Week 5: Maya Character rig - reaction shot

 Task 4 - The most important thing about reaction, as with all animation is emotion. For your final piece create a situation that a simple character reacts to. Try to avoid obvious reaction choices. Your reaction shot should be 2 – 4 seconds long.

We looked at the famous reaction from Pretty Woman, which has been described as the trade mark of the film and an iconic moment.

This is an old test used by Disney Studios when interviewing animation candidates. The idea is that you can convey emotion purely through body language.

Various reaction exercises:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYDFsTwgRig (realism)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jtlft6bNxA (extreme cartoon)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbQp1igZSiM (extreme cartoon)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rzN3QGdyqg (student attempt)

Dreamworks -  In order to get a good performance out of your character you have to act it out and record it, this is a comedy video of Dreamworks performance tests before they animate the characters.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUFoKydoFlg&noredirect=1

Task : Using the Max rig and the ‘how to sheet’ we started playing with the rig.

Homework : Using the 11 Second clubs archive watch animation entries; choose your favourite then write a post about why you like it on your blog, please add a link.

 http://www.11secondclub.com/