Acting Theory - Preparing a Character

After reading Ed Hooks Acting for Animators recently I have decided to go back and read some of his influences and the context from which he is teaching. But also to see if I can gain more of an understanding by reading the source material.

Bill Plympton Notes

Going over my old Ed Hooks lecture notes I remembered that I had also attended a talk by Bill Plympton around the same time. He gave some advice on producing independent animation. These are my notes.

Plymptons Dogma

1 Short (5mins)

2 Cheap ($1000 per min) (2-3 Months)

3 Funny

'I don't need the prestige, I need the money.' (Plympton, 2008)


Plymptoons.com

Guard Dog image source article.

Ed Hooks Lecture Notes

Ed Hooks Acting for Animators Lecture Notes from Jan 2008

Ed Hooks introduces the idea of his main acting principles.

1 Thinking, Emotion, and Physical Action.

Thinking tends to lead to conclusions.

These conclusions lead to an emotion. (Automatic Value Response)

Emotion tends to lead to action.

Mark Grindle Script Writing Lecture Notes

Mark Grindle on Script Writing and Storytelling 12/10/10

The 2 things that a scriptwriter has to be able to tell their story is Sound and Image.

Each character in a script has and needs to have a story.
The Protagonists story is the main story while all other characters support the main story with their own stories.

Narrative – Story telling or the story told.
Story – The way in which the audience understands the characters
Plot – The sequence of events leading to a conclusion