Biomechanics. Blocking contact and passing poses

It's a long way to the top.

Time to Play

Sometimes the film maker needs to be let out in the yard. None of these clips are anything special. They are experiments and play. Trying things out, making mistakes and learning.



I like to do yoga at the Relaxation Centre. The billboard above the building created some nice juxtaposed comedy.



Below is an experimental project with a music composer. He wrote 5 seconds of music, which I animated and added 5 seconds of silent animation. The composer responded to that animation with the music and added another 5 seconds of music. And so the work evolves.

Workshop 3 - 2nd Dialogue Project - Progress

Workshop 3 Progress Reel for Review

Still a work in progress. Workshop ends in 2 weeks.

Trying to animate regularly - new dialogue project

Starting out with some Staging and blocking in stepped mode. Test#1:

Test #2:

Gently, gently, in the middle of the night practice - dialogue

I looked at the lip synch and tried an experiment: clicked in the audio file offset and added 2 frames so that the sounds appeared 2 frames later than when I was animating. The darn thing looked better.

Reduced the extremes, removed some poses for clarity and subjectivity.

Exploring Dialogue Delivery

I have learnt not to try to fit a square character into a round hole. Next assignment I'll make sure the character and dialogue match from the start.

I have made some more staging adjustments and reduced the broadness of the final body moves. There still is some polish to do on that section after the changes.

Best thing is that I'm enjoying the process.

Staging Adjustment and 1st pass on lip synch