For this time, I will do a full body acting shot in which the goal of the shot will be to learn how to do character performance with dialogue in it.
Planning: 13h and 54min
Final Blocking: 22h and 49min
Final Polish:
Total Time: 59h and 39min
FINAL BLOCKING:
REFERENCE:
Day 01-11: January 28
For 11 days I worked on searching an audio file for the assignment. The requirements included an audio of 10 seconds long and one character.
After hours searching an audio I found one called confused. The dialogue says:
“Listen to me, I’m the Crying Man. You are the backup singers. If we all are gonna cry we will confuse the audience.
I shoot the live action reference and it was approved by the instructor last Sunday.
Today: 13h and 54min
Planning: 13h and 54min
Total Time: 13h and 54min
REFERENCE:
Day 12: January 29
Today I start doing the first blocking pass. It was a little challenging getting used to the rig but I get to block the 70% of the shot.
Tomorrow I will continue blocking out the shot expecting to finish the first blocking pass and analyzing it later on Keyframe Pro to see how the poses can be pushed.
Today: 3h and 02min
Final Blocking: 3h and 02min
Total Time: 16h and 56min
Day 13: January 30
Today I finished the first blocking pass and I started to analyze the playblast and do drawovers on the poses to see how I could push them.
Tomorrow I will continue to do this and, if I get to push all the poses, I will also start to add some breakdowns and in-betweens.
Today: 2h and 18min
Final Blocking: 5h and 20min
Total Time: 19h and 14min
Day 14: January 31
Today I started to break down the first part of the animation and add in-betweens each 3 or 4 frames (6 or 8 for moving holds).
This time I didn’t do draw-overs because of technical reasons, but I will try to do an entire pass adding breakdowns and push the poses if it’s needed in the graph editor.
The idea for the shot is to learn and experiment and get used to problem-solving because not every time I will have the tools that I’m used to. Everything is a process!
Today: 2h and 11min
Final Blocking: 7h and 31min
Total Time: 21h and 25min
Day 15: February 1
Today I continue adding in-betweens to the animation. I’m pretty happy with the beginning part, however the second part is not working pretty well because the character is moving too much.
I will have to make the decision tomorrow to either continue adding in-betweens and fix those issues later, or fix that first before going into the rest of the animation. I think I will take the second option.
I will start to do something new and use TV Paint to make draw overs on the playblast to identify issues.
Today: 1h and 40min
Final Blocking: 9h and 11min
Total Time: 23h and 05min
Day 16: February 2
Today I continue working on the first blocking pass. I only get to finish the half of the blocking before the review (which is tomorrow).
The goal for the next week will be to do the final blocking pass of the first half of the shot, and do the first blocking pass of the second half.
Today: 1h and 44min
Final Blocking: 10h and 55min
Total Time: 24h and 59min
Day 17: February 3
Today was the week’s review. Jacob told me a couple of things to modify regarding the poses and the prop. He also told me to start pushing the timing and the spacing from the blocking.
I addressed the notes for the first half of the animation and push some of the poses, as well as the timing and the spacing of some parts. Also, I do some clean up on the body and head curves.
Today: 1h and 43min
Final Blocking: 12h and 38min
Total Time: 26h and 42min
Day 18: February 4
Today I continue started to add in-betweens to the second part of the animation. There are still a lot to fix but it’s a good start.
Today: 1h and 02min
Final Blocking: 13h and 40min
Total Time: 27h and 44min
Day 19: February 5
Today I continue started to add in-betweens to the second part of the animation. It’s almost there!
Maybe tomorrow I will do two hours instead of one to finish the first blocking pass and get to do some fixes (or at least analyze what is not working).
Today: 1h and 05min
Final Blocking: 14h and 45min
Total Time: 28h and 49min
Day 20: February 6
Today I finish the first blocking pass. I asked for feedback to my peers and I’m addressing some of the notes they gave me.
Today: 1h and 22min
Final Blocking: 16h and 07min
Total Time: 30h and 11min
Day 21: February 8
Today I continue addressing the notes and read a document about facial expressions that Jody shared with me.
I also modified the layout a little bit.
Today: 1h and 50min
Final Blocking: 17h and 57min
Total Time: 32h and 01min
Day 22: February 9
Today I read the articles that Jody shared on sync sketch and worked on the poses of the tail after switching to World Space.
Maybe I should redo that part and just leave it in Body Space and use the shelf button to switch it for a nicer transition.
