Nov

Ben Riley: Week 9 HW

1. Time to animate: 4 hours

2. Adjective Pair: Fearful and Fearless.

3. Backstory: Two spooky ghosts were told to wait at the misty mountains for a sign or portent. Little did they know that they’d learn the true meaning of fear.

4. Occasionally, when numerous elements were all moving around the screen independently (for example, the bit towards the end when the fearful ghost, the fearless ghost, and the ball ghost are all moving in different directions), it was was hard to keep track of everything. There are a handful of frames where one of the characters vanishes because of this.

5. Aha moment: While the timing isn’t perfect, it is a lot better than it’s been. The characters seem to actually take time to think over what they’re seeing and react accordingly, which was a flaw in past characterization animations.

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Nov

Week#9 Animation Two Objects Tian

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Nov

Week 9 -Two objects and interaction – Saiq’a Chowdhury

Adjective pair: adventurous and timid

This is the story of the sad demise of the Blob Left and Blob Right.

Blob Left is spontaneous, Blob Right is shy.
Blob Left wants to have fun with Ball, but Blob Right doesn’t seem to think it’s a very good idea.
Ball gets agitated and something terrible happens…

How long it took: 7 hours

AHHA moment: The ending. Initially I had both blobs running away from the ball but then I thought death would make it more cute.

If I animated again: Definitely add some sound effects or music to elaborate on the characters. Slow down the movements a little bit at the beginning in order to make clearer personality establishments, e.g. have Blob Left’s movements slightly slower at the beginning, more observant and then transforming to excitement.

Overall, I really enjoyed making this. I’m quite happy with the time and spacing, weight and bounces – I paid a lot of close attention to these things.

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Nov

Week #9 Animation – Sandy Yoon

Scene with 2 characters and a ball
Approx 4 hrs to animate / process
Problems

Tweaking the timing spacing of the character

Ah Ha

Thinking about each shape’s character, goals, and obstacles
Disregarding my storyboard…

If I animated this again I would:

Exaggerate the movements even more, create a more complex story

REFLECT: What worked? What didn’t? What would you change next time?

The simple design of the characters, aesthetically and technically, allowed me to move them very easily. I think the main character’s movements show anticipation, squash and stretch. It could be pushed further.

Storyboard HW9

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Nov

Week #9 Animation – Two rabbits by Musen

TWO RABBITS

Determine the Universal Truth: careful & careless
Draw your character: two rabbits
Write the name, age, and physical description of your character: Two rabbits with different characteristics. Pink rabbit is living and care. Yellow one is a lazy and carless one.

story board

video:

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Nov

Week #9: Animation Character/Personality Plot

STORYBOARD:

CHARACTER BREAKDOWN:

Two twin brothers with two different sensibilities. Since they’re brothers, it’s expected that they always find trouble.

VIDEO:

REFLECTION:

TIME: 9 hrs

PROBLEMS: Deciding which characteristics from the list. Rending to quicktime. Uploading properly to blog.

AH HA: Making the characters into brothers just to push the plot line. Adding the exclamation points to express dialogue.

IF ANIMATED AGAIN: Add a quirky music, pay more attention to the shadows or where the light drops, I didn’t really explore that.

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Oct

Week #9 Recap & Homework

Use the exercise we did in class to aid you in creating a powerful scene for this week’s homework:

Create a 10 second animation wherein two characters that look exactly the same react oppositely to a ball. Download the handout for further details.

Determine the Universal Truth
Draw your character
Write the name, age, and physical description of your character
Think of a scene this character is in where the universal truth from #1 is apparent. Are there other people there? Is your character alone? What does the setting look like? What time of day is it? What is being said in the scene? What is the character or characters physical doing in the scene?
Determine your character’s goal and motivation for the scene. What they hope to accomplish by the end of the scene? What makes them strive to reach their goal even if an obstacle is in the way?
What is the biggest obstacle your character faces in the scene? What is preventing them from reaching their goal? How does the character feel about their actions?
Return to the scene. Rework the scene so that your character’s goal, motivations, feelings, and the obstacles are reflected.
Add a power shift. Do goals change? Motivations? Obstacles? Feelings about their actions?

For inspiration, observe the following scenes

While watching, ask yourself:

What is the obstacle/conflict? In other words, what is being negotiated?
With whom or what is the negotiation taking place? (with him/herself, with another character, with the situation)
Who has the higher status at the start of the scene? Does the status remain the same or does it switch?
How do the characters feel about what they are doing? What physical movements and expressions demonstrate this?
What is the universal truth (aka general principle, theme) the scene is portraying?
How is it portrayed specifically in the scene?
What is the specific moment that hits you over the head with emotion?