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Saturday, September 29, 2018

Animation Blocking - You are doing it WRONG! - part 1

How to block out your animation, how to plan your animation blocking, what to avoid, what IS animation blocking, all these questions are the basis of this new series and a topic that's really important for new animation students. And I may or may not have used this to show a lot of shots from "Tremors"...


Thursday, September 27, 2018

The First - Acting Analysis for Animators

Today I'm looking at Hulu's original series "The First" for my Acting Analysis for Animators series and it covers props, staging, pantomime, thought process and more!


Wednesday, September 26, 2018

RISE - Worlds 2018 - League of Legends

Cool to see how visual styles are evolving!


Monday, September 24, 2018

Saturday, September 15, 2018

Animation Q&A - ANSWERS - part 3

This is the last part of the Animation Q&A, more to come in the upcoming weeks and months!

Thursday, September 13, 2018

Altered Carbon - Acting Analysis for Animators

Time for an Acting Analysis for Animators again and Netflix' "Altered Carbon" serves as an example of how to use props in an interesting way, as well as short interaction between two characters. All good springboard ideas for pantomime animation.


Tuesday, September 11, 2018

ENOUGH

That cell phone slap made me LOL so hard.


ENOUGH from Anna Mantzaris on Vimeo.

Saturday, September 8, 2018

Animation Q&A - ANSWERS - part 2

More questions, more answers! This is part 2 of the Animation Q&A. (Youtube gave me some upload grief, I apologize for the one day delay!)

Thursday, September 6, 2018

Jack Ryan - Acting Analysis for Animators

This Acting Analysis for Animators clip takes a look at Amazon's new show "Jack Ryan", covering camera framing for characters, my usual love for eye contact and potential conflict, character interactions and reactions, environmental familiarity and more! Lots of cool little goodies I love to nerd out about.


Saturday, September 1, 2018

Animation Q&A - ANSWERS - part 1

I got a great batch of questions covering all kinds of animation related topics (and chocolate) and here's the first part of my answers.