Animation Fundamentals / Final Project: Physical Action Sequence Animation
Derin / 0354969 / Design in Creative Media
MMD 60804 / ANIMATION FUNDAMENTALS
Final Project: Physical Action Sequence Animation
INSTRUCTIONS
FINAL PROJECT
For our final project, we are tasked to animate a 5 second physical action sequence using our character we designed from project 1. The action sequence must involve physical movement, such as a fight, chase, or sports-related activity. Develop a clear understanding of the desired outcome, key actions, and the emotions you want to convey in the scene.
Storyboard
We are to make a storyboard that visualizes the key moments, actions, and emotion of the scene. We must incorporate variety of camera shots, angles, and visual continuity to enhance the visual storytelling.
I decided to animate the scene where Yumeko is first introduced. I feel like that scene is the best way to introduce my character.
For the storyboard, I used a template I found online. It was originally longer but I cut it down to two pages since the final animation only needed to be 5 seconds long.
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| Fig 1.1 Storyboard #1 |
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Fig 1.2 Storyboard #2 |
Animating
Scene 1
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| Fig 2.1 Scene 1 |
Scene 2
After I'm done with the storyboard, I went ahead to animate it! I started on scene 2 and drew out the background first. This is because it's easier to match the character to the background rather than the other way around. I made sure to use the same colors as I did with the environmental design/character layout design.
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| Fig 2.2 Scene 2 Background |
Afterward, I made a rough animation on how the scene would play out. I did a lot of revisions and experiments for this scene. Timing really affects the output of the animation. I used a vector layer so that I can adjust the lines accordingly and have it stay consistent.
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| Fig 2.3 Rough Animation Attempt #1 |
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| Fig 2.4 Rough Animation Attempt #2 |
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| Fig 2.5 Rough Animation Attempt #3 and adding the smoke |
Here is how it turned out after the coloring and shading process. I used paint bucket tool to fill the colors throughout the animation. I didn't have a layer for the shadows and instead focused on the light instead. I used color Dodge for the lighting. Then, I have an overlay on top of everything to give ambience.
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| Fig 2.6 Final result for Scene 2 |
Scene 3
After I'm done with scene 2, I proceeded to animate scene 3. Same as before, I stated off with the background. I used the same colors as I did with scene 2 to make sure it looks like it happened at the same place.
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| Fig 3.1 Scene 3 Background |
When I'm done with the background, I made a rough animation for scene 3. I used vector layer to adjust the location of the line accordingly. This helps make the animation have a smooth and consistent line, and animating a whole lot easier.
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| Fig 3.2 Rough Animation |
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| Fig 3.3 Lineart |
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| Fig 3.4 Adding In-betweens |
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| Fig 3.5 Adding Colors + Tail |
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| Fig 3.6 Shading and Lighting |
Visual Effects
I did the visual effects on after effects. Scene 1 relies heavily in editing. I made sure to have the motion blur on since it looks awkward without it.
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| Fig 4.1 Scene 1 on After Effects |
For scene 2, I purposefully left out a frame on where Yumeko jumped. This is so that I can add a camera shake into the animation.
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| Fig 4.2 Scene 2 on After Effects |
For scene 3, the camera starts from the bottom, and goes up further to reveal Yumeko. Since scene 3 plays right after scene 2, I made the camera move from up to bottom to make it as if she just landed. After she landed, the camera shakes a bit, this is done by using the position thing in after effects. The camera lens blur effect enhances this movement.
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| Fig 4.3 Scene 3 on After Effects |
Final Animation
Here is the final result for the animation! I used Laufey and beabadobee's song collaboration named 'A Night to Remember' since I thought the beginning instrumental part suits this scene :)
FEEDBACK
REFLECTION
This project was so fun to make! I'm pretty glad of how everything turned out, but of course there are still a plenty of room for me to improve. I hope to learn more about animation and become good!!!