Set the action! [electronic resource] / creating backgrounds for compelling storytelling in animation, comics, and games / Elvin A. Hernandez.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: New York ; London : Focal, 2013.Description: 1 online resource (vi, 231 p.) : ill. (some col.)ISBN:
  • 9780240820552 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version :: No titleDDC classification:
  • 23
LOC classification:
  • N7430.7 .H47 2013
Online resources: Summary: If you're in the habit of creating disembodied characters or adding backgrounds as an afterthought, 'Set the Action!' will help you understand and utilise the importance of the setting in your narrative. 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 settingin your narrative. Understand perspective, blocking, and color-and focus your narrative by establishing and designing your setting to interact with characters and story.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

If you're in the habit of creating disembodied characters or adding backgrounds as an afterthought, 'Set the Action!' will help you understand and utilise the importance of the setting in your narrative. 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 settingin your narrative. Understand perspective, blocking, and color-and focus your narrative by establishing and designing your setting to interact with characters and story.

Electronic reproduction. Askews and Holts. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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