Author Archives: Yuyan Wang
Assignment: Research Presentation, Critical Report and Post links
Research Topic: Show the innovation of animation script for the audience Audio-visual presentation: https://vimeo.com/665517145 The recording of research progress links: Week 7: Want to find a research topic: Week 9:Determine research direction: Week 10: Assignment information and support: Weekly Tasks … Continue reading
Week 9: Performance animation and previs
Through this lesson I learned： Blocking & Breakdown Poses: Bias (Easing) Setting Maya to Python 2 (Rolling back a version in Maya 2022) Installing Tween Machine Methods for creating pose transitions using ‘biasing’ (easing/slow in and out) Creation of different … Continue reading
Week 10: Assignment information and support
Preliminary conception： Title: The freshness of the script Viewpoint: The story should present freshness to the audience. Only freshness can keep the audience’s attention and make them feel that their attention, their time and their money are worth it. Explanation: … Continue reading
Week 8: Phonemes and performance
Through this class I learned lip syncing in animation: Lip syncing and facial animation: two goals Jaw bounce: the underlying structure:A lip sync should be built upon a solid jaw bounce rhythm Emotional speech: underlying emotional structure:Facial animation should capture … Continue reading
Week 9:Determine research direction
From last week, I decided I needed to narrow my research, and I focused my research on the Academy Award for Best Animated short film. After watching these award-winning animated shorts, I found two areas of interest for me: 1.Animation … Continue reading
Week 7: Advanced Body mechanics
This week we mainly studied: Complexity of an action and how to fix common problems Dynamic IK/FK switching Knee& elbow popping Rigging IK/FK switching & how it works within a rig After smoothing, we still see elbow and knee popping problems … Continue reading
Week 8:Character appeal
Appeal in animation characters is a similar parallel with actors having charisma. It’s about what a character is, about its visual design, about how we see the character. In some ways, the character is a reflection of ourselves or of people we … Continue reading
Week 6: 3DEqualizer & Intro to Body Mechanics Part 2
mechanics part2: goals Adding breakdowns(on 4’s) Stability/drifting check Splining:converting to spline tangents .Polishing1:cleaning up splines/curves Polishing2:key-retiming(if required) Polishing3:elbow& knee popping Polishing4:final polish Global(destructive)retiming(if required) Playblasting/rendering& after effects motion blur Arnold rendering & destructive motion blur Through this week’s study, I … Continue reading
Week 7: Want to find a research topic
I want to study scripts, what makes them pull out of so many stories and win awards. Is it the structure of the story, the way it is told, the theme of the story, or any other feature that makes … Continue reading
Week 6: Diary of work(Harvest & Reflect）
Through this week’s study, I learned the following aspects: Do I have a good story? Is it readable, engaging and surprising? Characters and performances work together, so it’s important to understand how they work. Most movies have a hero or main … Continue reading