Downtime
With our fun little project wrapped all up, I find myself with a bit of free time, and I must say, I'm enjoying it immensely. It's strange though, for lots of other stuff has seemed to expand and fill the space where I would normally be keying away!
I've learnt a fair bit on Madagascar, so how I can apply it in the Shrek universe to really push the quality of my work?
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Well Kevan, I think the main thing is attention to detail. You need to take that eye you've managed to somehow develop and really examine your shots as they progress. You've got some key poses, some inbetweens, they work well, by how do your arcs turn out as the computer interpolates your values? You are responsible for every frame after all! You should track elements as they move through space and look at the spacing. Are there any pops, jumps, nasty frames? If so, fix them!
In a world constrainted by the laws of physics, body mechanics are super important. Look at your weight distribution, transfer and balance. Are things moving as though motivated by a driving force?
Finally, take a step back at look at the composition of the work as a whole. Clear silhouettes, staging, and readability please, squire!
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Note to self: Read this again. Lots.
I've learnt a fair bit on Madagascar, so how I can apply it in the Shrek universe to really push the quality of my work?
....
(tick tock) (tick tock)
....
Well Kevan, I think the main thing is attention to detail. You need to take that eye you've managed to somehow develop and really examine your shots as they progress. You've got some key poses, some inbetweens, they work well, by how do your arcs turn out as the computer interpolates your values? You are responsible for every frame after all! You should track elements as they move through space and look at the spacing. Are there any pops, jumps, nasty frames? If so, fix them!
In a world constrainted by the laws of physics, body mechanics are super important. Look at your weight distribution, transfer and balance. Are things moving as though motivated by a driving force?
Finally, take a step back at look at the composition of the work as a whole. Clear silhouettes, staging, and readability please, squire!
.......
(blink)
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Note to self: Read this again. Lots.
posted by Kevan at
7/15/2005 03:40:00 PM
3 Comments:
that's what sometimes confuses me .. so many thing to remember but then when i animate, I start to fix stuff base on my feeling and forget about all the theory which sometimes showed that my sense of animation is still weak .. argh..
By
rini, at 5:28 PM
That's not necessarily true, for when you've told yourself this stuff enough times, it becomes second nature and implicit in the process. As animators, we make these decisions all the time, but we don't necessarily think, "must look at driving force behind that move", instead, it happens automatically - "heh, that doesn't look right, let's move that down there and.... much better!".
Don't worry about my incessant intellectualising, you probably do all this stuff already!
: )
By
Kevan, at 8:29 PM
hah..you make me feel better already. :P
By
rini, at 12:03 PM
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