cutnpaste - I believe that Paxton is working on fixing a lot of the rig problems with the alien and trying to add some deformers to the face so we can get more expression out of the eyes.
Youâre right that for most of the film the legs will not need to be animated on Alien #1. He doesnât even have a walking scene so donât worry too much about the leg problems. I want to concentrate on his upper body and facial expressions. Thatâs what is going to sell this character to the audience.
The seats in the ship should probably stay stationary. In your animation the seat moves but the body isnât moving with it. As fist stated, weâre still working on the ship so all the animation controls will be included when we get to a final version.
One other thing I noticed though ⌠the exterior view into the cockpit is something weâll want to avoid. The widow will have a dark reflective glass on it so it wonât make sense that we can see through it sometimes, but other times we canât. Iâd rather you just hide half of the windshield and shoot the interior scenes as if the camera was inside.
You know, like how Hollywood would shoot interior shots of people riding in the back seats of cars. They would cut the car in half and frame the scene so you only saw the interior parts and the actors.
