Timing for Animation, 2nd Edition

Table of contents

1. Front Cover
2. Half Title
3. Title Page
4. Copyright
5. Contents
6. Foreword by John Lasseter, Pixar
7. Preface to 2nd edition
8. Preface to 1st edition
9. Acknowledgements
10. Introduction : General Principles of Timing
    1. Timing for TV Series
    2. Timing for Full Animation
    3. Timing in General
    4. What is Good Timing?
11. The Storyboard
    1. Traditional Storyboards
    2. Digital Storyboards
    3. Additional Storyboard Effects
12. Responsibility of the Director
13. The Basic Unit of Time in Animation
14. Timing for Television vs. Timing for Feature Films
15. Slugging
16. Bar Sheets
17. Timing for Traditional Animation: Exposure Charts or Exposure Sheets
18. Timing for an Overseas Production
19. Timing for a 2D Digital Production
20. Timing for a 3D Digital Production
21. Timing for an Actor-Based Program (Performance or Motion Capture)
22. Animation and Properties of Matter
23. Movement and Caricature
24. Cause and Effect
25. Newton’s Laws of Motion
26. Objects Thrown Through the Air
27. Timing of Inanimate Objects
28. Rotating Objects
    1. Irregular Inanimate Objects
    2. Animate Objects—Characters
29. Force Transmitted Through a Flexible Joint
30. Force Transmitted Through Jointed Limbs
31. Spacing of Drawings—General Remarks
32. Spacing of Drawings
33. Timing a Slow Action
34. Timing a Fast Action
35. Getting Into and Out of Holds
36. Single Frames or Double Frames? Ones or Twos?
37. How Long to Hold?
38. Anticipation
39. Follow Through
40. Overlapping Action
41. Timing an Oscillating Movement
42. Timing to Suggest Weight and Force—1
43. Timing to Suggest Weight and Force—2
44. Timing to Suggest Weight and Force—3
45. Timing to Suggest Weight and Force—4
46. Timing to Suggest Force: Repeat Action
47. Character Reactions and ‘Takes’
48. Timing to Give a Feeling of Size
49. The Effects of Friction, Air Resistance and Wind
50. Timing Cycles—How Long a Repeat?
    1. A Waving Flag
51. Multiple Character Scenes
52. Digital Crowd Scenes
53. Effects Animation: Flames and Smoke
54. Water
55. Rain
    1. Water Drops
56. Snow
57. Explosions
58. Digital Effects
    1. The Aesthetic in Effects Animation
59. Repeat Movements of Inanimate Objects
60. Timing a Walk
61. Types of Walk
62. Spacing of Drawings in Perspective Animation
63. Timing Animals’Movements
    1. Horses
64. Other Quadrupeds
65. Timing an Animal’s Gallop
66. Bird Flight
67. Drybrush (Speed Lines) and Motion Blur
68. Accentuating a Movement
69. Strobing
70. Fast Run Cycles
71. Characterization (Acting)
72. The Use of Timing to Suggest Mood
73. Synchronizing Animation to Speech
74. Lip-Sync—1
75. Lip-Sync—2
76. Lip-Sync—3
77. Timing and Music
78. Traditional Camera Movements
79. 3D Camera Moves
80. Peg Movements in Traditional Animation
81. Peg Movements in 3D Animation
82. Editing Animation
83. Editing for Feature Films
84. Editing for Television Episodes
85. Editing for Children’s Programming
86. Editing for Internet Downloads
87. Games
88. Conclusion
89. Index