Animation Industry Podcast
Episode 231: Ed Hooks With Master Tips On Acting For Animators
31 Oct 2023
Support this podcast on Patreon: www.patreon.com/theAIP This chat features Ed Hooks, a professional actor from New York with nearly three decades worth of experience. The reason he’s coming on this podcast is he switched from acting into teaching acting for animation in 1996 - when DreamWorks asked him to develop a unique approach to training their animators for their first feature film - Antz. Since then Hooks has trained animators in over 35 countries and created the essential acting guidebook called Acting for Animators. Tune in to Ibele and Hooks to hear: *Seven master tips to improve your character performance *Why you need to be stingy with your acting emotions *The simple guidelines that all acting theory boils down to Social Links: *Get 30% off Hooks’ book with code AFA30: https://www.routledge.com/Acting-for-Animators/Hooks/p/book/9781032266473?gclid Check out Hooks’ website: https://edhooks.com/
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