Reference Section

So I shot some reference tonight. Reference = video of me acting out the scene. I'm going to piece the best bits together and make a killer scene. Well that's the hope anyway.

Peace
Randillio

I get it already!

So my training has indicated to me that when doing a dialog shot one must listen to the dialog over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over.... well you get it. Well that's what I did last night. I am going to listen to it a few more times today. Animators have to become intimately familiar with the dialog in order to really get into the characters' heads. The next step is to map out the dialog to find out where the accents are.

Clear as mud?

If you want to hear the dialog that I will be animating to go to http://11secondclub.com and click on the preview sound file button in the light gray bar.

Thanks for reading.

Peace
Randall

11 Second Club

I just wanted to let everyone know I am going to try something out this month. I am going to be putting in an entry into the 11 second club monthly contest. They give you a sound clip that is 11 seconds long. This one has two characters and is pretty dynamic. I am going to attempt to keep a daily video journal about animating and if you're lucky you may get to see me animating as well although I can tell you it's not glamorous or exciting to see the creation process. Hopefully I will be able to take you from conception to completion.

Here is my thought process on a potential avenue of attack.
Week 1 - Idea formulation and planning.
Week 2 - Reference and Blocking
Week 3 - 2nd Pass of Blocking
Week 4 - Refine and Polish.

Wish me luck!

Randall

Short Film Layout

This is the layout reel for my short film. Consider it an animatic. Or for those not familiar with that term, Moving Storyboards. I am currently animating like mad to finish it in the next 9 weeks. YIKES!

Demo Reel

Here's my demo reel with some of my previous work tightened up and prettified.
So hire me already!

Quarter 4 Progress Reel

This includes Quarter 3 as well.

Progress Reel For Quarter 2

So I finished the second quarter at Animationmentor.com. I'm pretty pleased with my work thus far. I think I could probably do better with more time, but with work and a marriage to split my attentions this is the best I could do with the time I was able to give it.