Don Bluth
12-30-2009, 09:51 AM
It was a great delight to see your scenes cut in to the animatic. I can remember when I saw my first scenes cut in to the movie reel at Disney's. My reaction, at the time, was both positive and negative; I suddenly wanted to make corrections on my scene but the Director wisely advised me to move on and learn lessons as I continued to animate.
There are still twenty-seven scenes in the Cyber Garage reel that were never completed. Here, now, are our future plans: I am going to park myself in a chair and animate about five of these missing scenes and record myself doing so while I explain the thought process. You will learn how to plan your scene from the story sketch stage through the timing of your scene utilizing the metronome. You will also learn how to figure the pan moves and make the X-sheet a powerful tool in planning your scene. You will discover how to make scene-to-scene hookups and finally, you will learn the art of making strong extremes.
These tutorials will be made available in DVD format on our site for your learning experience. I encourage you to study them when they become available. After the publication of the tutorial on a specific scene, we will begin a contest which will last for approximatel one month. Everyone is invited to animate that same scene adding his/her own creativity to make it more entertaining. The winner will receive a free tutorial as well as his/her scene cut into the reel.
Let me remind you that the Principles of Animation are applicable to both Traditional 2D and CG animation worlds. Moving a character is not the goal of the animator, rather, the challenge is to entertain the viewer.
Don
There are still twenty-seven scenes in the Cyber Garage reel that were never completed. Here, now, are our future plans: I am going to park myself in a chair and animate about five of these missing scenes and record myself doing so while I explain the thought process. You will learn how to plan your scene from the story sketch stage through the timing of your scene utilizing the metronome. You will also learn how to figure the pan moves and make the X-sheet a powerful tool in planning your scene. You will discover how to make scene-to-scene hookups and finally, you will learn the art of making strong extremes.
These tutorials will be made available in DVD format on our site for your learning experience. I encourage you to study them when they become available. After the publication of the tutorial on a specific scene, we will begin a contest which will last for approximatel one month. Everyone is invited to animate that same scene adding his/her own creativity to make it more entertaining. The winner will receive a free tutorial as well as his/her scene cut into the reel.
Let me remind you that the Principles of Animation are applicable to both Traditional 2D and CG animation worlds. Moving a character is not the goal of the animator, rather, the challenge is to entertain the viewer.
Don