Animation

Animation

 

Animation Mel Script

Level 1 Exercises

1. Ball Bouncing in place, no decay (loop)
2. Ball Bouncing across the screen
3. Brick falling from a shelf onto the ground
4. Simple character head turn
5. Character head turn with anticipation
6. Character blinking
7. Character thinking [tougher than it sounds!]
8. Flour Sack waving (loop)
9. Flour Sack jumping
10. Flour Sack falling (loop or hitting the ground)
11. Flour Sack kicking a ball

 

Level 2 Exercises

12. Change in Character emotion (happy to sad, sad to angry, etc.)
13. Character jumping over a gap
14. Standing up (from a chair)
15. Walk Cycle [oldie but goodie!]
16. Character on a pogo stick (loop)
17. Laughing
18. Sneezing
19. Reaching for an object on a shelf overhead
20. Quick motion smear/blur
21. Taking a deep breath [also tougher than it sounds!]
22. A tree falling
23. Character being hit by something simple (ball, brick, book)
24. Run Cycle

Level 3 Exercises

25. Close up of open hand closing into fist
26. Close up of hand picking up a small object
27. Character lifting a heavy object (with purpose!)
28. Overlapping action (puffy hair, floppy ears, tail)
29. Character painting
30. Hammering a nail
31. Stirring a soup pot and tasting from a spoon
32. Character blowing up a balloon
33. Character juggling (loop)
34. Scared character peering around a corner
35. Starting to say something but unsure of how
36. Zipping up a jacket
37. Licking and sealing an envelope
38. Standing up (from the ground)
39. Pressing an elevator button and waiting for it

 

Level 4 Exercises

40. Character eating a cupcake
41. Object falling into a body of water
42. Two characters playing tug-of-war
43. Character dealing a deck of cards out
44. The full process of brushing one’s teeth
45. A single piece of paper dropping through the air
46. Run across screen with change in direction
47. Sleeping character startled by alarm then returning to sleepy state
48. Opening a cupboard and removing something inside
49. Putting on a pair of pants
50. Opening the “world’s best gift” and reacting
51. Any of the above exercises using a very heavy character/object next to a very light character/object. Enhance the differences the weight change makes!

 

LIP SYNC HINT

 A - open

E - 1/2 closed 1/2 wide

I - closed wide
O - open narrow
you - 1/2 closed narrow

when working with the dialog or the action to keep the elbow position constant  is there any approch for this kind of shot

You're an animator, use what you know!  IK arm for the hand placement/rough elbow placement and then you can use the pole vector to keep the elbow still.  Yes you will probably have to key every frame, yes it will be hard, welcome to animation! 

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