The Illusionist - Acting Analysis for Animators

For this Acting Analysis for Animators upload I take a look at the magician movie "The Illusionist"! How can you come across as arrogant, annoyed and high status all through body acting? Look no further than Rufus Sewell!

Animation Workshop Konstantinos Zacharakis #4

The Terminator 2 Score: Under the Skin

This is awesome, especially the separate tracks and sounds! The T2 score is still so good!

Animation Workshop Krystal Huynh #4

Animation Workshop Jose Molina #6

Tears of Steel - Blender VFX Open Movie

10 Lessons from the TOP Film Editors

Spielberg: How to Introduce Characters

Moths

Moths from Scott Jonsson on Vimeo.

Animation Workshop Fiyin Shadare #7

Animation Workshop Fiyin Shadare #6

THANK YOU and submit your QUESTIONS!

I want to thank everybody who watches my clips! Crazy town that I passed 2000 subscribers! I really appreciate all the interest!

 Now that I've covered a lot of the "pre-production" (as I loosely call this) aspect of animation, focusing on ideas, planning, approach, references, etc. it's time to move towards the middle block, namely "production". In the upcoming weeks and months I'm going to talk about blocking, workflows, tool tips, animation tips, show demos, share files, and so on! After that we will take a look at "post-production", which will cover rendering, presentation, sound, music, demo reel, dos and don'ts and much more.

 SO!

 Now is the time to ask questions! Is there anything you want me to cover? Anything I missed? Anything for future FNAs? I have a long list on my end but I want to make sure that your questions are answered! Thanks again for watching!!

 Cheers
JD

Q&A with the 50 Ways Guy and Animator Kevin Parry

Take Shelter - Acting Analysis for Animators - part 2

Continuing the Acting for Animators analysis with part 2 of "Take Shelter, I take a look at non verbal communication of the grumpy kind and how important posture, gestures and timing are in conveying emotions.

BLACKSAD: Under the Skin - Teaser

Animation Workshop Konstantinos Zacharakis #3

Ben Burtt explains Indiana Jones' iconic sound design

This so cool, love love love sound design.

Overwatch Animated Short - Shooting Star

Animation Workshop Kyaw Saw Aung #13

Animation Workshop Fiyin Shadare #5

How to add CHARACTER to your ANIMATION

Character animators are focusing on... character, as the name says. How to animate a character and especially how to create a character is a daunting task and easier said than done! This clip will hopefully give you a few guidelines and tips on how to achieve exactly that.

Animation Workshop Jose Molina #5

ER (Season 1) - Acting Analysis

Another look at season 1 of the TV show "ER", specifically episode 16 "Make of Two Hearts" and 20 "Full Moon, Saturday Night".
Of course John Carter (played by Noah Wyle) with his awesome pantomime actions and reactions is back, as well as another sequence with different actors showcasing the same topic: how the end of a lip-sync piece doesn't have to be the end of your performance.

Animation Workshop Konstantinos Zacharakis #2

The Bechdel Test - Everything You Need To Know

VOKABULANTIS - Stop Motion Game Making of

Animation Workshop Noor Ata #3

Next Gen - Trailer

Thomas Duong Reel 2018

Thomas Duong Reel 2018 from Thomas Duong on Vimeo.

Dreamworks Short - BILBY

SO cute!!!

Animation Workshop Krystal Huynh #3

GRIS - Reveal Trailer

Quentin Tarantino and the Poetry Between the Lines

Black Panther — Creating an Empathetic Villain

Dare I say, I'm not a big fan of Killmonger (mainly the acting)... The analysis is good though!

The cinematography of Arrival || Bradford Young || Spotlight

Animation Workshop Konstantinos Zacharakis #1

Drawing Advice for Students - Asking Pros

Animation Workshop Jose Molina #4

Writing Characters Without Character Arcs

The Steven Spielberg "L System"

I love CONFLICT

When your characters are faced with a problem they have to make choices to fix those problems and those choices will reveal their true character. Conflict can be a springboard for comedy, drama, suspense, etc. and a great way to show off your animation skills and an opportunity to go beyond movement and more into character based performance. One of my favorite clips on Youtube serves as today's example illustrating my point. The timing is great and his choice to fix his "problem" still cracks me up!

Extinction - Acting Analysis

When you animate a character make sure that the acting choices are appropriate to the scene, the environment and the context, and not something that seems out of place. It's not just about how to animate a character in terms of movement but also in terms of character choices and the choices will be influenced by what's going on around the character.

Darth Vader: An Icon In 34 Minutes

That was pretty awesome!

Animation Workshop Humphrey Cheng #1

Felix Test

FelixTest from Reece Porter on Vimeo.

The Animation of Wonderboy: The Dragon's Trap

Animation Workshop Jose Molina #3

Gamelab 2018 - Rami Ismail's Indie Hero session

Dragon Ball Super: Broly Movie Trailer

Burnout & Overworking Yourself

Take care of yourself!

ANIMA PODI - Teaser

As Cartoon Brew writes:

Famed French Animation School Gobelins Announces Free Online Animation Course... Gobelins, l’École de l’image, the Paris institution renowned for its department of animation, announced their new free massive open online course (MOOC) last month at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival. Anima Podi, as the MOOC is dubbed, will be a six-week, computer animation training program that begins on October 17.

Head over here for more info and watch the trailer below:

Bang Bang!

Bang Bang! from Jackie Droujko on Vimeo.

Boogie Nights & Goodfellas: When Karma Comes Around

Gotta watch both movies again, they're so good!

Chris McCormick Blizzard Animation Reel 2018

Chris McCormick Blizzard Animation Reel 2018 from Chris McCormick on Vimeo.

SMALLFOOT - Final Trailer

Animation Workshop Kyaw Saw Aung #12

Contact

Contact from Katy Wang on Vimeo.

Dead Cells - Animated Trailer

How an environment can make your animation BETTER! - part 3

Let's conclude (for now) the series about how the environment can make your character animation better by looking at Django Unchained, extreme weather conditions as well as examples and ideas to make your animation stand out. And why wouldn't you try to talk about Bodysnatchers? :)

Warcraft Cinematic - “Old Soldier”

Take Shelter - Acting Analysis - part 1

This Acting Analysis clip take a look at Jeff Nichols' fantastic movie "Take Shelter". There's a lot to cover so this is part 1 for now, and the sequence I'm looking at is very short but hopefully serves as a springboard for ideas in terms of how you can showcase your main actor's character through their interaction with surrounding minor characters, in this case a father and his daughter. It's a small moment but I really like the idea of secondary action in shots and if you can establish a broader canvas of your character through that then then why not try it out in your next shot?

Lady Eboshi is Wrong - Lessons Animation Taught Us

Animation Workshop Fiyin Shadare #4

Grug Animation Test by Bryce McGovern

Grug Animation Test from Bryce McGovern on Vimeo.

Animation Workshop Krystal Huynh #2