multi Char dialogue Refining shot 01 and 02 (class 05 week 05)

hey there,

things are progressing slooowly... got my shot 01 and 02 up from step to spline... very little to report... so just make a quick post here :)

well thats it for now

chao :)

Multi char Dialogue Blocking plus (class 05 week 04)

hey there,

wow weeks just disappear... cant believe its already week 4!!! (starting into week 5)

luckily a minor inspiration hit me last week and i had more progress then i could hope for but still lagging behind (i was hoping to get all my shots off blocking and into blocking plus but sadly i only got 3 shots in)
got 7 weeks to finish the whole thing... LOooooooooooooooooooooooooong way to go and soooooooooooooo little time...

heres the video i uploaded...




also this week the assignment was to have facial expression of the 2 beats using our video reference (yes yes iknow the last sentence dont make sense but i am trying hard to make it as confuzing as possible :P )

on the side... i seem to have fun a batmobile (1992 animated series one) model and got around to set up some rigging with it... getting some ideas for a seprate shot that would be intresting to put on my reel but lets see if i get time to do it...


well thats it for now...

chao

Multi Character dialogue Blocking (class 05 week 03)

hey there,

week 3 has been quite uneventful actually, the progress is really slow, and i would have liked to have added more details into the shot but being a bit unsure of the action causes me to hesitate a bit... right now what i have can be classified as rough blocking (story telling pose) hopefully i will be struck by an inspiration and the coming weeks can go a bit smoother then last one :)



here is my assignment video





this weeks assignment required me to take 2 beats from my shot and pose the characer's face accordingly (to understand the subtly ways to push the facial pose i suppose) here my my submission :)

apart from that on weekend i found a rig on batman in creative crash...
http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/character-rigs/c/batman-rig--2

so i had fun trying to push the rig to see how much of a "BAT" feel i could get... it really is a nice decent rig... if i get time gonna try some animation test...

i do wish the cape had more controls (it has only 3 vertical controls and i wish it had 5-7 so i could cheat and make it such that the cape covered the front part too... )

well thats it for now...
chao

Multi character dialogue Video reference and layout (class 05 week 02 )

hey there,

        Week 2 already man time is flying away... its that time of the term where i have to shoot video reference, not that i dont like shooting reference its just that i dont like seeing myself on camera seeing

the fat tummy jiggle *ugh* ... i know i know i need to loose weight... but thats the funny part... i realised something about myself i am an extremist... either its everything or nothing... when I was working I rarly felt the need to eat... now that i am at home, i pig out all the time...

right now back to my assignment... the reason i make theres posts...

here is the layout i created for the dialogue... its the 2nd choice the 1st one mentor didnt like and the 3rd one is black adder so its a bit too famous that most people recognized it as rowan atkinson... i didnt want to compete my pathetic acting skills with my idol :) (though i would have loved to make an homage to him... oh well :) )

and my video reference

and some of my planning

well thats it for now...

CHAO!!!

multi character dialogue clips (Class 05 week 01 )

Hey there,

so finally back into animation mentor... This term my mentor is the AWESOME Jean-Denis Haas ... Had my 1st QnA with him and it was mind blowing... (maybe I am lucky or something but i got one awesome mentor after another or maybe... AM is full of awesome mentors :D )...

well this term (thanks to some great changes in the syllubus) i get to spend 10-11 weeks on one shot (or rather sinces its got 3 cuts it may be classified as 3 shots but 1 dialogue... 2 characters over the length of 15-25 seconds)... i think it will be a nice challange...

here is a video of the 3 clips that i've picked out... hopefully one of them would be chosen for me to do for next 11 weeks...

the below are some quick Sketch/notes explaining what I had in mind when i was listening to the dialogue... the drawings (as usual super crude) arnt the final composition but just a  hint/suggestion on what I am going for...

well thats it for now...

CHAO!!!