Language of Film: Animation

Timely News:

• Meet the Puppet Master for “Isle of Dogs”
• How the Spider Verse Animators Created That Trippy Look
• From page to screen: storyboard to final product “Incredibles 2”
• How ILM Animated the Avatars in “Ready Player One”
• Making of “Isle of Dogs”
• Oscar Nominated Shorts
• ‘Coco’ Leads Annie Animation Nominations with 13
• New Oscar Rule Could Shake Up Animation Contenders
• Best Animated Film Contenders
• Pixar’s Coco
• The Science of Pixar
• Examples of How Disney/Pixar Films Make Us Cry
• How Emotion is Achieved in Animation
• Diversity can be seen and heard in animated films
• Tim Burton Talks Animation
• Dreamworks Animation Exhibit
• Animators on celebrity voices and more

Recommended Resources:

• Animating Your Classroom (blogpost)
• Animation for Education
• Animation Is An Optical Illusion (Making Visual Narratives, video)
• Animation World Network
• Animation websites/blogs
• Animation Sound Design (Wall E)
• Anime News Network
• ArtStation
• Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic (video stream)
• Character Animation (BFI video)
• Chuck Jones: Extremes and in Betweens – A Life in Animation
• Claymation in the Classroom
• Disney Animated (ipad app)
• Drawn to Greatness (Richard Williams)
• Drawn to the Movies (AMPAS)
• Frame-by-frame: the art of stop motion (video)
• Dreamworks Animation Resources
• 50 Greatest Pixar Moments
• Guerrilla Guide to Animation  (book companion site)
• How Dreamworks Makes Movies
• How We Make A Movie (Pixar Animation)
• The Illusion of Life (Disney Animation doc) stream
• Imagine: From Pencils to Pixels
• Introducing Kids to Filmmaking & Animation (Adobe)
• An Introduction to Stop-Motion Animation (Into Film)
  

  Lesson Plans: Animation Lesson Plans (various) Animation Ideas for Teachers Clay Animation (Elementary) Clay Animation (Grade 7) Claymation (The Director’s Cut) Create A Stop-Motion Animation Flipbooks (TeachAnimation.org) Flip-O-Rama (Making Visual Narratives) History of Animation Stop Motion Animation Making Stopmotion Movies

• Pixar In A Box
• Principles of Animation (Toy Story,w/clips)
• Richard Williams: The Thief Who Never Gave Up stream
• Teach Animation
• Top 5 Scroll-to-Animate Effects in Online Animation
• Six Free Sites for Creating Online Animations
• Stash: online animation/video effects magazine
• Stop Motion Animation Group (Vimeo)
• Story of Frozen: Making A Disney Animated Classic
• Stop Motion For Mobile Devices (iPadArtRoom)
• Toy Story 3: Film Study-Color and Lighting
• Why Teach Animation (Film Education)

  Some recommended apps; more animation app recommendations here
  Tate Movie Project                              PixStop app                    AnimationCreator
  

Recommended books

Animation Kits & Other Resources for Schools:

		Claytoon Animation Kit

 Periodicals:
   

General Recommendations: