Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Clay Animation!

I really want to be able to animate clay some day, but this piece I actually animate in 3Ds max, but it was fun anyway :)



It was a mix of frame by frame and animated vertices (edit poly modifier animated).

Monday, July 11, 2011

Open Season 3 - Shot #20 - Last one!

Elliot wants to rescue Boog from the circus and Alistair wants to take him to the stage.
Elliot quer resgatar Boog do circo e Alistair quer levá-lo ao palco.



This was my last shot in the movie. I ended up having fewer days to do this and worked very hard over the weekend to be able to deliver on time.
The biggest challenge of this shot was to understand who was talking. When I started to plan the shot, the first thing I did was write the dialogue and who was saying what. Even doing that I ended up doing it wrong animating Elliot speaking what Alistair should. That changed a little the movement dynamics, as I had planned each one pull Boog when speak and when I changed that, besides the lip sync, I had to adapt their body movements as well.

Essa foi minha última cena no filme. Eu acabei tendo menos dias pra fazer essa e trabalhei muito no final de semana pra conseguir entregar no prazo.
O desafio maior dessa cena foi entender quem estava falando. Quando eu comecei a planejar a cena, a primeira coisa que eu fiz foi escrever o diálogo e quem estava falando o quê. Mesmo fazendo isso eu acabei entendendo uma parte errado onde Elliot falava e eu animei o Alistair falando. Isso acabou mudando um pouco a dinâmica dos movimentos, pois eu tinha planejado cada um puxar o Boog quando falava e ao mudar isso, fora o lip sync, eu tive que adaptar os movimentos do corpo também.


Here is the final outcome, and how the shot came together following the shots done by other animators.
Eis o resultado final, e como a cena se encaixou na sequência do filme animada por outros animadores.



Time spent: 21 hours.
Tempo de trabalho: 21h.

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That's all folks! For those who followed this exchange of experiences, I hope you enjoyed and this has been helpful in some way. Thanks for the comments and emails :) Currently I am wrapping up another super cool project (I can not disclose yet), so next year there'll be more!

É isso aí pessoal! Para os que acompanharam essa troca de experiências, espero que tenham gostado e que tenha sido útil de alguma forma. Valeu pelos comments e e-mails :) Atualmente estou terminando outro projeto super legal (que não posso divulgar ainda), então ano que vem tem mais!