Craft Notes for Animators

<p>If Disney's <i>Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs </i>represented the Animation industry's infancy Ed Hooks thinks that the current production line of big-budget features is its artistically awkward adolescence. While a well-funded marketing machine can conceal structural flaws uneven performances and superfluous characters the importance of crafted storytelling will only grow in importance as animation becomes a broader more accessible art form. <i>Craft Notes for Animators</i> analyses specific films - including <em>Frozen </em>and<em> Despicable Me </em>- to explain the secrets of creating truthful stories and believable characters. It is an essential primer for the for tomorrow's industry leaders and animation artists.</p>