Animated life : a lifetime of tips, tricks, and stories from a Disney legend

Norman, Floyd (author.).

Summary: Based on a lifetime spent employed with Disney, offers hands-on advice, techniques, and insight into the animation industry using examples from the past, present, and future.

Item details

ISBN: 9780240818054
ISBN: 0240818059
ISBN: 0240818067
ISBN: 9780240818061
ISBN: 1136126384
ISBN: 9781136126383
Physical Description: print
x, 275 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: New York : Focal Press, 2013.

Contents / Notes

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Inside the Magic Factory. Wonderland -- The Disney Bullpen -- The Assistant Animator -- The Workers Paradise -- Disney's Night School -- Something About Mary Poppins -- Taking my Best Shot -- The Jungle Book -- Your host, Walt Disney -- Spotted Puppies and a Bold New Direction -- Transition -- Roy's Camera -- Perfect Partnership -- The Other Floyd -- Monster in the Bell Tower -- Digital Dinosaurs -- Playing with Toys -- Monster's Brawl -- Elephant in the Room -- Inside Man -- Life After Disney -- Tips, Techniques and Animated Observations. Your Own Film School -- The Vance Advantage -- A Man's World -- Stay Hungry -- Sacked -- The Crazy Young Kids -- Perfect Combination -- Endless Development -- Nothing to Lose -- No Studio for Old Men -- The Wow Factor -- Some Thoughts on Storytelling -- In Defense of Mavericks -- Reluctant Partnership -- Working Without a Net -- Marketing Animation -- Racial Politics from a Cartoony Perspective -- Walt Disney, Steve Jobs and What Might Have Been -- Infinity and Beyond.