Class 4 - Assignment 2 - Multi Character Dialogue Shot

So second assignment, just like before, but we have to pick a longer clip and one that has 2 characters interacting. The latest work is listed first. I decided to go with the Two Weeks Notice clip.

This is the first time we had to do a layout. It was tricky at first getting the camera, characters, and set all laid out and referenced. I still need to explore clothing options for the characters.

Layout:



Video Ref:


Many thanks to Adam for helping with the reference!

Clip Prep Choices:

Class 3 - Shot 2 - Dialogue Shot

Our second assignment was to take a 10 sec dialogue clip from a TV show or movie. I chose a clip the Albino recited from The Princess Bride.

Week 11 - Polishing:



Week 10 - Polishing:



Week 9 - Splining:



Week 8 - Blocking Plus:



Week 7 - Blocking:




Vid Ref:


Much thanks to Adam for the ref! Thanks to John who stopped by to help too!


Dialogue Choice Research/Prep:

Class 3 - Shot 1 - Pantomime

Sorry all, I have been way behind on updating this blog. I'll try to condense what has been happening over the last few months. Shot 1 for Class 3 was on Pantomime. As you will be able to see that this shot still needs a ton of work. Here are my different steps, starting with my most recent pass:

Splining:




Re-block/Partial Splining:




Blocking Plus:




Blocking:




Vid Ref Redo:

Class 3 begins! New Mentor Jay Jackson

So I was going back and forth on if I should retake Class 2 for a third time. My mentor encouraged me to retake, but my advisor said that they have seen people do well in Class 3 that have performed like I have in Class 2. Since I would have to retake the old curriculum and I was getting antsy, plus money is not infinite I opted to continue on to Class 3.

My new mentor is Jay Jackson. He has worked on TONS of stuff and seems like a pretty cool guy. He has worked on Sebastian in the Little Mermaid, the Simspons movie, Cat's Don't Dance, Oliver & Company, and more, check out his IMDb!

The assignment is to take Stewie and create a 5-10 sec pantomime clip with two different emotions. I am choosing confident and embarrassed. Stewie walks in confidently and trips over himself. Jay had some really good suggestions, I either keep moving the direction I was walking and skulk off, or I knock over something and run away. I'm still pondering that. Here is my vid ref:

Weeks 6 - 8 - Posts Polish - Dive Blocking

Sorry everyone I'm a bit behind on blogging, my dog Webby passed away on the 11th and I've been a bit of a mess since.

Here is my blocking for my dive assignment:



Here is my video reference:



Here is the horrible polishing job I did on the post assignment, I'm still working on refining it:



I will add my blocking plus pass later, I forgot to grab the file so I could post it.

Week 2 Done - Blocking and Vid Ref

Hey all,

Here's my blocking for this week:



Here's the vid ref I didn't have a chance to post last time:

Class 2 - Week 7 Update

Video Reference was shot this week! I picked the throw a ball choice, I want to do the first clip in this set, but my mentor likes the second. I will have to contemplate this:



Sketches:






So my polishing shot for this week is not so polished... some things have improved, but it still needs work:

Class 2 - Week 4 Update

GAHH things keep getting busier and crazier and more stressful. It's getting intense and I really want to not have to repeat this class (I just heard that this is the most repeated class, yikes!), but it is an uphill battle for sure.

So this week we had to polish our assignment as well as gather reference and sketches for our next assignment.

Here is some (yes some) of the vid ref I took (I had 11 mins before):



My sketches are horrible and I'm still unsure what I want to do:





Here is my redo, still needs work:

Class 2 Begins! Week 1

I finally made it to Class 2!!! Can you BELIEVE IT?? I still kind of can't. It's definitely very scary, pressure pressure pressure!

Haha, my new mentor is Mike Walling, he currently works for Blue Sky. Check out his IMDb here: IMDb. Just thought it was crazy, I just fell in love with Horton Hears a Who! and now I have a mentor that worked on it, pretty awesome. AND my Q&A is at a better time, not so late yayyy!

OK so this class we get about 4 weeks for each assignment. Pretty crazy, it's weird from going to 1 week freak outs to having a bit more time. Anyways, this week we had to take video reference, pick one clip and then sketch from that.

We had the option to: Kick a ball, Take a giant step to the side, or turn 180 degrees.

Here's what I took for reference:



I chose Kick #1. Here are my sketches: