Career Opportunities in the Animation Industry
ISBN: 9780816081837 | 0816081832
Format: PaperbackPublisher: Facts on File
Pub. Date: 12/1/2011
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Fueled by the worldwide explosion of film and television productions, new and original animated films, the fields of animation and special effects, video games, and e-learning are all expected to grow. This is in addition to the phenomenal widespread growth of industries such as television advertising, digital media, and science and technology. There has never been a better time to start or advance a career in animation. Career Opportunities in Animation describes 60 careers in animation, including
| Foreword | p. ix |
| Industry Outlook | p. xi |
| Acknowledgments | p. xix |
| How to Use This Book | p. xxi |
| Animation (Film and Television) | |
| 2-D Animator | p. 2 |
| 3-D Animator | p. 6 |
| Animation Checker | p. 10 |
| Assistant Animator | p. 13 |
| Character Animator | p. 17 |
| Clean-Up Artist | p. 20 |
| Effect... MORE | p. 23 |
| Flash Animator | p. 26 |
| Inbetweener (Cel Animation) | p. 31 |
| Lead Animator | p. 34 |
| Stop-Motion Animator | p. 37 |
| Story Artist | p. 41 |
| Supervising Animator | p. 46 |
| Art | |
| Art Director | p. 50 |
| Color Stylist | p. 54 |
| Storyboard Artist | p. 58 |
| Visual Development Artist | p. 62 |
| Backgrounds and Layouts | |
| Background Artist | p. 68 |
| Layout Artist/Scene Planner | p. 72 |
| Design | |
| Character Designer | p. 78 |
| Graphic Artist and Graphic Designer | p. 82 |
| Illustrator | p. 86 |
| Motion Graphics Artist and Motion Graphics Designer | p. 89 |
| Production Artist | p. 93 |
| Production Designer | p. 96 |
| Prop Designer | p. 99 |
| Engineering | |
| Production Engineer | p. 104 |
| Software Engineer | p. 108 |
| Directing | |
| Assistant Director | p. 114 |
| Director | p. 117 |
| Game Animation and Design | |
| 3-D Artist | p. 122 |
| Animator | p. 126 |
| Character Artist | p. 129 |
| Concept Artist | p. 133 |
| Environment Artist | p. 136 |
| Game Designer | p. 139 |
| Lead Animator | p. 144 |
| Technical Artist | p. 147 |
| Painting and Texturing | |
| Digital Painter | p. 152 |
| Matte Painter | p. 155 |
| Texture Artist | p. 158 |
| Performing | |
| Voiceover Actor | p. 162 |
| Producing | |
| Executive Producer | p. 166 |
| Producer | p. 169 |
| Technical Production | |
| Camera | |
| Camera Operator and Camera Staging Artist | p. 176 |
| Editing | |
| Editor | p. 180 |
| Production Management | |
| Production Assistant | p. 184 |
| Production Coordinator | p. 187 |
| Production Manager | p. 190 |
| Sound | |
| Sound Editor | p. 194 |
| Special Effects | |
| Modeler | p. 200 |
| Rigger and Rigging Artist | p. 204 |
| Visual Effects | |
| Compositor | p. 208 |
| Lighter | p. 211 |
| Technical Director | p. 214 |
| Visual Effects Artist | p. 217 |
| Visual Effects Supervisor | p. 220 |
| Writing | |
| Script Supervisor | p. 224 |
| Story Editor | p. 227 |
| Writer | p. 231 |
| Appendixes | |
| Animation Schools and Educational Institutions | p. 238 |
| Major Trade Periodicals, Newsletters, and Other Publications | p. 267 |
| Industry and Trade Associations, Guilds, and Unions | p. 269 |
| Recommended Animation Industry Web Sites | p. 272 |
| U.S. Film, Television, Game, and Web Animation Companies | p. 274 |
| Glossary | p. 276 |
| Selected Bibliography | p. 280 |
| Index | p. 284 |
| About Jeff Lenburg | p. 293 |
| About Bob Kurtz | p. 293 |
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Jeff Lenburg is an award-winning author, celebrity biographer, and nationally acknowledged expert on animated cartoons. He has spent nearly three decades researching and writing about this lively art. He is the author of Facts On File's The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons, Third Edition, considered the definitive reference among animation fans. He has written more than 30 books, including such acclaimed histories of animation as Who's Who in Animated Cartoons and The Great Cartoon Directors. His books have been nominated for several awards, including the American Library Association's "Best Non-Fiction Award" and the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association's Cold Medallion Award for "Best Autobiography/Biography." He lives in Arizona. Bob Kurtz, founder of the Burbank-based animation studio Kurtz Friends, writes, designs, and directs entertainment films and television commercials. His work includes animation sequences. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including an Emmy for the PBS special Roman City, the Peabody Award for the Lily Tomlin special Edith Ann's Christmas, ASIFA Hollywood's Annie Award for Lifetime Achievement, and more than 250 international awards. His films are included in the permanent collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art in Los Angeles, and the ASIFA Archive in Germany. Kurtz was also formerly recognized as Adweek's "Animator of the Year" and as Japan's "Artist of the Year."
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