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Week 4: Reference footage and rigs
Source or Recording Reference video’s for body mechanics When finding references be cautious of the resolution, shooting angle, frame rates. Body Mechanics: Set up and export your reference footage: Create a starting Maya Scene: Because in the zero frames, I … Continue reading
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Week 4: Research activity in Mise-en-Scène
Settings & Props: There are four human-like animals in the laboratory with goggles. They separate into two laboratories, one is made of two foxes, one is made of a fox and a beaver. They all stand behind the table. There … Continue reading
Week 4: Reading the Mise-en-scène
Reading all the cmponent showing to the audience. First example: The Bread Winner The girl is in the middle, and the other figures are at the sweet point. And the cables in the picture lead our eyes around the frame. … Continue reading
Week 4: Using Camera in Mise-en-scene
DEPTH: Depth-of-field: The distance from the near to the farthest that objects are in focus. Focus is a very important element because it can bring our attention to a particular part of the frame. And the thing out of focus … Continue reading
Week 4: Mise-en-scene notes
Mise-on-scene is a French term meaning what is put into a scene or frame. It conveys the essential information to the audience through the camera. Everyone should act follows the narrative. There are several elements of mise-en-scene: Settings and Props: … Continue reading
Week 3: Walking animation
Basic knowledge: Thursday 28th October (Self-directed lecture/demo) In this video, there are some problems in the body spinning. There is a noticeable lump and bump. The reason is I set the opposite number in flipping, and a negative keyframe is … Continue reading
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Week 2: Posing and Ball & Tail Animation
Posing knowledge: Line of action is important, it shows the person’s force and the body follows motion. In the picture, there are reverse C and forward C. Arcs with the spine are S and C curves. Counter pose: Opposites/ Spine … Continue reading
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Week 3: Politics affecting media in the film field
How politics shapr media. We all crave real human stories (youtube,n.d.). Maybe that is why there are a lot of successful movies about politics these days. Darkest Hour is a typical example. In this movie, Winston Churchill is faced with a difficult … Continue reading
Week 2: Some animation resist Disney influence
The success of Disney naturally led to other studios adopting a similar assembly-line approach to animation production which has evolved with contemporary computer animation today (Carter, Chris & Carter, Michelle, 2019). Although Disney has a significant advantage in the animation industry, there are … Continue reading
Week 1：Bouncing Ball practice
First try in bouncing ball practice This video is the first I tried. When the ball finally stopped, I made it bounce back and forth to stop. The feeling is like a ping-pong ball. Unfortunately, I picked the wrong ball. … Continue reading
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