Other versions by this Author
In Animated Storytelling, Second Edition, you’ll learn how to create unforgettable stories using animation and motion graphics by following 10 simple guidelines that move you through every stage — from concept development to pre-production, storyboarding to design. Award-winning animator Liz Blazer uses clear examples and easy-to-follow exercises to deliver all the instruction, encouragement, and tools you’ll need to get your designs moving.
Reflecting extensive feedback from teachers, students, and professionals, this edition introduces powerful visual alternatives for creating stories, even if writing isn’t your strength. You’ll find more guidance on experimental storytelling and world-building, plus new art and interviews that connect you to the field’s freshest talents.
Whether you want to create exciting shorts for film festivals, build effective online or broadcast messaging, or simply deepen your understanding of the medium, Blazer helps you get started and get results fast. Here’s just some of what you’ll learn how to do:
- Develop an effective creative brief for your project
- Find and communicate your story’s big idea
- Create a tight story using linear and nonlinear story structures
- Use color and sound to enrich your story
- Define the rules for your animated world, and commit to them
- Ease into animation, and overcome its challenges
- Make the work you want to be hired to do
- Share your work with the world