Internationally renowned film-animation artist, muralist, illustrator, and teacher. His films are known for his exquisite technique of drawing on frosted acetate with coloured pencils in a gentle post-Impressionist style. Two of his films have been awarded Academy Awards -Crac! in 1982 (in which he uses a rocking chair to trace the history of both a family and Qu+¼bec culture) and L'homme qui plantait les arbres (based on a Jean Giono story about a man who transformed a barren landscape single-handedly) in 1987; two others have been nominated - Tout- rien in 1981 and Le fleuve aux grandes eaux in 19
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Secrets of Oscar-winning Animation: Behind the scenes of 13 classic short animations

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