Secrets of Oscar-winning Animation

<p>If you love animation then you're in for a treat! <br><br>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 Packed with beautiful instructive illustrations and previously unpublished material (including story-boards photos and hand-drawn sketches) and interspersed with interviews - this is an exceptional source of inspiration and knowledge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.<br><br>Covering 13 winners of the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film:<br>Neighbours (Norman McLaren Oscar 1952)<br>Frank Film (Frank Mouris Oscar 1973)<br>Le Chateau de sable (Co Hoedman Oscar 1977)<br>The Fly (Ferenc Rofusz Oscar 1980)<br>Anna & Bella (Borge Ring Oscar 1985)<br>L'homme qui plantait des arbres (Frederic Back Oscar 1987) <br>Balance (Christoph and Wolfgang Lauenstein Oscar 1989)<br>Manipulation (Daniel Greaves Oscar 1991)<br>Mona Lisa descending a staircase (Joan C. Gratz Oscar 1992)<br>Quest (Tyron Montgomery Oscar 1996)<br>The Old Man of the Sea (Alexandre Petrov Oscar 1999)<br>Father and Daughter (Michael Dudok de Wit Oscar 2000)<br>Harvie Krumpet (Adam Elliot Oscar 2003)</p>