Timely News:
Meet the Puppet Master for “Isle of Dogs” How the Spider Verse Animators Created That Trippy Look From page to screen: storyboard to final product “Incredibles 2” How ILM Animated the Avatars in “Ready Player One” Making of “Isle of Dogs” Oscar Nominated Shorts ‘Coco’ Leads Annie Animation Nominations with 13 New Oscar Rule Could Shake Up Animation Contenders Best Animated Film Contenders Pixar’s Coco The Science of Pixar Examples of How Disney/Pixar Films Make Us Cry How Emotion is Achieved in Animation Diversity can be seen and heard in animated films Tim Burton Talks Animation Dreamworks Animation Exhibit Animators on celebrity voices and more
Recommended Resources:
Animating Your Classroom (blogpost) Animation for Education Animation Is An Optical Illusion (Making Visual Narratives, video) Animation World Network Animation websites/blogs Animation Sound Design (Wall E) Anime News Network ArtStation Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic (video stream) Character Animation (BFI video) Chuck Jones: Extremes and in Betweens – A Life in Animation Claymation in the Classroom Disney Animated (ipad app) Drawn to Greatness (Richard Williams) Drawn to the Movies (AMPAS) Frame-by-frame: the art of stop motion (video) Dreamworks Animation Resources 50 Greatest Pixar Moments Guerrilla Guide to Animation (book companion site) How Dreamworks Makes Movies How We Make A Movie (Pixar Animation) The Illusion of Life (Disney Animation doc) stream Imagine: From Pencils to Pixels An Introduction to Stop-Motion Animation (Into Film) Lesson Plans: - Animation Lesson Plans (various) - Animation Ideas for Teachers - Clay Animation (Elementary) - Clay Animation (Grade 7) - Claymation (The Director’s Cut) - Create A Stop-Motion Animation - Flipbooks (TeachAnimation.org) - Flip-O-Rama (Making Visual Narratives) - History of Animation - Stop Motion Animation - Making Stopmotion Movies
Pixar In A Box Principles of Animation (Toy Story,w/clips) Richard Williams: The Thief Who Never Gave Up stream Teach Animation Top 5 Scroll-to-Animate Effects in Online Animation Six Free Sites for Creating Online Animations Stash: online animation/video effects magazine Stop Motion Animation Group (Vimeo) Story of Frozen: Making A Disney Animated Classic Stop Motion For Mobile Devices (iPadArtRoom) Toy Story 3: Film Study-Color and Lighting Why Teach Animation (Film Education)Some recommended apps; more animation app recommendations here Tate Movie Project PixStop app AnimationCreator
Recommended books
Animation Kits & Other Resources for Schools:
Clay toon Animation Kit
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