Small Pieces of Animation

The next area to start rendering after the temple cameras have rendered on Giles computer, will be the hallway and kitchen sets. The lighting still needs to be deveolped and finalised but the last shot of animation needs completing - the sleep walking character passing out and falling back after he blew up his kitchen. So far the animation that i have completed is the ornate stone slab, large stone door animation and posing and animating the characters and cameras for the edits/3D animatics. The sleep walking guy colapsing only needed to last 300 frames, the idea is that he falls over very stiff and ridgid after igniting the cooker flames in the gas filled room. I added secondary animation to his figures and nose while the character blinks several times looking shocked. This seems to add life and emotion to the chararcter. The kitchen cupboard and cake animation was completed by Jenny after i animated the character. Im not overly impressed with my animation, its was made more difficult as part of the character rig wasnt responsing (left wrist weighting problem) and no one in the group had the time to sort it out. The rig worked well on Giles computer, but somewhere along transfering it from pc to pc the file maybe faulty. This must be sorted for the degree show so that animation can be a lot smoother. This is the last scene of the film and must reflect the high level of quality produced throughout. The avi playblast of my animation, together with Jenny's is shown below:

Playblast of My Character Animation

The other small parts of animation i have completed for the final film are shown below:

Playblast of My Stone Skull Slab Trigger




Playblast of My Falling Stone Door Animation