Cengage Learning

Career Opportunities In Animation, 1st Edition

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  • ISBN-10: 1438138296
  • ISBN-13: 9781438138299
  • DDC: 791.430
  • Grade Level Range: 12th Grade - College Senior
  • 320 Pages | eBook
  • Original Copyright 2011 | Published/Released October 2012
  • This publication's content originally published in print form: 2011

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About

Overview

Provides career choices in animation and animation-related fields. Career profiles include art director, character designer, effects animator, flash animator, production designer.

Table of Contents

Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Dedication.
Contents.
Foreword.
Industry Outlook.
Acknowledgments.
How to Use this Book.
1: Animation (Film and Television).
2: 2-D Animator.
3: 3-D Animator.
4: Animation Checker.
5: Assistant Animator.
6: Character Animator.
7: Clean-Up Artist.
8: Effects Animator.
9: Flash Animator.
10: Inbetweener (Cel Animation).
11: Lead Animator.
12: Stop-Motion Animator.
13: Story Artist.
14: Supervising Animator.
15: Art.
16: Art Director.
17: Color Stylist.
18: Storyboard Artist.
19: Visual Development Artist.
20: Backgrounds and Layouts.
21: Background Artist.
22: Layout Artist/Scene Planner.
23: Design.
24: Character Designer.
25: Graphic Artist and Graphic Designer.
26: Illustrator.
27: Motion Graphics Artist and Motion Graphics Designer.
28: Production Artist.
29: Production Designer.
30: Prop Designer.
31: Engineering.
32: Production Engineer.
33: Software Engineer.
34: Directing.
35: Assistant Director.
36: Director.
37: Game Animation and Design.
38: 3-D Artist.
39: Animator.
40: Character Artist.
41: Concept Artist.
42: Environment Artist.
43: Game Designer.
44: Lead Animator.
45: Technical Artist.
46: Painting and Texturing.
47: Digital Painter.
48: Matte Painter.
49: Texture Artist.
50: Performing.
51: Voiceover Actor.
52: Producing.
53: Executive Producer.
54: Producer.
55: Technical Production.
56: Camera.
57: Camera Operator and Camera Staging Artist.
58: Editing.
59: Editor.
60: Production Management.
61: Production Assistant.
62: Production Coordinator.
63: Production Manager.
64: Sound.
65: Sound Editor.
66: Special Effects.
67: Modeler.
68: Rigger and Rigging Artist.
69: Visual Effects.
70: Compositor.
71: Lighter.
72: Technical Director.
73: Visual Effects Artist.
74: Visual Effects (VFX) Supervisor.
75: Writing.
76: Script Supervisor.
77: Story Editor.
78: Writer.
Appendixes.
Appendix I: Animation Schools and Educational Institutions.
Appendix II: Major Trade Periodicals, Newsletters, and other Publications.
Appendix III: Industry and Trade Associations, Guilds, and Unions.
Appendix IV: Recommended Animation Industry Web Sites.
Appendix V: U.S. Film, Television, Game, and Web Animation Companies.
Glossary.
Selected Bibliography.
Index.
About Jeff Lenburg.
About Bob Kurtz.