Assignment 1: Acting Performance Test Practice

Prompt: Animate a short, 6 second acting sequence of a character undergoing the following action:

Story: 

A character notices a heavy object on the ground, struggles to pick up the object, walks forward a few steps, and puts the object down on the ground.

Materials need for animation:

• A character.
• A heavy object.
• An environment.

Instructions:

Design a set of thumbnails that tell the story of your animation. You are allowed to produce storyboards or an animatic if you so choose!

You will accomplish this by doing the following.

1. Take the prompt and break it down into a sequence of actions.
2. Figure out how many key drawings each action will take.
3. Figure out how long each action occurs. (in seconds and frames)
4. Make an estimate for the number of keys you will need to do this action.
5. Divide the number of key drawings into the number of frames of animation each action takes. (divide number 4 into number 3.)
1. <<this way, you are able to animate the keys of your animation in a faster manner!>>
6. Draw you thumbnails for your animation, and bring your estimates for your animation to class for monday!

Note: I am NOT asking you to do your animated keys this weekend! I just want you to do a sketch, and develop an estimate for the number of keys you will need in your animation! If you have trouble doing this, do the best you can and bring in your estimate. We will begin animating next class!  

Have a great weekend! =D