bibliography
essential reading reference
The Animator's Survival Kit, by Richard Williams, Faber and Faber Ltd, 2001
The Human Figure in Motion, by Eadweard Muybridge, Dover Publications, 1989
Animals in Motion, by Eadweard Muybridge, Dover Publications, 1957
Timing for Animation, by Harold Whitaker and John Halas, Focal Press, 1981
The Illusion of Life, by Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnson, Hyperion, 1997
Cracking Animation, by Peter Lord and Brian Sibley, Thames & Hudson Ltd, London, 1998
definitely worth a look
How to Draw Cartoon Animation, by Preston Blair. Walter Foster Publishing, 1980
Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas: The Film, the Art, the Vision, by Frank Thompson, Disney Press, 2002
Time-Lapse and Stop-Motion Animation using the Bolex H16, by Andrew Alden, www.bolex.co.uk
Film Fantasy Scrapbook, by Ray Harryhausen, Titan Books, 1989
Stop-Motion Armature Machining: A Construction Manual, by Tom Brierton, Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc. 2002.
some old yet valuable information
Basic TV Staging, by Gerald Millerson, Focal Press, 1974
Motion Picture Camera Techniques, by David W. Samuelson, Focal Press, 1978
articles
Sight and Sound, no. 11, March 1992, pp. 24–7
The Same Dark Drift by Jonathan Romney
On the Brothers Quay
American Cinematographer, vol. 81, no. 8, Aug 2000, pp. 56, 62–65
Flying the Coop by John Gainsborough
On the making of ‘Chicken Run’
Cinefex, no. 82, July 2000, pp. 119–31
Poultry in Motion by Kevin H. Martin
On the making of ‘Chicken Run’
Cinfefex, no. 56, Nov 1993, pp. 30–53
Animation in the Third Dimension by Mark Cotta Vaz
On the making of Tim Burton's ‘Nightmare before Christmas’
Creative Screenwriting, vol. 6, no. 6, Nov/Dec 1999, pp. 66–68
Writing for the Simpsons
Animation World Magazine, March 2000
Performance and Acting for Animators by Judy Lieff