Preface : We're not live action any more
Design for living : An introduction to thumbnails ; Food actors: designs that animate ; An introduction to dialogue animation
Setting the stage: character and story context : Don't just do something ... ; Within you, without you: analysing the character ; Character volume, size and movement
Is sex necessary? : Masculine and feminine character acting ; The ages of man (and woman)
Animal actors : Four legs good, two legs better?: Creating animal characters ; Flights of imagination: animating winged characters ; Portraying animal qualities in human characters ; 'Look, Ma, no hands!': animating snakes, worms, and other crawlers
Fantastic performance! : Natural inspirations for the supernatural ; Dual natures: human/animals combinations ; Floating worlds: the weightless actor
The performer as object : Moving the furniture: bringing inanimate objects to life ; Material girl: fabric and cloth characters
Double timing: animating character interactions : Staging and composition ; Changing leads in multiple-character scenes ; Potemkin villages: crowd scenes and how to fake them
Character development over time : Character and story arcs
Inspiration and reference.
