About the Book:
How to Write for Animation is the ultimate guide for anyone
with ambitions of writing for the most rapidly developing medium in
all of entertainment.
Over the years, the world of animation has expanded far beyond the
Saturday morning cartoons that generations of North Americans grew up
watching. Recent years have seen a boom in animation hit prime-time
television series, blockbuster cutting-edge digitally animated
features, and conventional animation. The expanding market is luring
writers who have an eye toward the future and an eagerness to work in
a medium where the only limit is the depth on one's imagination.
With step-by-step instructions and the insights of a seasoned
veteran, award-winning animation writer Jeffrey Scott details
the process of developing even the vaguest of ideas into a fully
realized animation script. He details every stop on the road from
inspiration to presentation, with sections on premises, outlines,
treatments, description, dialogue, and much more including:
• The complete premise, outline and script from an episode of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles written by Jeffrey Scott
• The job market and salaries for animation writing
• How to write funny material
• Writing animation for the internet
• Creating an animated TV series
• Maximizing creative potential
• Selling the finished product
What people say:
"Writing for Animation
is both an art and a discipline, and Jeffrey Scott
is terrific at teaching others what he's mastered himself."
— Jeffrey Katzenberg, DreamWorks SKG
"Jeffrey
Scott
has written the definitive sourcebook for anyone interested in the
world of animation and script writing."
— Nancy Kanter,
Vice President Programming, Disney Channel
"As one of the top names in
the animation field, a man who's done it all and done it with style,
Jeffrey Scott has not only given us the result of years of invaluable
experience, but a damn good read as well." — Stan Lee, writer, editor and publisher, co-creator of iconic characters including Spider-Man, the X-Men, Thor, Iron Man, Black Panther and the Fantastic Four
About the Author:
Jeffrey Scott is one of
animation's most acclaimed writers. He has written over six hundred
animated television scripts for such series as Superfriends, Jim
Henson's Muppet Babies, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. His work
has been recognized with three Emmy Awards and a Humanitas Prize. The
grandson of the Three Stooges' Moe Howard, he lives in Southern
California.