Week 9 - Week 11 : 27 Oct 2022 - 8 Nov 2022
Tan Yi Yun 0345559Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media
Project 2/Action Animation
PROJECT 2 : Action Animation
We are asked to pick any shot from your film studies and cinematography class project. The selected shot should have an action that is showing a character in Full Shot (FS) or from knee up to the head. The duration is according to your animatics but not too short like less than 2 seconds. Find the action references from Youtube or any other sources that are similar to your action in the shot. Save the video to your hard drive as mp4 format.
Notes:
If the camera is not according to your shot, you need to analyse it from various angles. Understand the mechanics of action and try to fit the action according to your camera shot.
Selected scenes
Scene 3 (Cat and rat running cycle)
Scene 4 (Walk cycle)
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| Figure 1.1, Thumbnail sketches of selected scenes (from Films Studies and Cinematography), Week 9 (28/10/2022) |
Reference videos
Reference of cat running cycle, Week 9 (29/10/2022)
Reference of walk cycle, Week 9 (29/10/2022)
Action Study
From the video reference, I came out with a cat running cycle and a joyful walk cycle.
Cat running cycle tryout, Week 9 (29/10/2022)
Walk cycle tryout, Week 10 (1/10/2022)
Rough
This is the cat-chasing-rat scene rough animation, mostly animated on 3.
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| Figure 1.2, Rough animation (Scene 3), Week 10 (2/11/2022) |
Scene 3 - Rough, Week 10 (2/11/2022)
The video below is the walk cycle with emotion. It have 10 keyframes that are animated on 3.
Scene 4 - Rough (on 3), Week 10 (2/11/2022)
I prefer animating on 3 by filling up with in-betweens.
Scene 4 - Rough (on 1), Week 10 (4/11/2022)
Tie Down
Scene 3 - Tie down, Week 11 (8/11/2022)
Scene 4 - Tie down, Week 11 (8/11/2022)
Final Submission
Final Compilation Video, Week 11 (9/11/2022)
FEEDBACK
Week 11 :
Animate the full shot of rat and cat running cycle. Then adjust the camera movement in Adobe Animate. Add expression/emotion to the character walk cycle.
REFLECTION
This project is challenging because we have to apply the animation principles into the action. I am not familiar with how cat runs and jumps. So, I went to search for some reference videos and trace over the frames. Then, I try to fit the action based on the camera shot. One of the challenges I faced is the difficulty of using brushes in Adobe Animate. Unlike Photoshop, there are lesser brush options and the lines are difficult to clean up. I have to give up the chalky brush pattern I would like to use initially. All and all, I look forward to completing the entire 20 seconds animation in the final project.