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OwenWelsh
08-06-2009, 05:53 PM
Where do you want me to look?

I just noticed this recently after getting a PAM (Personal animation mentor) session from Don. I can't believe I didn't see it before. In my session with Don he said that he would use straights to focus where he wanted the viewer to look. Like for example, putting straights on an arm to lead the eye to a hand. But now lets look for it in the storyboards as well.

Recently I was browsing through the storyboards and I saw something new. I mean I kind of saw it before, the clarity of where to look and that a branch may have been pointing to the rabbit, but I didn't see everything else working together so well. Especially how the tree trunk tapered in to point to the fox. "Wow, I thought! What a good idea." I'm sure others saw this immediately. I just thought I'd post some of my notes to show you what I learned.

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p143/robertow/POI_story_13.jpg
arif
08-06-2009, 09:41 PM
Owen..

Thank you so much to share with us....i have learnt lots of things through your questions last seminar...you have posted lots of technical questions one after one ..i think, Mr Don is a treasure of animation...the more we ask,the more we learn.....thanks again...and keep going on..

Regards,

Arif;)
westmunz
08-07-2009, 09:43 AM
This is awesome! Thanks Owen for sharing!
lindley
08-07-2009, 12:49 PM
I agree that the tree and limbs carries the eye effectively. I also notice the use of light and dark. The fox is in shadow and the bunny is in the light. This also helps carry the eye to our bunny as the focal point.

One of my Art History courses wanted us to pick out certain paintings and imagine trying to describe them to someone who is blind. I particularly liked Fragonard's Rococo paintings such as "The Swing" and "The Meeting." There's plenty to look at in the scene but the lighting as well as the environment leads our eyes just the same.
OwenWelsh
08-07-2009, 01:24 PM
Your welcome guys.

Lindley: You are right! The lighting is doing amazing things to key in on the focal point. Thank for pointing that out!