Challenge 8 (Part 2): Adding breakdowns, converting, and clean up & Rendering & Motion Blur / Playblasting & Motion Blur
I polished the curve, after making sure the breakdown poses were great. At this point I noticed that the feet were slipping badly, so I spent a lot of time on fixing the feet in place. This was followed by adjusting the curves in other positions, especially at the waist, as this relates to the whole character’s centre of gravity so that the animation would look more natural.
Before I imported it into AE, I added some lights in Maya so that it looked better. In AE I added a pixel motion blur to the sequence, which made the jump animation more realistic
Take 2 films you enjoy and break down the character development and story development throughout the film:
Analyse how the main characters evolve
Analyse how the characters drive the story
If there are similarities between your films, point this out and why you think they are following a similar structure if so.
1. Green Book
In 1962 New York City, Tony, a white Italian living at the bottom of society, lost his job because of the operation of nightclubs. When he was worried about money, he received a phone call from Don Shirley, a famous black pianist in New York, needed to go to the south for a tour and hire a driver.
Shirley met Tony for the first time.
Nevertheless, this is not an ordinary tour. In 1962 the social was not friendly to blacks. As a black musician, Shirley needed someone who could “settle the trouble” to help him complete this journey. Shirley’s record company gave Tony a green book, a guidebook for African American tourists to find motels, restaurants, and gas stations that can serve them in the south. In this way, they took a green book and began the journey that was destined to be full of twists and turns.
They began their journey.
Of course, their journey was not harmonious because Tony felt uncomfortable being asked to behave more delicately, and the arrogant Shirley was dissatisfied with Tony’s habits. Both live in their own world, defending each other With the progress of the tour, the first performance was very successful. Shirley’s exquisite piano skills not only conquered the audience but also conquered Tony, who was once despised. He did not expect that this pretentious black man had such a level. Throughout the journey, the two people kept arguing because of all kinds of trivial things, but they were also constantly compromising. During this period, Shirley helped Tony write to his wife. Tony also encouraged Shirley to get in touch with his brother. Their relationship has also changed during this period: Even if Tony does not like blacks any more, he cannot argue about the boss-employee relationship between him and Shirley. Gradually, he began to recognize the black friend around him and began to protect Shirley. Tony was willing to accept the help of black Shirley and his ideas.
Don helped Tony write to his wife
The climax of the play is Shirley’s rights protection. The police stopped Shirley and Tony on a rainy night, unreasonably asked them to get out of the car for inspection and spoke racist words. Tony, who was irritable and straightforward, knocked down the police with a punch, and the angry police detained them. Shirley rationally asked to protect his rights in the cell and asked why he was detained, but the police said: ‘it is because of your damn skin colour’. This sentence, like a fuse, made the injustice and discrimination he had suffered all the way break out instantly. Tang strongly demanded to call his lawyer and use this opportunity to contact Attorney General Robert Kennedy, who put pressure on the governor and subsequent police officials to release them. Soon the last performance came. As expected, the unfair treatment came again. Shirley is refused entry into the whites-only dining room of the country club where he has been hired to perform. Tony threatens the owner, and Shirley refuses to play since they refuse to serve him in the room with his audience.
Shirley playing the piano in the orange bird bar
Tony and Shirley left the venue and came to the orange bird bar dedicated to black people. Shirley was invited to perform an extraordinary piano performance and, as expected, won full applause. He played music that was easier to accept at the bottom. He was delighted and relaxed. Maybe it was himself at this time. As Shirley revealed his wealth when buying wine, he was stared at by two little gangsters. They hid behind the car. Tony found out, took out his pistol, and fired two shots into the sky to scare the gangsters away. Finally, Tony and Shirley return north and try to go home before Christmas Eve. Tony invited Shirley to dinner with his family. There, Tony’s extended family greeted him with unexpected enthusiasm.
Tony introduced Shirley to his family
2. The Shawshank Redemption
In 1947, banker Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) was accused of shooting his wife and lover. Andy was sentenced to life imprisonment, which means he will spend the rest of his life in Shawshank prison. For a long time in prison, Andy didn’t communicate with anyone. While everyone complained, he walked leisurely in the yard, just like in the park. A month later, Ellis Red Redding (Morgan Freeman) is an inmate and prison contraband smuggler serving a life sentence. Red procures a rock hammer and a large poster of Rita Hayworth for Andy. One day, Andy overheard the prison officer talking about paying taxes. Andy said he had a way to legally exempt the prison officer from this large amount of tax. In exchange, he won two bottles of Tiger beer for each of a dozen prisoner friends. Red said he felt free for the first time in years.
