An afternoon with Alizée Musson: The Art of Writing Animation

Please join us in ABC Amsterdam for the book presentation The Art of Writing Animation by Alizée Musson. Please join is in ABC Amsterdam for an afternoon with script consultant and writer Alizée Musson, who will present her book The Art of Writing Animation. She will talk about her book, have a Q&A with the audience, and sign her book afterward. Tickets to this event are free. If you book a ticket and find you cannot make it after all please return your ticket so someone from the waitlist can join instead. About the book: Is animation written with words or pictures? How do writers and animators turn ideas into animated films or series? What's the animation development process? Are animated stories only for kids? What makes animation characters iconic? Can animated short films and web series launch your animation writing career? Writer and script consultant Alizée Musson steps behind the scenes to find answers. From Hollywood and independent cinema to TV, meet the creators of Pixar and Walt Disney's Ratatouille, Inside Out and Brave, Peppa Pig, Wolfwalkers, Chicken for Linda!, Netflix's Supa Team 4, Mars Express, American Dad! and many more. In over 25 case studies and interviews with writers, animators and producers - including an exclusive interview with the producer of Studio Ghibli's The Tale of The Princess Kaguya - discover all the storytelling tricks of the trade to write your own animated film or series and start your animation writing career. Exploring short and feature films alongside web and TV series, The Art of Writing Animation dives deep into the creative processes that shape animated stories. It's the perfect book for live-action screenwriters and animators who would rather learn from fellow creatives than be told how to write. About the author: Alizée Musson is a script consultant, development mentor and writer working internationally in French and English across live-action and animation. Growing up between France and the Netherlands, she studied film production at the Arts University Bournemouth in the UK and at FAMU in Czechia, before graduating from Goldsmiths, University of London, with an MA in Creative & Cultural Entrepreneurship. She began her career in script development as a freelance reader and translator with companies such as Entertainment One, Amazon Studios, Ubisoft, and Walt Disney. She also worked as a screenwriter, writing over 100 animated webisodes for various channels and shows, including for Peppa Pig. In 2019, she was a jury member for the BAFTA Children's Awards. An alumna of the MIDPOINT Feature Launch and the TorinoFilmLab Extended script consulting labs, Alizée also mentors writers through international film development programs and previously worked with Screen Yorkshire, Screen Ireland, and the International Film Festival Rotterdam.