That’s the end of body mechanics – we’re onto acting! I don’t really have any experience in doing acting animation. All my experience (and AM training) so far has been based in body mechanics. As far as I’m concerned, this is where it starts to get really tough; this is animation that genuinely terrifies me, so it’s going to be an exciting/daunting few months!
My mentor for this term is Michelle Meeker. Although her IMDB page is looking a little sparse, she’s actually credited on a whole load of things including; “Antz”, “A Bug’s Life”, “Shrek” and two of the Lord of the Rings movies!
So it promises to a wild ride! Let’s hope I don’t drown!
So here we are ladies and germs! We’re at the end of Class 3 – Advanced Body Mechanics. It’s been a great class, despite numerous external factors hampering my ability to dedicate proper time to my assignments in recent weeks. So without prattling on too much longer, here’s what 3 months of hard AM work has bestowed upon me:
As I said, it’s been a great class and seems to be a welcome addition to the AM syllabus. Although I don’t feel like I’ve actually learned anything “new” as such (I think the lectures are still in need of reshuffling/revamping), this term has been awesome for really solidifying the concepts of body mechanics from Class 2 and indeed the fundamental principles we learned Class 1.
What’s more, Bryan has been a superb mentor to me this term. I was in a bit of a weird place after Class 2 (I think it was that tap dance that nearly finished me off!) and it carried over into Class 3 as well. I was under a lot of pressure from various quarters and things were pretty bleak for a while. Thankfully I had Bryan to pick me up each week during the Q&As and the critiques.
It’s definitely the most open I’ve been during Q&As; it’s quite weird when you’re venting in front of people you barely know, but it was incredibly cathartic and I felt a lot better for it. Just as well Bryan is a pro at keeping you motivated! At no point did he ever tell me to just “man up” or anything like that. Always understanding, always encouraging. It was just what I needed so thanks a lot Bryan, you’re awesome!
Bring on Acting in Class 4 (right after I’ve had my week off! :P)!
Ok, so I logged in yesterday to find I’d been hacked. Annoying. Lost a few posts from my Class 3 stuff, so I shall endeavour to get those back up this week, since I’m off from work and AM – yay!