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.