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Makin’ Toons: Inside the Most Popular Animated TV Shows and Movies
by Allan Neuwirth
This pioneering book offers an inside look at the creation of today’s most famous animated TV shows and feature films. Forty-seven interviews with artists and industry representatives ranging from Shrek director Andrew Adamson to Rugrats producer Gabor Csupo chronicle the artistic challenges and commercial dynamics behind blockbusters such as The Simpsons, Southpark, Beauty and the Beast, and Dragon Tale. From first drawing board sketch to wriggling TV character, readers get to know the thrills and challenges of making animated cartoon movies as told by the industry’s most successful creators.
Through vivid first-hand accounts, the book covers the entire process of animated movie creation from idea finding, writing, financing, directing, designing, animating, voicing, and composing music, to distributing and promoting the show to TV channels and networks. The author, an accomplished animation artist and writer, spices his insightful comments with 75 unpublished drawings and photos, countless anecdotes, and a true ‘toon artists’ sense of humor. Packed with technical know-how, career advice, and entertaining trivia, this book is an invaluable one-stop resource for cartoon lovers and aspiring creators of animated films and television series.
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Reviews
“Allan Neuwirth enthusiastically opens the gate to the world of animation. . . . He covers all the important areas—the cartoonists and writers, the pencils and pixels, the music and the voices, the big hits and the near misses—with insight, clarity, and fun!”
—Jerry Beck, author and animation historian, Cartoon Research.com
“Over the last fifteen years, animation has gone through an amazing renaissance, giving birth to a new generation of creators, characters, and cinematic techniques. Allan Neuwirth’s entertaining and incisive book chronicles this time of change through the accounts and images of the talented people who made it happen.”
—Paul Dini, writer/producer, Batman: The Animated Series, Batman Beyond, and Duck Dodgers
“Allan Neuwirth’s comprehensive, fun_to_read look at the ins and outs of today’s animation scene is a must for anyone interested in this fascinating, fast_evolving business and art form. . . . In addition to being a great resource, it's a blast to read for anyone who has ever enjoyed an animated show or movie (and that is almost everybody!).”
—Ramin Zahed, editor, Animation Magazine
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