Fred Patten's Book Reviews

Book Review: The Fairest One of All: The Making of Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Posted In | Magazines: AnimationWorld | Columns: Fred Patten's Book Reviews | Site Categories: 2D, Books, Films
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Fred Patten looks at the incredible new book detailing the art and history of Disney’s animated classic.

Book Review: The Art of Wreck-It Ralph

Posted In | Magazines: AnimationWorld | Columns: Fred Patten's Book Reviews | Site Categories: Art, Books, Films
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Jennifer Lee and Maggie Malone take an in-depth look at the visual development stages of Disney’s latest animated feature.

Book Review: Filmmaking for Change: Make Films That Transform the World

Posted In | Magazines: AnimationWorld | Columns: Fred Patten's Book Reviews | Site Categories: Books, Business, Films
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The Slamdance co-founder’s book guides filmmakers on making and distributing socially relevant low budget films.

Book Review - The Storyboard Artist: Guide to Freelancing in Film, TV, and Advertising

Posted In | Magazines: AnimationWorld | Columns: Fred Patten's Book Reviews | Site Categories: 2D, Books, Commercials, Education and Training, Films, Television
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Fred Patten looks at Giuseppe Cristiano’s comprehensive new guide book for storyboarding professionals.

Book Review: The Art of Rise of the Guardians

Posted In | Magazines: AnimationWorld | Columns: Fred Patten's Book Reviews | Site Categories: 2D, 3D, Art, Books, Films
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This book explores the beautiful art behind the new DreamWorks film Rise of the Guardians

Book Review: The Art and Making of Hotel Transylvania

Posted In | Magazines: AnimationWorld | Columns: Fred Patten's Book Reviews | Site Categories: Art, Books, Films
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This lush new book is a must have for fans and for anyone looking to dig deep into character design progressions.

Book Review: Animation Under the Swastika: A History of Trickfilm in Nazi Germany

Posted In | Magazines: AnimationWorld | Columns: Fred Patten's Book Reviews | Site Categories: 2D, Books, Cartoons, Short Films
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Fred Patten takes an in-depth look at a new book chronicling the history of animation under the Third Reich.

Book Review: Postcards & Doodles

Posted In | Magazines: AnimationWorld | Columns: Fred Patten's Book Reviews | Site Categories: Art, Books
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Tim Hodge’s new self published book is a fun collection of hand drawn postcards and decorated envelopes.

Book Review: The Art and Making of ParaNorman

Posted In | Magazines: AnimationWorld | Columns: Fred Patten's Book Reviews | Site Categories: Art, Books, CG, Films, Stop-Motion
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Chronicle's new book goes in-depth to show the considerable differences and complexity of a full stop-motion feature utilizing LAIKA’s unique techniques.

Book Review-Character Mentor: Learn by Example to Use Expressions, Poses, and Staging to Bring Your Characters to Life

Posted In | Magazines: AnimationWorld | Columns: Fred Patten's Book Reviews | Site Categories: 2D, Art, Books, Cartoons, Education and Training
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Tom Bancroft’s new book shows animators how to bring their characters to life.