Authors

Haha I think about animation way to much.

But I respect authors so much now. Because they are basically living in the character like animators. They have to think the way they think, know whats going on. Instead of studying movement they study speech. On how the character is like, what they said, how they react to what other people say.

Thats it for now!

Reality Sucks..!?

haha I found this image on digg, and I thought it related to my animation...



The reason I think it relates to it because I followed my reference to much! It's to real..I need to make it better! I CAN make it eye candy.

Exaggerate. Animate interesting life! You don't want to animate something that is boring, repetitive, something that you do mechanically!

There has to be a reason to the animation! (I guess unless you are doing a test animation)

Inspiration comes from everywhere...

Exaggeration

I found out a new rule that I knew about since the beginning but never really used to now!

Alright I was making an animation of a guy throwing a frisbee. I thought it was awesome at first.


But then I posted it on 11 second club and people said I needed to exaggerate the movements because its not eye candy! Thanks 11 second club you saved me! If I didn't post this then I would of never thought of it.

And thanks Carlos to get me think about other people opinion on how to make it better.

Most people said I needed to push the poses and thats what I did...



there it is!

Then I posted it up again and then someone told me about silhouette's. I am not sure what that means but he posted a picture of part of my action in the animation and it showed a dull picture. So what I think he means make every image interesting to look at!

Less linear poses!

So that it what I am doing now!

Comedy

After reading Carlos Baena's post about comedy it made me think of a few things.

This morning at school we had a tv show special. And it was ofcourse the football players and people doing stuff. Other people thought it was funny but I was like bleh its not that funny. But then when I saw my friend in a part of the show for like a music video, I thought it was funny to see him in there.

Then I wonder....If I was in someone else's shoes I wouldn't be laughing at it. Then I realized the people in my class that was laughing probably knew the people on the show.

I was thinking... It is probably funny for them because they know the people who were in it, and it was because they usually wouldn't do that...

I don't know. I still think the humor is pretty bad but it made me think.

Also made me think of the office. If I never saw it before, and came to the middle of the season I wouldn't see why it would be funny.(I never saw the first season but I got to get to know the characters) I want to study how the actor build up there character. Need to get the first season of the office then.

Movie companies are sooo smart with there jokes and stuff its amazing. Have you ever been in a situation when you hear a funny part of the movie and didn't think it was funny until you saw that part?

It's because you know what type of person the character is and you know what is going on! It's amazing!

Don't take animation literally

What I found out that is a big deal for me is thattt.. You can make animation "to realistic"

What I mean by this is that you follow your reference to much. For me I am an ok actor but when I act things out it looks boring to watch. I am making a person lift up a box. I tried to get the timing and stuff right. I think I got it right buut its boring to watch!

I mean seriously, who would want to watch a person lift up a box a normal way?! I mean like, atleast I can add some character and stuff behind it. Give him some struggle.

Also if it is real life action, in animation it tends to look to slow. We want to see something interesting!

But it doesn't mean to make animation jumpy all the time. You have to pick out the right moments.

Now to make my animation more interesting...and more fast!

I tend to animate in slooooooow motiiioooooon

I need to speed it up!