Showing posts with label Spring 15. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spring 15. Show all posts
Thursday, July 2, 2015
Friday, June 19, 2015
Thursday, June 18, 2015
Kung Fu Panda 3 - Trailer
Can't wait for this one! Loved the first two! But man, the music in trailers nowadays... I must be getting old....
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Friday, June 12, 2015
Thursday, June 11, 2015
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Add Character
As many of my students know, I'm always harping on about
CHARACTER, to a point where it became a meme in my last AAU class. Thank
you George...
To me it's just more interesting to see a character make choices that are influenced by their emotional state, by what's happening to them via outside forces (through another character or environmental forces, etc.) and so on as opposed to seeing just movement (like a dance or martial arts).
You can have underlying character traits inform the character's acting choices. Your character can be honest, loyal, determined, adventurous, pessimistic, mean, rude, greed, cruel, picky ,silly, fidget, deceptive, etc. etc.
You can also have gestures or body tics that are specific to one character. It can be tricky to put that into one shot as it might seem repetitive or just look like bad acting:
To me it's just more interesting to see a character make choices that are influenced by their emotional state, by what's happening to them via outside forces (through another character or environmental forces, etc.) and so on as opposed to seeing just movement (like a dance or martial arts).
You can have underlying character traits inform the character's acting choices. Your character can be honest, loyal, determined, adventurous, pessimistic, mean, rude, greed, cruel, picky ,silly, fidget, deceptive, etc. etc.
You can also have gestures or body tics that are specific to one character. It can be tricky to put that into one shot as it might seem repetitive or just look like bad acting:
... but it's still something to think about. As mentioned above, the environment can also alter your acting. Take your current acting scene but place it somewhere where it's really cold. The character's posture is going to change, some gestures might be faster or reduced in their scale maybe because he/she wants to go back to putting his/her hands into the coat pockets or whatever.
A simple gesture or someone grabbing a prop is going to look different depending on your character's emotional state of mind, character trait, environment, or even if the character is familiar or unfamiliar with the environment and/or prop(s).
All in all, every move should hopefully tell the audience something about your protagonist/antagonist/extra/etc., so don't forget: add character. :)
Monday, June 8, 2015
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Monday, June 1, 2015
Thursday, May 28, 2015
A Survivor's Guide to Life Inside an Animation Studio
Over at Floobynooby there's a really great post about what you could expect once inside a studio environment. I highly recommend you read through it.
Monday, May 25, 2015
Friday, May 22, 2015
Friday, May 15, 2015
Spring AAU Semester is a wrap!
Haven't done a "Classes are done" post for a while, but yep, yesterday the 2nd out of the two classes at the AAU wrapped and it's been awesome as always. Good luck to all those who graduate!
There are no classes during Summer, but I'm still doing Animation Mentor and my online workshops are always open if anybody needs help and tutoring.
And Ritter Sport Hazelnut chocolate is the best. Boom.
There are no classes during Summer, but I'm still doing Animation Mentor and my online workshops are always open if anybody needs help and tutoring.
And Ritter Sport Hazelnut chocolate is the best. Boom.
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