Wednesday October 14th 2009

[Dave]

Since we are very limited on time during the actual seminar, we will review all scenes by our animators and give detailed notes and critiques on Thursday.

We'll be starting the seminar at 4:00 PM sharp Arizona time. Please be sure to keep your questions in reference to Animation Technique only.

Once again, you may begin submitting your questions into this thread. In the meantime and Don will answer them in the order they come into the forum.

Don't forget to keep refreshing your Browser to see the current questions and answers.

Please keep all questions in reference to animation technique only.

Thanks

Dave

[lavallelee]

Hey Don, I worked on the wave. Questions;

1. Does the wave work?

2. I have been trying to figure out what to do after her wave. Maybe blink a few times, or rock back and forth on toes in a shy way? Or squirm uncomfortably because she's in front of the audience?

http://www.donbluthanimation.com/vid...?showvideo=205

Your thoughts?

[Don Bluth]

Hey Don, I worked on the wave. Questions;

1. Does the wave work?

2. I have been trying to figure out what to do after her wave. Maybe blink a few times, or rock back and forth on toes in a shy way? Or squirm uncomfortably because she's in front of the audience?

http://www.donbluthanimation.com/vid...?showvideo=205

Your thoughts?

Yes, the wave works! I suggest that you do not use any held drawings in your scene. The entire scene can be animated on 2's. The appeal of the rabbit will be in her facial expressions. You're on the right track; keep going.

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[arif]

Hello Sir,

I have uploaded my sc 09?.i did sasha walk for the first part of the scene..lots of things need to be fixed?.didnot able to finish it completely?I know it has 254 frames?..but,my video does not show the real time what I did?..i will fix it later?but, therefore, I have uploaded it to see you that I am working my scene?..any suggestion will take me to complet my scene.

Here is the link..


http://www.donbluthanimation.com/vid...?showvideo=204

Regards,
Arif

[Don Bluth]

Hello Sir,

I have uploaded my sc 09?.i did sasha walk for the first part of the scene..lots of things need to be fixed?.didnot able to finish it completely?I know it has 254 frames?..but,my video does not show the real time what I did?..i will fix it later?but, therefore, I have uploaded it to see you that I am working my scene?..any suggestion will take me to complet my scene.

Here is the link..


http://www.donbluthanimation.com/vid...?showvideo=204

Regards,
Arif

Arif,
I'm very impressed with what you have done. Sasha's walk looks terrific. Be sure to have her take the wagon with her when she exits.
One suggestion: After Sasha comes to a stop and is looking around, you may want to add an anticipation on her before she resumes walking. In other words, she gets ready for the walk (anticipates) before she starts walking.

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[madanimator]

Hi Don!
Since Sunday I worked just for fun on a dance sequence. I've got film material that I studied and observed the movements, and then I tried to animate it (it's all done straight ahead, the next dance I animate will be a combination of pose to pose and straight ahead I think).
It would be nice if you could have a look at the results (the last one is not finished yet)

http://www.donbluthanimation.com/vid...?showvideo=207

http://www.donbluthanimation.com/vid...?showvideo=208

http://www.donbluthanimation.com/vid...?showvideo=209


And all clips together (but it's very small, I don't know why)
http://www.donbluthanimation.com/vid...?showvideo=206

[lavallelee]

Yes, the wave works! I suggest that you do not use any held drawings in your scene. The entire scene can be animated on 2's. The appeal of the rabbit will be in her facial expressions. You're on the right track; keep going.

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How about after she waves, what do you think the action should be to end the scene?

Maybe blink a few times, or rock back and forth on toes in a shy way? Or squirm uncomfortably because she's in front of the audience?

[jeremyhopkins]

The latest update for scene 5: http://www.donbluthanimation.com/vid...?showvideo=203
Just curious about your thoughts. Thanks!

[Don Bluth]

Hi Don!
Since Sunday I worked just for fun on a dance sequence. I've got film material that I studied and observed the movements, and then I tried to animate it (it's all done straight ahead, the next dance I animate will be a combination of pose to pose and straight ahead I think).
It would be nice if you could have a look at the results (the last one is not finished yet)

http://www.donbluthanimation.com/vid...?showvideo=207

http://www.donbluthanimation.com/vid...?showvideo=208

http://www.donbluthanimation.com/vid...?showvideo=209


And all clips together (but it's very small, I don't know why)
http://www.donbluthanimation.com/vid...?showvideo=206

Mad,
It is amazing to see how quickly you are able to observe and translate you're observations into animation language. The dance scenes are VERY good. I can make only one suggestion: You should employ a little more overlap in the heads of the characters. Working straight ahead seems to be a good method for you.

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[OwenWelsh]

Hey Don,

I wanted to ask you about how to go about constructing a scene like this:

Basically the scene is a head on view of the character walking towards the camera. As the character is walking, the camera is trucking out, following the character. How do you get the characters feet to register with a background that moving away from the camera?