In this mini, Williams stresses the importance of knowing where the weight is on every drawing. How do we loosen things up and get snap and vitality into our performance at the same time as keeping the figure stable and solid? The answer: successive breaking of joints to give flexibility. This Mini focuses on Flexibility and Weight. The Animation Minis take some of the most essential chapters and make them available in smaller, lightweight, hand-bag/backpack size versions. However, sometimes you don't want to carry the hefty expanded edition around with you to your college or studio if you're working on just one aspect of it that day. The Animator's Survival Kit is the essential tool for animators. This Mini presents a collection of Williams' runs, jumps and skips inspired by some of the cleverest artists from the Golden Age of Animation Animation Mini: WalksįLEXIBILITY AND WEIGHT From Richard Williams' The Animator's Survival Kit comes key chapters in mini form. So, all the things we do with walks, we can do with runs. Richard Williams demonstrates how - when you're doing a walk and you take both legs off the ground, at the same time and for just one frame - a walk becomes a run. A lazy, heavy person is going to run very differently to an athletic ten-year-old girl.
As with Walks, the way we run shows our character and personality. This Mini focuses on Runs, Jumps and Skips. RUNS, JUMPS AND SKIPS From Richard Williams' The Animator's Survival Kit comes key chapters in mini form. With Acting and Dialogue, the temptation is to try to do everything at once - Williams' advice: do one thing at a time. Richard Williams shows how that performance can be achieved with flexibility and contrast. The Director's job is to hold everything together so that the animator can give the performance. As a director, whatever your idea is, you want to put it over, so the main thing with directing is to be clear - very clear.
This Mini focuses on Directing, Dialogue and Acting. DIRECTING, DIALOGUE AND ACTING From Richard Williams' The Animator's Survival Kit comes key chapters in mini form.