3D Production - Homework Task - Shock

For this task we had to come up with a shock reaction. My is reacting to someone telling him the amount of work there is to do.

I started by filming reference videos. At first i wanted it to be someone reading a book and then as they read they would become shocked by the long list and the amount of work there is to do. But when we filmed the reference videos I felt that wasn't very realistic and found it more comfortable and less like acting when i was sat down and reacting.
The videos go in order of when we were filming them, so by the end the idea become more and more clear and easier to act out.

https://vimeo.com/155543802

I liked the last couple of videos and knew I would be using them most to base my animation off.
I felt like i was ready after watching them a couple of times.

I started by key framing the animation. There wasn't a lot of body movement most of the work was in the facial expressions.
https://vimeo.com/155543739

As I was adding more frames and people watched we came up with the end result. It is not exactly like the reference video but i felt it worked better and still was reacting to the same thing.

The link below is adding more frames and starting to create the expression in the face.
https://vimeo.com/155543684

The link below is the final reaction after some help from class mates.
https://vimeo.com/155543717

I am happy with the end result and I like the use of exaggeration. Although it is not very complex and the body doesn't move a lot I feel I am improving with using Maya. I think next time i will try and push myself to do more now that i feel comfortable using it.