Barbara Slade Archives

Writing Animation – where the action never stops.

June 4, 2019
Bob Eckhard

Hi all, Today we consider dialogue versus action. One mistake many writers make is to overwrite spoken exchanges. A few years ago I heard a story about how Clint Eastwood – when making the film Gran Torino – was …

Writing animation – part 1

May 21, 2019
Bob Eckhard

Hello, Today, we begin a 3 part series on writing animation which will be delivered as a drip feed over the next two months as my own project develops (see below). The attached notes on ‘Writing for Animation’ were taken during …