This week’s assignment:
- Blocking plus
Week 6 Assignment: Blocking Pass
I really enjoyed blocking out this shot, especially with the lessons I learnt from the previous body mechanics shot. I also enjoy lip sync in general, and with the added knowledge from last weeks class I like how the blocking came out. It feels a little chattery, but I think that will be easier to see and fix when I get to spline as I wouldn’t want to scale things back now and have to rebuild those same keys during spline.
Blocking Pass Feedback:
- In general, make the face more asymmetric (raise one eyebrow more than other, have one corner of mouth lifted/stretched out more, have head tilted but brows/mouth tilting opposite way, etc)
- On the beginning of the speech (frame 58, “so”) have the head turned more to the side so when the lips are pouted its visible in the silhouette
- Have body moving into the flow of the speech, so have the body lift and sink at certain points following the tone
- On “sacrifice?” have body sink into this, as the character’s emotion begins to switch
- Could have him go to take a sip of his drink during dialogue pause, but stop and then slam cup down. It shows how erratic the character and his actions are in this moment
- Body should go down with the cup and only lift after the cup makes impact, not on the impact
- On the “Eh” of “everything”, push the expression more to really show that rage
- In general, keep mouth shapes more simple and boxy, as it keeps them readable
- The outer ends of the brows shouldn’t move nearly as much as the inner and middle portions, so keep an eye out for that