iAnimate WS 5 _ Jan 2016

FULL BODY ACTING, FACIAL AND LIP SYNC EXERCISES

In the first half of this 11 week workshop we will now refine our full body acting and lip-sync to make our acting read while choosing full body gestures that supports the characters emotional state. In the second half of the workshop we will be picking an audio clip that will contrast part 1 to further refine and polish our Body Mechanics so that they support the character's facial performance.

My Instructor in WS5 :

JACOB GARDNER

Jacob has been working at Dreamworks Animation for over 5 years on films such as Shrek Forever After (reel), Megamind (reel), Puss in Boots, and Rise of the Guardians.  He is co-founder of the animation website SpeakingOfAnimation.com; where he gets to ramble about things he's learned and interview those that know far more than him.

Jacob found a love for animation at an early age. As early as seven years old, when he could have been found poorly mimicking the genie in Disney's Aladdin, Jacob knew he wanted to create living and loving animated characters. While he did not attend an art school, Jacob scoured the internet for resources and eventually turned himself into an award winning animator at SIGGRAPH's FJORG (The International Iron Animator Event). Shortly after his team won 1st place in 2007, Jacob was hired at Dreamworks. He now resides at the Glendale Campus, playing foosball, eating ice cream, and occasionally animating.


16154    Jacob Gardner     Mon 9pm    Sun 6am    

Character animation WS4

Published on Jan 1, 2016 Character animation WS4 This is what i got after 11 weeks of hard working in iAnimate WS4 with my favorite instructor Ken Fountain i hope you like it and see you next :)

Animation progress shot

Omar Qandeel Animation 

iAnimate WS4 assignment 1,

thank you Ken Fountain  :)

Well, of course it's not true.

Who are you gonna believe? This lying little twit, or the man who raised you?

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The focus is on the antagonist, who has hidden intentions. He is trying to fool the innocent and naive support character into trusting him whilst belittling and underestimating the protagonist. His tone of talking speeds up in a repulsed way when talking about the protagonist ("this lying little twit?") but slows down into an exaggerated tone when he talks about himself as the man who raised the support character, and sort of guilts him/her into believing him, the antagonist.