Week 4- AM Update

It's been a long time since I've felt like taking my sketchbook out and did the deed. Bt AM changed all of that. They've taken all of the control away from the computer and put it back into my hands and the key to that feat was in the emphasis on the importance of posing. The keyframe is everything in terms of expression, acting, connecting to the audience, gesture, intention, and so much more. The finest actors of our day convey the subtlest of emotion with a glance, the deepest of desire with a minute nuance of expression. And that my good reader is all keyframing. Carlos Buena said that you need to know what you want before you start animating. That comes from observation and study. And what we want is good acting and the key pose is the way, the truth and the light. There is no time in animation for a game of cherade, where the audience tries to guess what we, the animators, are trying to say. The message has to be clear, with the sound off, in silhoette, and it has to grip the viewer. I want to affect people. I am affected.

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