CONTENTS:Introduction to 2D working practice; The animation of matter; Construction of a simple character and its articulation and balance; Timing, anticipation, overshoot, follow-through and overlapping action with an animated character; Human walks and runs; Animal walks and runs; Animation of fish and snakes; Animation of birds; Animation of acting - body language; Animation of action - facial expressions; Animation of acting - two characters; Lip Synch; and Index. On the CD ROM there are 20 fully built and rigged models to animate with; over 50 tutorials on how to build and animate these models; 140 2D and 3D animated movies as examples; 22 live action movies as guidance and a free demo copy of DigiCel FlipBook line test software.