The Stakeout, animation WIP 3

Hello again. Today I showed my lipsync animation to my class. I got some positive feedback from them, and I also got some pointers on how to make it better.
I have also added the partner to the preaching cop and changed the camera angle somewhat.

Here it is:

This will probably be the one I render, since I need to devote my time to the other animations now.

See you later.

The Stakeout, animation WIP 2

Today I have two more updates to show, I have continued to work on my timing and general animation.

On the clip above I added some anticipation to the arm and I have also added some movement and timing to his eyebrows. 

And below I added a subtle movement to his head when he says "Indulgence" and added an adjust animation when he places the binoculars to his eyes.

This is the one I will show my class for the show and tell, hopefully I will get some good feedback from them.

See you later.

The Stakeout, animation WIP

Late last night I finished my lipsync, and started on some of the movements. I decided to cut some of the animation from the reference out.

Here is the lipsync:

And here is the other preview I made:

I will continue to work on my animation and timing some more, so come back and check for more updates.

The Stakeout, Lipsync WIP

Hello again, After I shot the reference I started doing the lipsync right away. I really like doing lipsync.
Here you can see how far I have gotten so far.

Gotta work some more, keep checking in for more updates.

The Stakeout! Reference.

I finally got around to shot my reference, and I also shot a closeup reference of my lips speaking the lines.
I shot this back in Norway in my mothers car with the help of my little brother.

Here you can see the clips:

And the lipsync one:

See you later.

Youtube it! Part 2

Hi again, I just wanted to pop right in and recommend another little clip I found on the web.

This time it is a trailer for a music game that came out some time ago created by Harmonix.

This shows The Beatles going from an underground band to a world sensation. It starts as a 2D animation and goes over to 3D about midway through. How this trailer combine music and animation is just beautiful!
One of my favourite game trailers.
I also love how the animals(?) in the end is animated to the music, they have a lot of weight and the timing is perfect.

See you later.

The stakeout, Lipsync task.

For our second task in this module is a lipsync task. Penny handed us a bunch of different sound clips and I ended up picking a clip that I've heard before in a film. Usually this is a bad pick, but since I knew the origin of the clip I could avoid "copying" the animation of the source.
I pictured a scene where 2 cops out on a stakeout in an alley, and one of them is kind of a preaching tough cop, and the other one is a relaxed layed back cop.

I took the inspiration from The Incredibles by Pixar where Mr.Incredible and Frozone is on the secret stakeout in the back alley. (I am having really trouble finding any clips of this that is available online.)

I also remembered a lot of scenes from old 60s cop series.

Next I will post my reference shot, I will hopefully get my little brother to help out.

See you later.