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Author Hernandez, Elvin A.

Title Set the action! : creating backgrounds for compelling storytelling in animation, comics, and games / Elvin A. Hernandez
Published Burlington, MA : Focal Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 231 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Contents Title -- Introduction -- Act 1 Establishing Shots! -- Section 1. Gaining Perspective -- Section 2. Laying Out the Action! -- Act 2 Danger: Trespassing! -- Section 3. Minding Your Surroundings -- Section 4. Familiar Grounds -- Act 3 Rendezvous Point! -- Section 5. Meanwhile ... -- Section 6. Scene of the Crime! -- CODA: Exit the Scene
Summary Create the Gotham for your Batman, the African savannah for your Simba, or the bustling newsroom for your Clark Kent. Background, setting, environment.whatever you call it, it is the silent character in the visual story, and a dynamic and compelling setting can define and hone the action and drama of your story. If you're in the habit of creating disembodied characters or adding backgrounds as an afterthought, Set the Action! will help you understand and utilize the importance of the setting in your narrative. Understand perspective, blocking, and color-and focus your narrative by establi
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Space (Art)
Composition (Art)
Animated films.
Motion pictures -- Setting and scenery.
Comic books, strips, etc. -- Technique
Video games -- Design
composition (artistic arrangement)
ART -- Film & Video.
PHOTOGRAPHY -- Techniques -- Cinematography & Videography.
Animated films
Comic books, strips, etc. -- Technique
Composition (Art)
Motion pictures -- Setting and scenery
Space (Art)
Video games -- Design
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781136147500
1136147500
9781136147494
1136147497
1283571714
9781283571715
9780240820552
024082055X