#3danimation2

Achieving Believable Character Animation in 3D:

The character on the screen should appear to be a thinking, moving and breathing independent being

Medium transparency - make the audience forget that the digital puppet is being moved around by someone.

The characters actions appear authentic and relevant to the context of the shot or sequence.

Assignment 2 - Planning

Assignment 2 is a Lip-sync task where we are given a 15 second long piece of dialog from a movie that we have to re-imagine and act out.

We were given the dialog and I immediately thought of a having it set in a coffee shop with Phil (the male voice) moping over a coffee with Rita (female voice) preoccupied with cleaning a camera. 

Having seen Groundhog day once before I was worried that I had remembered the actual scene from the movie, I re-watched the movie (the first time I saw it years ago, I found it really annoying but this time was quite enjoyable). In the movie he is badgering her as she is putting camera equipment away in a van, so my idea was clear.

I drew a few sketches of them trying to find a good way to frame the conversation to convey her disinterest and his depression. First was her on the floor in the foreground hunched over a camera and him at the bar behind her, but this was too relaxed for Phil, the second was similar the the final but with Phil in the foreground bemoaning a coffee and her on a table behind but he should be speaking to her, trying to get her attention without turning away from the camera.

Completed Animation for KNB211 - 3D Animation 2

Assignment 1 - Obstacle course

Here is the Final Product of my labor, I wish I had more time to refine It more, all i had time for was two or three passes while i was making each section but I encountered a lot of difficulty along the way (as shown In previous posts) and I feel I've learnt from it. For next time, I’ll plan each action more thoughtfully, and now I have a little experience, I’ll try to plan my approach BEFORE starting and spending too much time on something that may not work.

Even through the adversity, I did enjoy the task, I just wish I had 6 weeks instead of 2 so I could make the version I wanted to make originally (see first post about blocking)