Haydn Spencer - Alternative Guide to Animation

@hspencer-animationalt

NUA BA2b Project

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FULL GROUP OUTCOME

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FULL ANIMATED SEQUENCE

Since I rendered the backgrounds separately, I added some effects to them in Premiere, such as making them out of focus as if there was an actual camera focusing on the foreground. I also added some blur onto the foreground of the last shot to hide the texture distortion

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Fully Rendered Sequence

I set aside the day to render the scenes of my animation in the previously discussed post. I made a few changes by the suggestions of a tutor to the acting of the character before making it final.

I rendered the animation in stages of foreground action and background action so that I could do some work in post.

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Sound Mix

Improved vocal recording. Since I recorded the lines again to improve their quality, they no longer sound randomly cut up

I also added some sound effects, some of which were made by me (the falling sounds of the panel) but the others were sourced from freesounds

https://www.freesound.org/people/humanoide7000/sounds/329028/ - vortex/airportal

https://www.freesound.org/people/denao270/sounds/346373/ - swoosh

Both sounds have a public domain license , but I will be sure to credit them when we compile our sequences together,

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Titlecard Iterations

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Week 9 Evaluation

30th April - 7th May

So far, everything on my side of the project is in good standing. I have finished the animation stage and shall move into rendering, compositing and editing in the next week. I am confident that I will accomplish everything that I need to do for the deadline.

I am a little concerned about whether or not the rest of the group will be finished on time, but I have faith in them to finish their sequences with enough time to edit and finesse.

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SEQUENCE PLAYBLASTS

- Improved lighting from previous blog posts

- Added actions at the end of the final shot

- Improved transition from ‘surprised’ to ‘sad’ poses

- Improved camera move out of the production pit

- Better continuity with boxes moving in other shots

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Titlecard Looping Animation 4

I held on the walleyed keys and extended the sequence. As a result, he moves into the final resting position a lot smoother.

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Titlecard Looping Animation 3

I held the walleyed eye’s positions longer, but I still feel like this could be held a bit more to make it clearer that this is what is happening. I will extend the loop more to accommodate for the hold on the eyes.

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Titlecard Looping Animation 2

I have increased the anticipation on the head so it turns the opposite direction before spinning, and overshooting and snapping back into position after spinning. I also added more movement on the face, on the eyes and the mouth.

I think I will do more with the eyes and the mouth to develop the loop more.

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Titlecard Looping Animation 1

With the sequences in a good place, I started working on the loop for the titlecard. I wanted to have a spinning head as my animation loop, so I can take full advantage of my rigged face.

I think this could be improved by having more anticipation and overshoot in the head spin, so the animation feels a lot less robotic. I think I will include more bounce to the head as well, as I have done for when the character blinks.

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Work in Progress Production

Here is the current work in progress film featuring everyone’s work so far.

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Lighting Tests

I did some test renders of the scene to see how they were turning out, as for the most part I have been working off what the playblasts look like. I found that the lighting I had set up was distorting the colours of the set, making the light orange more red and turning the dark blue black.

With the help of a fellow CG person, I tried out different settings for the animation to render out at a satisfying quality. The above screenshots are the gradual process of finding the right settings.

RENDERER: Mental Ray

1.8 gamma

Apply transforms

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SEQUENCE PROGRESS

Here was what the current sequence looks like at this point in the project.

SUGGESTIONS MADE BY TUTOR

- Smoother camera move on the pan up out of the pit

- Continuity of the character not standing in the right place in the overhead shot

- Work on the posing towards the end so there is a smoother transition between ‘surprised’ and ‘sad’ poses

- Timing of the dropped panel, maybe a fraction of a second later to increase comedy

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SHOT 2 - 5

I am happy with how this shot looks now, as you can now see the full diagram in the shot before in zooms in.

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SHOT 2 - 4

I splined the animation. I feel like the head is in the way of the diagram at the start of the shot, so I shall move the head’s placement.

I also tweaked the weight painting on the wrist so it looked a lot more comfortable.

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SHOT 2 - 3

Now with the improved panel animation. The next step will be to spline the rest of the animation as it is still in its stepped state.

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