Today: 0h and 58min
Final Blocking: 18h and 55min
Total Time: 32h and 59min
Day 23: February 11
Today I keep addressing the notes, but this time I focus first on the notes of the body that Jacob gave me.
Today: 1h and 30min
Final Blocking: 20h and 25min
Total Time: 34h and 29min
Day 24: February 12
Today I keep addressing Jody’s notes. Tomorrow I will work on the rest of her notes and, if there is time, on final Jacob notes.
Today: 2h and 01min
Final Blocking: 22h and 26min
Total Time: 36h and 30min
Day 25: February 13
Part I - Today I finished the final blocking addressing all the notes regarding the body. I decided to leave the notes regarding the face for later.
Today: 0h and 23min
Final Blocking: 22h and 49min
Total Time: 36h and 53min
FINAL BLOCKING:
Part II – I started to smooth the curves on the first part of the animation. Because this is only the first pass, I will limit it to smooth out the curves and later I will start to exaggerate the curves according to Jody and Jacob’s notes.
Today: 1h and 24min
Final Polish: 1h and 24min
Total Time: 38h and 17min
Day 26: February 15
Today I continue with smoothing out the curves 30 frames at the time.
Today: 0h and 50min
Final Polish: 2h and 14min
Total Time: 39h and 07min
Day 27: February 16
Today I continue with smoothing out the curves 30 frames at the time. Same as yesterday.
Today: 0h and 57min
Final Polish: 3h and 11min
Total Time: 40h and 04min
Day 28: February 18
Today I keep smoothing out the curves. It’s almost done, just one of the arms and elbow is left and the first polish pass will be done.
Today: 2h and 34min
Final Polish: 5h and 45min
Total Time: 42h and 38min
Day 29: February 24
Only time record. I don’t remember what I do.
Today: 1h and 30min
Final Polish: 7h and 15min
Total Time: 44h and 08min
Day 30: February 25
Only time record. I don’t remember what I do.
Today: 0h and 47min
Final Polish: 8h and 02min
Total Time: 44h and 55min
Day 31: February 26
Too many changes. I review some of the previous notes given by Jacob and I started to apply them. I think something is not working too well right now because it have too much energy than it should have but maybe it’s more easier to take away energy than give it.
However, I think that shooting reference could be helpful for this issue.
Today: 2h and 00min
Final Polish: 10h and 02min
Total Time: 46h and 55min
Day 32: March 2
Because I was sick, I didn't have much time and I didn't remember exactly what has been addressed. I have been working on the notes given by Jacob for the last two weeks, adding some cartooniness to the shot and making the mechanics to work.
Today: 0h and 35min
Final Polish: 10h and 37min
Total Time: 46h and 55min
Day 33: March 3
I began to work hard, like before, and try to address the notes given two weeks ago by pushing the cartooniness of the shot in the first part. I didn't get to do the other rest of it but I get some good feedback about the issues regarding the actions and the transitions. I will work on those things in the following days and have a full polish pass by next Sunday.
Today: 2h and 32min
Final Polish: 13h and 09min
Total Time: 49h and 27min
Day 34: March 5
I do a pass on the timing and the connection between the chest and the root of the character. I only get to the half of the shot but hopefully tomorrow I will get to finish a the whole pass on the root and the chest and to start doing some facial animation. However, before going into the facial stuff I can do a pass on the arms first (not the hands).
Today: 1h and 50min
Final Polish: 14h and 59min
Total Time: 51h and 17min
Day 35: March 7
I address some of the notes in the first half of the shot regarding the timing in the gestures and some timing and spacing issues. Tomorrow I will finish to address the remaining notes and try to get a pass on the arms, which I have been avoided. No facial animation yet.
Today: 2h and 21min
Final Polish: 17h and 20min
Total Time: 53h and 38min
Day 36: March 9-10
I started to do a rough lip-sync pass, however I only get to the half of the shot. I still have to do some tweaks on the body addressing the notes given by the instructor but it's a good start for the lip-sync.
Today: 5h and 11min
Final Polish: 22h and 31min
Total Time: 58h and 49min
Day 37: March 11
I started to fix some issues of timing and posing in the body but I didn't get too far. I was interrupted by important things I needed to do.
Today: 0h and 17min
Final Polish: 22h and 48min
Total Time: 59h and 06min
Day 38: March 25
I continue making fixes for the final review of the iAnimate FW5 workshop, however I will continue working on it.
Today: 0h and 33min
Final Polish: 23h and 21min
Total Time: 59h and 39min
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