Body Mechanics
Final Animation
Adding more poses
I worked on adding more poses for the arms. I had an issue with the frames after i converted from blocking to spline. I ended up having to delete all the frames for the arms. I thought it would be easier to re pose the arms instead of fixing the poses. The timeline was really messed up. not sure why my auto-key option wasn’t saving keys as i continued to pose. It wasted a lot of my time trying to fix the missing double frames, So i decided to re-do the arms
Changing from Blocking to Spline
After Blocking out my key poses, I changed the file set up from stepped preview to spline. I took a closer look at the graph editor to fix the curves for a smoother animation.
Blocking
For the body mechanics shot, I chose to do a very simple sitting down to standing up animation.
Acting Shot
Final Shot
Blocking to Spline
Blocking the Shot
Shooting the Reference
George asked me to shoot reference footage for the approved audio clip. He wanted me to reimagine the original scene and act out a different scenario for my reference. In my planning sheet, I reconceptualized this audio to be delivered by a judge as a snarky comment to his fellow judges at a beauty pageant, directed at a contestant just after being announced.
After reviewing my initial reference footage, George advised me to reshoot it because the camera placement was off.
Intro to Acting Shots
After completing advanced body mechanics, our focus has shifted to acting animation. Recently, George assigned us a new task: selecting an unfamiliar audio clip, ideally 3-5 seconds long, to inspire a fresh animation concept.
Once chosen, our next steps include sketching thumbnails and crafting a layout that illustrates the character’s progression through “before,” “now,” and “after” phases in response to the audio. Additionally, we are required to transcribe the dialogue and use the emotion wheel to depict the emotional nuances conveyed in each line.
Selecting the right audio proved to be the most daunting challenge, just as George had anticipated. After listening to numerous clips in search of one with a compelling emotional shift, I ultimately settled on a snippet from Brooklyn Nine-Nine, featuring Captain Raymond Holt.