As a professional acting teacher hired to instruct animators, Hooks discovered that actors and animators apply the concepts of acting in opposite ways. Beginning with a short history of acting, Hooks shows how animators must work to expose the feelings and personalities of their characters to the audience, often employing acting no-no's such as "anticipation." Hooks provides numerous acting principles that can be applied to the production of animated characters. Topics include the audience, the character, speech, the camera, an acting analysis of The Iron Giant , and method acting. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)