Acting for Animators A Complete Guide to Performance Animation Airateanvcies eran bird iiCaes Ed Hooks % Foreword by Brad Bird lustirati Paul NaasHeinemann A division of Reed Elsevier Inc. 361 Hanover Street Portsmouth, NH 03801-3912 wwwheinemanndrama.com Offices and agents throughout the world © 2003, 2000 by Ed Hooks All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any elec- tronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hooks, Bd Acting for animators : a complete guide to performance animation / Ed Hooks foreword by Brad Bird ; illustrations by Paul Naas. — Rev. ed pcm. ISBN 0-325-00580-X (alk. paper) 1. Animation (Cinematography). 2. Motion picture acting I. Title. TRE97.5.H66 2003 791.43'7—de21 2003007225 Editor: Lisa A. Barnett Production editor: Sonja S. Chapman Electronic product developers: Dan Breslin and Eyeon Interactive (Cover and text illustrations: Paul Naas Cover design: Catherine Hawkes, Cat & Mouse Compestor: Reuben Kantor, QEP Design Manufacturing: Steve Bernier Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper 07 06 05 04 ve 23.45Contents Foreword by Brad Bird vi Acknowledgments viii Introduction ix 1 Seven Vi sential Acting Concepts 1 2 The Audience I 8 The Character 18 4 The Scene 29 5 Movement 55 6 Speech 76 7 The Camera 79 Technique 82 The Form 97 10. The Medium 102 ses UL IL Classroom Exer 12 The [ron Giant: An Acting Analysis 6 1B What Is Method Acting? 24 Recommended Reading and Additional Study 26 Works Cited 128 About the CD 130