This week, we talked about different kinds of workflows an animator can have when working. For this week’s assignment, we worked in pose-to-pose to see how it was and how well it may suit us. It’s true that with this approach, you can see the whole movement from the beginning and work on everything at… Continue reading WEEK 6: Pose to pose 2.0
WEEK 6: Mise-en-scene
This week, we covered the basics of composition, staging, and screen direction. Mise-en-scène is a French term that refers to the visual elements placed in front of a scene or frame, providing essential information to the audience through the camera’s presentation. Elements such as setting & props, costume, hair and makeup, facial expressions & body… Continue reading WEEK 6: Mise-en-scene
WEEK 6: Physics
During this class, we explored how physics is applied within the Engine. I never realised how far physics went, especially in the Engine. We began simulating a pendulum, selecting two shapes: a master and a child. Within these parameters, we saw how to limit movement or rotation within the scene. After many attempts, I achieved… Continue reading WEEK 6: Physics
WEEK 6: Walk cycle
This week, we received feedback on our weight shift and pose. I was extremely proud to hear that I was doing really well and had understood the complexity of the assignment. George pointed out some tweaks I could make in my weight shift, as well as ways to improve the pose through just one of… Continue reading WEEK 6: Walk cycle
WEEK 5: Pose to pose
This class was divided into different sections; the first was entirely dedicated to the Juice Box feedback. I found it fun to see everyone’s polished animations, and I was thrilled to hear I made a massive improvement in my piece. Ting gave me some pointers on how to fix it at the end of the… Continue reading WEEK 5: Pose to pose
WEEK 5: Animated documentaries
This week, we explored animation in documentaries —in other words, cartoons with a true story behind them. During class, we watched many different videos, one of which was ‘The Sinking of the Lusitania’ by Winsor McCay, which showed the event even though there were no live-action shots. During World War II, Disney used the same… Continue reading WEEK 5: Animated documentaries
WEEK 5: 1:1 review
This week, we had a one-on-one meeting with Serra to discuss our plans for the final project. She suggested doing some research on the materials beforehand, since they will be a massive part of the project, so I’ve been looking at Fab and other free texture websites, and this is what I’ve found for now… Continue reading WEEK 5: 1:1 review
WEEK 5: Weight shifts
We are taking the next step this week and will be working on breaking down a walk cycle and its weight distribution. For further study, I read and watched a video provided by George. A walk cycle is really just the illusion of a controlled fall repeated endlessly, and no one explains that better than… Continue reading WEEK 5: Weight shifts
WEEK 4: Juice Boxes and golden poses
For this week’s class, we reviewed all our juice box animations. It was really fun to see how different each one was from the others. Regarding the golden pose, my pose was much better, but I still struggle to keep it symmetrical. The issue was the poor camera position choice. However, I’ll work further on… Continue reading WEEK 4: Juice Boxes and golden poses
WEEK 4: Formarive & Conceptual abstraction
This week’s class really took me by suprise by all the experimenral animation set for today’s motion graphics. We went back to the 20s, where artists began experimenting: painting, scratching or even burning individual frames to create their images. “Fire-packing” and hand-tinting every frame laid the groundwork for the digital colour grading and particle effects… Continue reading WEEK 4: Formarive & Conceptual abstraction