This week, I will start the creation of the previs.
I made some preparations, I made two simple block models of dogs, and finished their rigging.
Part I: Building a simple dog model
Part II: Previs
After setting up the scene, I set color and material for buildings. Then, I start to make animations.
Process:
Problems encountered during production:
- First of all, the rigging puppy I tried for the first time was relatively rough, and the puppy’s joints could not be controlled back and forth so that the movements did not look very accurate when walking. But since it can seem to express rough animation, I kept it.
- Second, in the shot below, I was thinking about how to bind the bread paper bag to the person. So I chose a father-son relationship, and bound the paper bag to the immobile hand of the person, so that when the character moves, he will follow the paper bag.
- Thirdly, since I have no way to solve the animation of the bread being eaten and disappearing gradually, I choose to cut the camera to avoid this part of the animation.
Previs I：
Some Notes:
Course Feedback: Modify previs
Through talking to George, I noted something that need to be fixed.
- In shots 1 and 2, the camera moves up so that the camera follows the dog’s movement up. And the dog’s ears will also go from drooping to up, making the movements appear smoother.
- In the 3rd shot, add a shot of a character coming out of the door, the male owner comes out of the bakery, then twists his body and finds the puppy. After communicating in the form of performance in class, I can better understand what the effect of production should be.
- In the 4th, 5th and 6th shots, after the puppy finishes eating, he then raises his head to connect the next frame. And in this frame the puppy is going to see the male character walking forward and disappearing into the street. It was only later that I was attracted by the male character and went to another street to find the male character.
- In the seventh shot, since I am doing a right-angled movement steering, in order to make the movement smoother, it should be changed to a circular arc trajectory.
- 8~9 shots, this frame needs to be lengthened to give the audience time to react. Similarly, these 10 shots also need to be lengthened by about one second.
- In the 11th shot, in this shot, add some details, the puppy droops its tail, expressing its frustration through actions.
- The 12th shot, this part has a big change, I missed two frames of the storyboard, the puppy needs to go back to the cardboard box next to the trash can before being discovered by the male owner.
- In shot 13, when the puppy and the male owner come home, some details are added to the action, and the tail of the puppy is swayed to show that the puppy is happy.
- Shot 14, when the puppy turned back, the male owner and another puppy continued to move forward. To ensure the continuity of the animation.