Jackson Spencer
“Ocean Man”
Review 3/2/2016
LOGLINE: The ocean
waves and a man become one.
My schedule states that all keyframes are finished and I am
in progress of drawing the in between frames.
CURRENT STATUS:
It has
been a challenge to draw out only the keyframes and not animate the full motion.
I have been finding myself focusing on single actions/clips and their in
between frames too long, without completing all of the basic key frames first.
I found
it helpful to create detailed black and white visual aids of the different
shots that will be animated before I start to draw them digitally, so I
completed 7 stills with shading markers arranged in chronological order, to use
while I create keyframes. I feel that it helps me visualize what I want
digitally, so I do not have to start over or redesign the image as I am sketching
in TVPaint.
I have
completed the motion of a perspective run, the motion of a tide rising and
falling, and have laid out the keyframes for a side view of an exaggerated running
sequence, and the keyframes for waves aggressively growing larger.
FINAL LOOK OF TIDES:
side running keyframes:
I am
planning to combine the perspective run sequence with the exaggerated side view
run, and then add on a rear view shot of the ocean man moving forward in order
to create a 180 degree (possibly 360?) rotation around the running ocean man that ends behind
the waves as the approach the shore and rocks and crash.
I have
been drawing each small movement of an action as if each section moved at
equal speeds in real life. I use two frames per movement and play it at 24 frames per
second, so when the motion is completed, I can add or subtract frames from certain
pieces to make the entire action look more realistic and fluid. It is becoming much
easier to guess the amount/placement of frames needed to achieve the look of a certain
motion.
