Animation Fundamentals - Project 2
Avery Ong Xuan Ting / 0344462
Animation Fundamentals / Bachelors in Design ( Hons ) in Creative Multimedia
Project 2 / Character Lip Sync & Acting
INSTRUCTION
LECTURES
Week 7 :
Week 8 :
No lecture due to Independent Learning Week.
Week 9 :
Week 7 ( 12/05/2021 )
We are required to animate a Character Acting Animation and Lip Sync with Adobe Animate, using the finalized character design from Film Studies & Cinematography or character based on original designs made for the Animation Fundamentals module.
Submission format :
- Adobe Animate work file (Video Ratio/Render Size Setting: 1280 x 720p, 25 Frames per second)
- MOV/MP4 file.
- A JPEG Image of the character's expression sheet in black and white (Just the facial expressions, no need body!)
First of all, I was considering which audio should I use for this project. After listening many times for the audio provided in Google Classroom. I decided to find a audio for my character by myself. I use the song 'Do You Wanna Build a Snowman' from Frozen and convert it into MP3. After this, I import into Adobe Audition and cut out the part I want to use for this Project. Below is the audio.
fig. 1.0 ; audio
Subsequently, I decided to draw the character's expression first. Before I start, I tried to search some references from Pinterest. Below is the reference I use for the face expression.
fig. 1.1 ; reference
fig. 1.2 ; first outcome
Lecturer's Feedback :
The face expression is good. I can proceed to the animation.
Week 8 ( 19/05/2021 )
First of all, I sketched each poses of the character according to the chosen dialogue first.
fig. 1.3 ; poses
After this, I imported them into Adobe Animate and started to draw out the character using pen tool.
fig. 1.4 ; progression in Animate
Week 9 ( 26/05/2021 )As what lecturer had mentioned in today's lecture class, we need to draw a background that we think it is suitable for the animation. Therefore, I decided to draw a bedroom, which inspired from the movie Frozen. The reason is because I wanted to make it like she wants to play but her parents want her to sleep because it is too late already. Aside from that, I continue to animate and add more keyframes between each poses.
fig. 1.5 ; progression in Animate
Lecturer's Feedback :
I think your poses are fine but the one where her hands are up, can improvise a bit. When you are doing the animation, please remember to add anticipation and overlapping or slow in/out work. If you're not sure about anticipation and overlapping or slow in/out, look at the lecture slides again. However, based on your key poses, I think maybe a slow out at the end would be good. Try animating the rest first yea.
Week 10 ( 02/06/2021 )
I tried to add more keyframes and all the 12 principles that lecturer had mentioned, but I not sure why it still looks not smooth. It wasn't as easy as I thought before I start to animate. I checked each keyframes and drawings many time but it still looks not smooth enough. I sent the file to lecturer to check where is the problem.
Lecturer's Feedback :
Overall is ok but if you want to improve on the smoothness, you can check some notes I point out here :
Below is an example if you want to know how is the breakdown looks like :
Based on the feedback and notes given by lecturer, I tried to improve all the issues and it looks much more better now. Although it wasn't perfect but I really tried my best to make it smoother and better. From this project, I learned to check and plan each frames properly before starting to do an animation. Finally, I'm quite happy with my final outcome.
fig. 1.6 ; final outcome
Reflection :
This project wasn't as easy as I thought before I start animating. This time, I checked each symbol properly before I start to animate, but I didn't planned each keyframe's timing and this causes the animation looks not smooth. I felt that the audio was too short and so I couldn't animate too many poses in this little time. Another lesson I learned from this project was I should planned each keyframes properly first before I start to animate. Although sometimes I still forgot to create symbol for each separated part, but I keep on reminding myself to check check check. The final outcome wasn't perfect but I learned a lot and tried my best. I will do better for my next project !
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