CAGD 445 Animated Short
Bad Anchor
Week 7-8
Week 12-14
The second critique took place and the group put together the latest animation shots. The new rendition of the project looked alright, but a lot of the comments were very helpful in getting new ideas and angles flowing. There will definitely be some things to reshape and polish up even more before the final animation is due. With only a few weeks left, it is very important to get everything down right. My assigned shots needed a bit of work in terms of portraying movement in spline, and a few tweaks to the overall scene needed to be re-animated. One shot with the Main character bear's initial reaction was changed from concerned and frightened to staring happy and creepily. Other than that, a bit of smoothing out and the animation is coming along better than expected. The rest of my work was allocated to helping out and working with the other group members, stringing together the final animatic with all the animation. While everyone is still at work, now is the time to prepare.
Week 7-8
For week 7, there wasn't as much time to meet as a group. Luckily, our main priority at this point was animating the scenes given out to us. Throughout these two weeks, it was about the process of blocking, referencing, and overall formatting of good animated shots.A few things that needed to be kept in mind were the scene assets which needed to remain in the same spots throughout all shots to maintain consistency. Another things was making sure the shot/camera angle was catered to by the animation. Getting the smoothest animation doesn't matter if it doesn't convey properly from the camera's point of view. My personal assigned shots are very short, consisting of simple gestures, head and joint turns, very minimal movement.
This week was a follow-up to the previous week and the initial animation critiques. A lot of the suggestions for the project overall were very helpful, and either have been or will be taken into account and changed or implemented into the shots. This week's work was mainly about smoothing out edges within the animation. Movements were made more concrete and fluid, while objects were referenced in closer to their final rendering.
Week 9
In week 9, dailies started up, so animation was in full swing. Critique was great for progressing into the next step of the project. Some of the tips for my scenes in particular were more connected motions, and overall polishing up of how the scenes read with audiences. As far as the whole group video went, the first round of stitching all scenes together along with audio seemed to work fairly decent. For a first draft, it did accomplish some of the most important goals, but there was also plenty of room for improvement. Some animation was just being blocked out, while other parts could have altered or different motions. Overall, the flow seemed to match that of the animatic, and could benefit from some polishing. Shots could be longer, or cut together differently to maximize effect on the audience in the final product, as suggested.
Week 10-11
This week was a follow-up to the previous week and the initial animation critiques. A lot of the suggestions for the project overall were very helpful, and either have been or will be taken into account and changed or implemented into the shots. This week's work was mainly about smoothing out edges within the animation. Movements were made more concrete and fluid, while objects were referenced in closer to their final rendering.
Week 12-14
The second critique took place and the group put together the latest animation shots. The new rendition of the project looked alright, but a lot of the comments were very helpful in getting new ideas and angles flowing. There will definitely be some things to reshape and polish up even more before the final animation is due. With only a few weeks left, it is very important to get everything down right. My assigned shots needed a bit of work in terms of portraying movement in spline, and a few tweaks to the overall scene needed to be re-animated. One shot with the Main character bear's initial reaction was changed from concerned and frightened to staring happy and creepily. Other than that, a bit of smoothing out and the animation is coming along better than expected. The rest of my work was allocated to helping out and working with the other group members, stringing together the final animatic with all the animation. While everyone is still at work, now is the time to prepare.
