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Latos 55 posts
Hello
Here's something i've been playing with, and now after editing it i don't know if it's worth to continue .
I would appreciate comments and suggestions.
or
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x50bjb_comp-1_creationSomething is missing,right?
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JayG 1,164 posts
Hey Latos,
I think the first thing you should tackle is getting some better camera motion(s) in there. Right now it has potential but most of your camera angles are very linear and static. Remember if you choose to animate the camera, the same principles apply to it's motion as do in character motion, it has to have interesting timing, spacing, placement, and angle. You can even adjust focal lengths to break it up a little and get some more interesting shots.
For instance the shots where you have the close ups, I would remove the camera move there altogether, and place each character more towards the third of their respective side instead of right in the middle. In my opinion, each character should "own" one side of the screen in this particular piece since it's literally a one side versus the other battle. You never want the view confused as to which character they are looking at, especially since they look so similar. Don't count on the viewer to figure it out, spoon feed it to them.
The shots where the guy fires the gun and right after when the guy gets hit are both very static. That is the climax of the scene and should have really interesting dynamic camera angles.
I'd consider reading up on some editing techniques and playing with the cameras a lot more. You can be the best animator in the world but if your cameras aren't working nobody will see it.
Good luck!
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JayG 1,164 posts
Double post. ><
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mahmoudnahmad 1,159 posts
not bad u gonna do a final render?
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Latos 55 posts
Hey thanks JayG!
My intent was to have slow/static shots. They didn't turn as i imagined.i will work on camera a lot more.
mahmoudnahmad- i'm slowly painting backgrounds. When i correct some shoots i will render them out.
Thanks!
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BColbourn 2,323 posts
the animation itself looks great so far, but i agree the camera could definitely use something more.
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JayG 1,164 posts
http://www.amazon.com/Film-Directing-Vi ... 683&sr=8-1This book was recommended to me by Ricardo Curtis and has been a great resource for learning how to work and move a camera.
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Latos 55 posts
Thank you very much JayG for that recommendation!
