Project Brief/ Summary Using previous dog model and rig from the first animation project. Staging – having the character react to events/actions/ people/narrative that are outside of the screen. Hardly ever seen and only heard. Narrative/ Storyboard Research
The Point of a Story in Good and Poor Animation Staging This literature review describes the animation methodologies behind staging principles, and the ways in which this translates the scene to the audience. ‘Staging is how ideas are organised within a scene’. Location and cinematography techniques with purpose behind the staging. That determines how performance …
Presentation Slides The animation should last about 1-minute-long animation. The Main and only character is a puppy, and the setting is a house garden in a rural location. Feedback on the Presentation The storyboard’s ending should be more clearly thought about. It was advised that I emphasise that the source of fear is something trivial, …
I have never rigged a face before, let alone a canine one. Therefore, I have the need to do some research on the proper methodology behind this process. Eyeball Rig Test
Maya Modelling Puppy House I tried making the door with Boolean however, the vertexes made were too many and too messy. Instead I used the object above as a guide and made the appropriate number of vertexes, using the multi-cut tool, on one half of the door. Then deleted half of the mesh and mirrored …
To do list: Timeline of to do list with dates, beginning date and weekly to do list. Make brief page – e.g. into to project page. Make storyboard (+ refined version with edits posted out). Moodboard, at least for colour and visual narrative theme. e.g. low poly. Mise-en-scene, think about how I can tell the …
