Finish Your Film! Tips and Tricks for Making an Animated Short in Maya

by Kenny Roy

Overview

Finish Your Film! Tips and Tricks for Making an Animated Short in Maya is a first-of-its-kind book that walks the reader step-by-step through the actual production processes of creating a 3D Short film with Maya. Other books focus solely on the creative decisions of 3D Animation and broadly cover the multiple phases of animation production with no real applicable methods for readers to employ. This book shows you how to successfully manage the entire Maya animation pipeline. This book blends together valuable technical tips on film production and real-world'shortcuts in a step-by-step approach to make sure you do not get lost. Follow along with author and director Kenny Roy as he creates a short film in front of your eyes using the exact same methods he shows you in the book. Armed with this book, you'll be able to charge forth into the challenge of creating a short film, confident that creativity will show up on screen instead of being stifled by the labyrinth that is a 3D animation pipeline.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138428553
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/12/2017
Pages:	382
Product dimensions:	7.44(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Kenny Roy started in the animation industry in 1997 as a dustbuster on a children's animated feature. ?Since then, he's gone on to animate some of the most memorable characters on screen, from Scooby Doo to King Kong. ?In 2007 he founded Arconyx Animation Studios in Los Angeles, CA where he directs projects ranging from TV commercials to short films to visual FX. ?An animation teacher for almost 8 years, Kenny is also a multiple-published author in animation and a world-traveling lecturer and runs an animation training portal through www.kennyroy.com. He lives in LA with his wife and two sons.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Short Film Introduction to 3D Production Story Pre Production 3D Pre Production 3D Production 2D Production Editorial Sound Finaling Festivals and Markets Glossary