Acting For Animators – Ed Hooks

Ed uses basic acting theory to explain everything from character movement and facial expressions to interaction and scene construction. Just as acting on film and on stage are very different disciplines, so is the use of acting theory in creating an animated character, scene or story. Acting for Animators is full of essential craft tips from an acting master. New to this Routledge edition: illustrated, scene-by-scene analyses of six films, including Up, Coraline and Kung Fu Panda an expanded section on video game animation all-new illustrations a 500-word history of acting Ed Hooks has a thirty-year acting career on stage and screen and teaches professional level acting classes for actors as well as Acting for Animators master classes internationally.

He has taught for most major animation companies and game studios, including Walt Disney Animation Studios, Valve Software, EA and Ubisoft. For over ten years, he has been an Associate at Germany’s FMX Conference on Animation, Effects, Games and Interactive Media, and he is a lecturer at Depaul University School of Cinema and Interactive Media. 1kitap1.com/en Acting for Animators 3rd Edition Ed Hooks Foreword by Brad Bird Illustrations by Paul Naas 1kitap1.com/en This edition published 2011 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2011 Ed Hooks The right of Ed Hooks to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe.

First edition published by Heinemann 2000 Second edition published by Heinemann 2003 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Hooks, Ed. Acting for animators/Ed Hooks; foreword by Brad Bird; illustrations by Paul Naas.—3rd ed.

p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Animation (Cinematography) 2. Motion picture acting. 3. Animated films. I. Title. TR897.5.H66 2011 791.43′34–dc22 2011001403 ISBN: 978–0–415–58023–6 (hbk) ISBN: 978–0–415–58024–3 (pbk) ISBN: 978–0–203–81622–6 (ebk) 1kitap1.com/en For Ken Bielenberg, who first asked me, “Would you be willing to teach acting on-site? I work for an animation company.”

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