Andy’s cellmates are drinking beer on the roof
As Andy was proficient in the knowledge of the financial system, he soon got rid of the heavy manual labour and the harassment of other abnormal prisoners in prison. Soon, Andy, well-known, began to deal with tax issues for more and more prison guards and even his children’s entrance to the school. At the same time, Andy has gradually become an important tool for the shank warden to launder money. The arrival of a young prisoner broke Andy’s quiet prison life: the prisoner had heard Andy’s case when serving his sentence in another prison before. He knew who the real murderer was. However, when Andy asked the warden to reopen the case, he was rejected and severely punished by two months of solitary confinement. In order to prevent Andy’s release, the warden designed to kill that young prisoner. Facing the cruel reality, Andy becomes very depressed. One day, he said to Rhett, “if one day you can get parole, you must go somewhere to fulfil a wish for me. That’s where I dated my wife for the first time. Dig out a box under a big oak tree there. Then you’ll know what it is.” That night, with wind and rain and thunder, Andy, whom his soul has redeemed, escaped from prison successfully.
Andy escaped from prison
It turned out that Andy had been digging a hole with that little pickaxe every day for twenty years and then covered the hole with a poster. After Andy got out of prison, he took away some of the black money saved by the warden and denounced the truth of the warden’s corruption and bribery. The warden saw a Bible left by Andy in the safe where he kept his small account book. The first page said, “the way to be saved is in it”. In addition, there was a hollowed-out part in the Bible to hide the pickaxe for digging a hole. After 40 years in prison, Red finally got parole. Remembering his promise to Andy, he visits Buxton and finds a cache containing money and a letter asking him to come to Zihuatanejo. The two old friends finally met again on the blue Pacific coast.
They met by the sea
similarities
Both movies flow Hearo’s Journey. The protagonists of the two stories begin with an embarrassing life and encounter some things. The protagonists overcome difficulties and finally meet a better life
This reference footage was done by me and my roommate, as he is particularly good at jumping. I set up three cameras to record the process
Challenge 8 (Part 1): Setting Up Maya, Exploring Rigs & Blocking Out Body Mechanics
For the rig, I chose the bony rig because the position of his joints was very obvious and this helped me to determine if the pose was correct. In the blocking phase, I started by analysing the movement frame by frame using PR, marking each keyframe on the timeline. This made the blocking part relatively easy for me as I only had to pose the character according to the key time points I analysed.
Iron Man is a 2008 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures, it is the first film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). This film was directed by Jon Favreau and was released in the U.S. on May 2, 2008.
The story of the film has two parts. The first part is that Tony Stark was attacked and kidnapped by terrorists while testing his latest research results and then fled. The second part is that Obadiah Stan stole Stark’s research results and made war weapons. After stark fought with it, he improved the function of armour, incarnated as “Iron Man”, and protected the story of world peace as a volunteer policeman.
You
Tony Stark was born in a wealthy family in New York. He was born intelligent and graduated from MIT at the age of 17. He successfully found his social position with proud achievements – the new boss of stark arms, his family business. The unfortunate death of his parents inspired Tony’s career. At the age of 21, he began to control tens of billions of assets and gradually established Stark’s strong position as the first arms supplier of the U.S. military.
Need
In the first part of the story, he needs to save himself and escape from terrorists. In the second part, Obadiah steals his research results and creates a war machine. At this time, he needs to save the world.
Go
Tony Stark needs to constantly improve his armour to deal with more and more powerful enemies.
Search
Tony Stark was hit in the heart by shrapnel when he was kidnapped. His life is in danger every day. Terrorists forced him to make weapons while trying to save himself.
Find
Tony Stark improved his steel armour, created another piece of fusion energy, and became a real iron man. After a test flight, he improved into a genuinely integrated armour.
Take
After Obadiah failed to replicate the micro ark reactor. He took the ark reactor in Tony Stark’s body after he paralyzed Tony in Malibu’s house later.
Return
Tony fought fiercely with Obadiah. Finally, use the phone to ask the “girlfriend” for help, set the maximum power of the laboratory equipment, use the reactor explosion’s energy to attack Obadiah just above, and finally win.
Change
After a series of events, Tony Stark understood the meaning of his existence. He closed his company’s most profitable project – manufacturing and selling weapons. He announced to the world that he was an iron man.
Characters Breakdown
Tony Stark
Tony Stark is an industrialist with hundreds of millions of assets. He took over a huge family business from his father. Tony never shies away from his noble status as a wealthy child because he knows it will help him succeed among women. He had to bear the responsibility when he inherited the surname stark. However, his real interest was in the invention, and he was recognized as a talented inventor in the scientific community.
Obadiah Stane
The bad guy who coveted Stark’s rich life for a long time could not help making waves in stark arms company and secretly trading with terrorist leaders. Get the armour wreckage damaged when stark escaped from the terrorist base from him. With the help of a group of scientists, he seizes Tony’s fusion energy and uses the steel armour on himself.
Virginia “Pepper” Potts
“little pepper” Virginia Potts Tony Stark’s assistant who is a capable, sexy and charming female assistant, can always give “Iron Man” meticulous care and help and has a delicate relationship with Tony Stark.
This week is learning about the half body walk cycle, which is closely linked to the small ball bounce work. The walk cycle can express the emotions of the character. A normal walk is a cycle of 24 or 25 frames. It is important that one foot does not slip after landing on the ground, which greatly affects the character’s sense of weight.
