"Featuring hundreds of carefully hand-crafted illustrations as well as significant tuition on how to best compose and use images to create the most powerful frames, this book is potentially Hans P Bacher's life's work encapsulated in one volume. Here, the internationallyrenowned production designer shares his expertise in an easy-to-follow and imaginative way - giving tips, exercises, and a depth of knowledge garnered from a lifetime in the industry ... While keeping the focus on storytelling, Bacher instructs readers in the art of animated cinematography with the ever-present aim of soliciting an emotional response from the audience"--Publisher's website

• Machine generated contents note: The Psychology of Images
• Association
• Mechanics
• Resonance
• The Anatomy of an Image
• Line
• Structural Lines
• Orientation
• Placement
• Quality
• Harmony & Contrast
• Rhythm
• Conclusion
• Shape
• Inspiration
• Discovering Shape
• Legibility
• Visual Interest
• Shaping Emotions
• Conclusion
• Value
• Seeing Value
• Value Distribution
• Controlling Focus
• Value Patterns
• Value & Emotion
• Conclusion
• Color
• Colour is Everywhere
• Color Wheel
• Hue, Saturation, Brightness
• Perceiving Color
• Color & Emotion
• Color & Design
• Color & Value
• The Power of Color
• Color Scripts
• Conclusion
• Light
• Anatomy of a Lighting Setup
• Brightness
• Light Quality
• Light Sources
• Cast Shadows
• Working with Light
• Camera
• Inspiration
• Perceiving Camera
• Improvisation
• Reference
• Storyboard
• Shooting Styles
• Format
• Motif
• Framing
• Angles
• Conclusion
• Composition
• Visual Order
• Thumbnailing
• Composing Characters
• Readability
• Interest
• Mood