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Mr. In-Between: My Life in the Middle of the Animation Revolution

Mr. In-Between: My Life in the Middle of the Animation Revolution


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About the Book

What’s changed most in your lifetime? The switch from land lines to cell phones? From snail mail to email? How about the transition from Bugs Bunny to Buzz Lightyear? Those Bugs and Daffy cartoons you loved as a kid look nothing like the PIXAR classics Toy Story or The Incredibles. Mr. In-Between: My Life in the Middle of the Animation Revolution is the fascinating and hilarious saga of one of animation's computer graphics pioneers, Bill Kroyer, making his way to Hollywood to end up as a key figure in the technical revolution of animation’s "Second Golden Age". He provides an artist’s explanation of the fundamental principles of animation, from the basic mechanics of motion to the immersive, artful experience of visualizing and realizing the performance of an imaginary character. Rather than a scholarly listing of films and filmmakers, the book is instead a captivating first-person journey through what may be the most important transition in the history of the arts—the transformation and renaissance of the animated film in the digital age. An important work for scholars, and an eye-opening and page-turning adventure for any film or cartoon fan, Mr. In-Between is a book that has the ultimate writing credit. Bill Kroyer was there. Key Features: Explains the step-by-step evolution of the digital tools of computer animation, from the most basic primitive “scripted” motion to the current application of artificial intelligence Describes some of the most remarkable, eccentric, and colorful geniuses who populated the quirky now-vanished subculture of “hand-drawn animation” Takes the reader on a world-wide tour of animation studios on four continents, explaining the vast cultural differences, but common artistic devotion, of animators in places as diverse as communist China, Europe, India, and the Philippines Recounts fascinating and surprising interactions with world-famous celebrities that worked with the animation industry, including legendary musicians, Oscar-winning actors and the King of the United Kingdom

Table of Contents:
Preface Acknowledgements Author Bio Chapter 01 Snow White Rollin' on the River Chapter 02 It all Started with a Wink Chapter 03 Annie's Sugar-Coated Nightmare Chapter 04 Westward Ho Chapter 05 How Cheap will you Work? Chapter 06 What is a Spungbunny? Chapter 07 Putting Pants on the Elves Chapter 08 The Tidepool off the River Chapter 09 Working my way Back to Burbank Chapter 10 Animation Across the Pond Chapter 11 At the Feet of the Master Chapter 12 The Rat's Nest Chapter 13 The Miracle of the Pencil Stub Chapter 14 Things you Could Never Imagine Chapter 15 It will Remind of you Something you Have Never Seen Before Chapter 16 Board Certified Chapter 17 Animation by the Numbers Chapter 18 Computer Image Choreography Chapter 19 Get me 100,000 of Those Chapter 20 Let the Digital Age Begin Chapter 21 Animating with Crayons Chapter 22 She's a Hard Woman to Please Chapter 23 The "E.T." you Haven't Heard of Chapter 24 Outperforming a Muppet Chapter 25 Dead on Arrival Chapter 26 Kroyer Films Ink Chapter 27 The Technological Threat Chapter 28 From Korea with Love Chapter 29 Chasing Awards Chapter 30 Back to Commercials! Chapter 31 Honey, I Shrunk the World Chapter 32 Killing Santa Chapter 33 Animation the Third World Way Chapter 34 Fairy Tales will Come True! Chapter 35 Raindrops Falling in our Heads Chapter 36 I do Live in a Tree! Chapter 37 Building an Airplane - In Flight Chapter 38 The Traditional Crash and Burn Chapter 39 Is There Life After Ferngully? Chapter 40 Warner Bros. and the Failed Quest Chapter 41 Time to go Digital Chapter 42 Talking Animals "R US" Chapter 43 Dinosaurs, Dogs, and Cats Chapter 44 The Academy and the Second Golden Age Chapter 45 Animation in the Digital Age Chapter 46 The Marriage of Animation and Visual Effects Chapter 47 R&H India Chapter 48 That Party Chapter 49 Hoa About a Career Change? Chapter 50 Teaching in the Digital Age Chapter 51 The Science of Keeping Up Chapter 52 Everything Changes Chapter 53 Fringe Benefits Chapter 54 Meeting Legends Chapter 55 Winding Down Chapter 56 Epilogue

About the Author :
Bill Kroyer was nominated for an Academy Award for his short film Technological Threat, the first film to combine 2D and CG animated characters. He directed Ferngully, The Last Rainforest, as well as dozens of commercials and animated feature film credit sequences. As Senior Animation Director at Rhythm & Hues studios he directed CG characters in films the grossed over $1 billion worldwide. In 2017 he and his wife Susan were the first couple to receive The International Animation Society's prestigious June Foray award. https://www.mrinbetween.org

Review :
"Bill Kroyer has been a witness and a participant in the ever-changing world of animation for decades, with awards and credentials to prove it. As a longtime admirer I enjoyed re-living his career -- and learning things I didn’t know. FERNGULLY: THE LAST RAINFOREST remains a family favorite which I can’t wait to show to my young granddaughter." -- Leonard Maltin


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781040300961
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: CRC Press
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1040300960
  • Publisher Date: 28 Feb 2025
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • Sub Title: My Life in the Middle of the Animation Revolution


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