Animated Realism A Behind The Scenes Look at the Animated Documentary Genre

With the development and accessibility of animation tools and techniques, filmmakers are blurring the boundaries between documentary filmmaking and animation. The intimacy, imperfection and charm ofthe animated form is providing live-action and animation directors with unique ways to tell stories, humanizeeventsand convey information not easilyadapted forlive-action media. AnimatedRealism presents animation techniques as they apply to the documentary genre with an inspirational behind-the-scenes look at award-winninganimated documentaries. Animators and documentary filmmakers alike will learn how to develop a visual style with animation, translate a graphic novel into a documentary and use 3D animation as a storytelling tool, all in the context of creating animated documentaries. Withinsight and inspiration, AnimatedRealism includes interviewsfromindustry luminaries like John Canemaker, Oscar WinningDirector of TheMoon and the Son, Yoni Goodman, Animation Director of Oscar Nominated Waltz with Bashir and Chris Landreth, Oscan Winning creator of Ryan. Packed with beautiful, instructive illustrations and previously unpublished material (including storyboards, photos and hand-drawn sketches) and interspersed with interviews - this is an exceptional source of inspiration and knowledge for animators, students and fans alike. With a companion website featuring animated shorts from leading animated documentaries, animators, students and documentary filmmakers will be able to analyze and apply Oscar-winning animation techniques to their own films.

Chapter 1: Waltz with Bashir, Developing a Visual Style with Animation in a Documentary Chapter 2: Persepolis, How the Graphic novel was translated into an Animated Film Chapter 3: Ryan, Animator's decisions to use 3D as a storytelling tool Chapter 4: Chicago 10 Chapter 5: Sunrise Over Tianamen Square Chapter 6: Drawn from Memory Chapter 7: The Moon and the Son Interviews will include: Ari Folman: Oscar Nominated director of Waltz with Bashir David Polonsky: Art Director of Waltz with Bashir Marjane Satarapi: Oscar Winning Creator of Persepolis John Canemaker: Oscan Winning Director of The Moon and the Son Chris Landreth: Oscar Winning Director of Ryan and Director of the Spine. Many more interviews will be lined up with creative directors and animators involved in this projects.

Judith Kriger is a Los Angeles, CA-based independent filmmaker and animator. She has worked professionally in the entertainment industry for over twenty years on various projects for film, broadcast, video games and the web. Ms. Kriger's credits include: Cats and Dogs, Antz, A Simple Wish, Bebe's Kids, South Park, Ren and Stimpy, The Family Dog and various Doughboy commercials. Ms. Kriger produces, directs and animates her own independent films and is currently working on an animated project about the Hebrew alphabet. She is an Assistant Professor of Film and Television at the Dodge College of Film and Media Arts at Chapman University. Ms. Kriger teaches introductory and advanced courses in 3D animation and visual effects production.