“You can read about acting all you want, but you don’t really learn it until you experience it firsthand.” Ed Hooks, author of Acting for Animators
Training as an actor takes many years. Animated films do not have actors; animators, directors, and other creatives bring the characters to life. Yet how many of them have ever attended an acting class?
One of the most important requirements when creating a character is that every creative working on an animated film understands the foundations of acting, and not only in theory. Everyone should learn firsthand how gestures and facial expressions, speech, tempo, and rhythm can create characters that audiences love. The most important reference for animated figures is the human being. Animators and directors often film one another and keep a mirror beside the monitor. Sometimes they step into motion-capture suits themselves because they know their characters best.
It is therefore unsurprising that American animation studios hold improvisational acting workshops every week.
DIGITAL PRODUCTION is offering a seminar on this subject. Last-minute participants can still register today.
Instructor: Arne Sinnwell
Director of children’s television and documentary films, instructor in film dramaturgy and improvisational theater, and improvisational actor with Tatwort and Ex&Hopp. Improvisation training with Keith Johnstone, Doug Nunn, Randy Dixon, and Fastfood Theater Munich. Directing class with Mark Travis in Los Angeles.
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