Had an awesome class today!
Jamy let out a broad grin seeing my shot. He thought it looked cute and funny and was happy to see the way its coming along. He liked it. so that works!
On my shot, he suggested 2 things that he would like to see now.
1. camera cuts - He said, " always treat the camera as a character, that is watching the other character (Stewie) do his stuff". He suggested that I play with the camera, so we see Stewie's 3/4th profile and front, too. But keeping in mind the 180 degree rule.
The 180° rule is a basic guideline in film making that states that two characters (or other elements) in the same scene should always have the same left/right relationship to each other.
Wow! I've never worked with the camera like that, this is new! but then again that's what we're here for... init ? Learning new stuff all the time, taking up challenges, getting your hands all dirty, experimenting, trying, stumbling and picking up the pieces all along the way !! That's what really brings all the fun into animating !
2. The last reaction- He liked how Stewie reacts to the falling shelves but suggested I push it a wee bit further and exaggerate the movement on the last reaction
With these two sorted, I'll be happy!
He gave us a very very interesting Insight to how he animates, and how he goes about his workflow.
He said he treats his shots like a Christmas tree. When u start decorating christmas trees as kids, we tend to put on the bigger ornaments first and so you know that all the smaller ornaments will be hung around the bigger ones. So he blocks out the main key poses that tell the story in first. The smaller ornaments go on the tree next. Those would be the breakdowns.
He also stressed on how important it was to take out at least 30% of the allotted time, you get to do a shot and devote it on planning the shot (shooting loads of references, and drawing loads of possible thumbnails, poses, camera angles).
That makes sense !
Thankfully not a lot many changes to hand in, on my shot...so I can easily fix these by tonight and hand in a version for Sunday!
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