Animation Acting Challenge #6: Post Progress, Start Febuary 28 - End March 28

#1

Animation Acting Challenge #6

There are two topics to choose from

  1. Emotional or awkward stillness

Or

  1. Audio Clip from the Addams Family
    “Lurch their ganging up on us…What’l i do. Run.”

Rules:

  • Have fun animating!
  • Use any rig and any animation software you like.
  • Animate with any medium (3D, 2D, or Stop-motion)
  • You’re open (and encouraged) to post your progress here if you’d like any comments and critiques.
  • No time restriction on the animation. Just remember that the more complex it is the longer it will take to finish. Make it by the due date!
  • You may add time before and after the audio clip, but please do not change the timing of the audio.
  • A separate final submission thread will be created. Post your final animation there. If you finished early then PM me and I’ll start it.
  • Textures and lighting are optional. Playblasts are acceptable. Just make the acting clear and easy to read.
  • The animation any resolution… but keep the file size manageable. Nothing over 20MB definitely. As for codecs, preferably one that’s common like quicktime or windows media. My recommendation would be Quicktime and less than 5MB. The audio can also be in mono instead of stereo, that would help keep the size down too.
  • [color=yellow](Edit 2/28) when posting progress and for final entry please state which topic you are animating.

We’ll do this for a month (Febuary 28th - March 28th). Then we’ll vote for a week (March 29th - April 4th). We’ll vote for the best animation AND topics for the next challenge.

Feel free to ask a question about the challenge.

We’re still figuring out the best way to set up these challenges so bear with us :slight_smile:
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#2

I just realized a problem with having more than one choice… sometimes you BADLY want to do both hahaha!

It’s fine, that’s a good problem to have.

Looking forward to seeing some animations in the works. I have a feeling we’ll have a few more people joining :wink:

BTW, if you’re looking or needing a place to upload your animations, I’d recommend Vimeo.com. It’s like YouTube, but as a registered user (free) you can download the source file of the video. So you can easily watch the streaming flash version or the original. So far the taint of corporations hasn’t touched them yet too.

#3

well, it never hurts to do both :slight_smile:
itz juz you will hv less slping time hehe
itz great to have more ppl joining us :scream:

#4

Awesome!

Not asking for your ideas but what would you construe as emotional or awkward stilness?

Thanks

#5

Fede- Think of situations where a character would feel awkward and does not know how to react. There is that uncomfortable silence for a little while and then the character might go about things nonchalant and act like nothing happened. The last part is just my opinion. I can see poses going big or poses with very little movement like in the eyes.

SirRon- Or even a better way, use both the topics together. There could be an awkward moment where Lurch says “RUN”. That could definitely be a scary moment. If anyone is going to do that then the animation will be classified as the audio topic.

#6

Hehe, had a feeling that the topic is a bit ambiguous. :slight_smile:

The way I view it, that kind of stillness can be found when something unexpected happens and the person just freezes out of fear or confusion.
or
the kind of stillness you experience before a major event happens, you’re calming yourself before a big action.

Some examples (feel free to animate with these ideas or similar):

  1. You walk into your parents bedroom wanting to ask them for some lunch money before you go to school. So in you walk in and they’re … you know… doing “parent stuff”… :argh:. You’re thinking “what… are they doing?..” You’re frozen and confused. They’re frozen and afraid, “Our child just walked in on us…”

  2. You’re a stage actor in your very first play. You know your lines and you really are a good actor. But that still doesn’t stop you from being nervous. You’re behind the curtain as you hear the announcer say “Ladies and gentlemen, let’s begin act 1 of Shakespeare’s Hamlet…” They’re opening the curtains and you’re going to perform in front of hundreds of people. Animate how you would act in the last 5 seconds before the curtain opens.

But with an idea like “walking in on your parents” keep your animation clean. I think we need to add a rule where the animation has to be rated within G to PG-13. No R or X-rated.

Good luck with anyone doing “stillness” I really think that’s hard. I mean just hold out your hand and keep it still… try animating that!

edit:

There’s two moments of awkward stillness here, maybe three. YouTube link

#7

Thanks for clearing that up, i had an idea but wasn’t sure if it would be ok.

I’m going to film some reference and i’l post it up before doing some planning.

Laters

#8

hei… :slight_smile:

i think this is fun :smiley:

im gonna participate this chalenge…
hummm…

but im lil bit confuse about the topic.
hehehe…

sorry…
nubie :smiley:

#9

animatedbajoe: What are you confused about? We’d be glad to answer

#10

im sorry…
maybe i am looks like a dumb.
i just want to ask :

what is : 1. Emotional or awkward stillness mean?

in more easier words :smiley:

umm…
maybe it’s like the scene that Sir Ron describe ? :

’ The way I view it, that kind of stillness can be found when something unexpected happens and the person just freezes out of fear or confusion ’

:slight_smile:

#11

animatedbajoe - no question will make a person dumb :).itz good to ask questions dan to look like a fool

yup itz like what SirRon described and you got the meaning of it already

the snickers commercial on youtube that SirRon linked will give u quite a clear picture of how it feels.

#12

thx khet :slight_smile:

it’s my first time participating this chalenge :smiley:
at least, trying to participate :smiley:

hehehehe…

#13

hey thats an awsome topic to be animating i think i have made my rough idea abt the animation will upload it asap its i finalise it …

well dudeacle: nice audio clip … its so open nd i think well be getting some real good idea’s nd
hey SirRon: ur explanation iz kida … well awkward stillness he he it gave me an stillness just reading it … ha ha parents room one will be fun to do bt i just cant do it he he well nice detailed explanation i thnk it was abit too descriptive… nice youtube link by the way

cheers
Mandeep

#14

I just hope i have some time to do this one :slight_smile:

#15

Definately joining in in on this. Awkward stillness should be an easy one.

#16

I’ve been thinking… should we be able to add music to the non-audio topic?

#17

Silence is golden. But I don’t care. You could actually use the music as part of the whole scene…

#18

Well here’s my general storyboard. This just tells the story, not so much defining the poses, timing, etc. I’m not putting a voice track but I am thinking of putting faint subtitles and play some somber music.

Acting it out with a stopwatch, I estimate this animation being 45 seconds to 1 minute.

#19

hey sirRon nice storyboards … i thnk u were gonna work on the parent room idea …

well here is my first pass

timing nd poses are pretty much done, do tell me wat u think !!!

Cheers
Mandeep

#20

I was thinking having a guy reverse his car into a lamppost or something, the the emotional stillness when he realises what hes done. Think that would work for the topic?

-Darken