While comedy writers are responsible for creating clever scripts; comedic animators have a much more complicated problem to solve: What makes a physical character funny? Comedy for Animators breaks down the answer by exploring the techniques of those who have used their bodies to make others laugh. Drawing from traditions such as commedia dellrsquo;arte; pantomime; Vaudeville; the circus; and silent and modern film; animators will learn not only to create funny characters; but also how to execute gags; create a comic climate; and use environment as a character. Whether yoursquo;re creating a comic villain or a bumbling sidekick; this is the one and only guide you need to get your audience laughing!Explanation of comedic archetypes and devices will both inspire and inform your creative choices Exploration of various modes of storytelling allows you to give the right context for your story and characters Tips for creating worlds; scenarios; and casts for your characters to flourish in Companion website includes example videos and further resources to expand your skillset--check it out at www.comedyforanimators.com!Jonathan Lyons delivers simple; fun; illustrated lessons that teach readers to apply the principles of historyrsquo;s greatest physical comedians to their animated characters. This isnrsquo;t stand-up comedymdash;itrsquo;s the falling down and jumping around sort!
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. timeBy Ms LoisMy father was one of her students at Purdue. It was so interesting to read about how she brcame who she was. it also answered some unanswered questions I have always had about Cheaper by the dozen.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. This is a well-written and interesting book. Biographies can ...By Kathy G.This is a well-written and interesting book. Biographies can be stuffy. this one isnt. If you want to know more of the story of the Gilbreths from Cheaper by the Dozen and Belles on Their Toes. this book delivers. It is a biography of the mother and explains why she was writing books in Cheaper by the Dozen and often off making speeches in Belles on Their Toes. Fascinating.6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. The Gilbreth team...By Dr. BillFrank and Lillian Gilbreth were the husband and wife consulting team that inspired the book and movie. Cheaper by the Dozen. In fact. there never were a dozen living children. (The second child. a girl. died in childhood from diptheria and a thirteenth was still born. But the Gilbreths always referred to their brood as a "dozen")Frank had no education beyond high school and began his "career" as an apprentice bricklayer. That every bricklayer had his own technique fascinated him and led him to search for the "best way" the lay brick. He became a self-declared "engineer" in the emerging scientific management movement that Frederick Taylor pioneered.In contrast. Lillian was well educated with a doctorate in psychology. She was the brains behind the consulting team comprised by Frank. her. and assistants. She was a remarkable woman who endured the discrimination against professional women in the early 20th century to become a real icon of success for the generation of women engineers who came after her. Her story. told in this book by Jane Lancaster. is an inspiration. I would liked to have known her.
