March 7th

Graduate seminar critique analysis

PROFESSOR NAME - David Haines (2D & 3D Animation)Feedback 

Animatic:

  • don't quite understand the part police suddenly transforms into Mr. Tall at the end. add a scene where Mr. Tall changes into/out of the police uniform

  • The beginning moves too quickly- extend the first scene and extend the scene of chasing the thief.

  • Add some close-up shots.

Technology:

  • 3D characters can be faceless, with only the shape of the body

  • A stylized film recommendation: "Return to Hairy Hill."

PROFESSOR NAME - Faiyaz Jafri (2D & 3D Animation)Feedback 

Animatic:

  • Have the knife briefly appear at the beginning, as it's important later on.

  • Give Mr. Strong a shrug or a gesture with his hands at the end.

Technology:

  • Recommend using 3D environments with 2D characters.

  • Start working on the music immediately.

  • Style recommendation: Powerpuff-style.

PROFESSOR NAME - Everett Kane (3D Animation)Feedback 
Animatic:

  • Search for "Pickpocket movie" on YouTube to learn how directors depict a pickpocket, focusing on close-ups of hands.

  • Add facial expressions/hand close-ups, shoulder close-ups, and play with camera angles in the scene where the bag is thrown.

PROFESSOR NAME - Stacey Kaelin (3D Animation) Feedback 

Technology:

  • Check out professor's YouTube channel that offers many tutorials on ZBrush techniques, including creating low-polygon style models, using ZRemesher to unify meshes into quadrilaterals, and adjusting characters into T-Pose.

PROFESSOR NAME - Claudia Tait  (3D Animation)   Feedback 

Animatic:

  • There should be better hints leading up to the scene where they pretend to be police officers.

  • Add a segment at the beginning showing how they smoothly coordinate to steal.


Technology:

  • Before rigging, make sure the shoes are  toward, and consider whether chubby hands can reach the ground.

  • Ensure that all models lack clothing folds (important) and make significant modifications to the models.

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