Challenge 10: Phonemes & Performance
Step 1: Choose the appropriate character I choose the character hedgehog which was designed and produced by myself before. Step 2: Find… Read More »
Story and character development
1. The changes of characters. Become braver learn to do something new 2. What makes a story great? It engages… Read More »
Breakdowns and the timeline for the animated short film”Umbrella”
1.Basic story arcs Exposition: introduction of setting, characters, problems. Rising action: characters struggling with problem. Climax: tense moment of crisis…. Read More »
Challenge7 & 8 & 9: Footages & Body/Advanced body Mechanics
1. Inspirations & References I would like to create an animation with body mechanics, which can be way more appealing,… Read More »
Challenge 6: Walk Cycle
1. NOTES OF THE LESSON: STEP1: (ep:keyframe1) Key the starting pose STEP2： (ep:keyframe25)– the same with keyframe1 Copy the pose… Read More »
What is” Mise-en-scène ” ?
1.Elements of Mise-en-scène Setting & Props:One method of setting control lies in selection of natural or artificial locale. The set,… Read More »
Notes and examples of politics in media platforms
1. Notes of the lesson: Politics and Persuasion in Entertainment Broadly we can influence or persuade audiences in many areas:… Read More »
Challenge 5: Ball & Tail Animation
1. Tips: Useful tool in graphic editor: Weighted tangents ( Path: Graphic Editor- Curves-weighted tangents) Overlap of the tails: Moving… Read More »
Challenge 4: Solid Posing
1. Some important screenshots of the class 2. Exercises ACTION POSES: Playing basketball / Doing Yoga / Skateboard REF: EMOTIONAL… Read More »
Following Disney’s hyperrealism or thinking outside of the box?
Hyperrealism, as developed in the works of animation theorist Paul Wells, has come to define a mode of animation, which… Read More »