Official Rumour was inaccurate....
New update: Unknown sources indicate a high possibility that it will materialize in a weeks time. This just in, I am not a teenager anymore!!! For all those Blog stalkers out there, make yourselves known. You know who you are.

        My latest term has ended, only to make way for a new one. Had a nice one week break, but the many things supposed to be done during were neglected. So this will be an incomplete post. Check back in 4 days. At least that is the official rumour.

My last mentor was Dovi Anderson. Played his part in The Matrix Revolutions, Hellboy, Cats and Dogs, Charlotte's Web, to name a few. More on him later.

Term 3: Introduction to Acting

Introduction to animating dialogue. This assignment was my second assignment for the term. The first was a pantomime shot which I'm still working on to be blog worthy.

        I really had fun with dialogue.(10 points for anyone who can guess where this line is from. Excluding you Jeanette.) The wonder of watching an inanimate object slowly start to breath, think, talk, and come to life is one of the things that make the long tiring hours of animation seem worthwhile. I say seem because I am still undecided. My acting instincts are horrible though. Body Mechanics and physical stuff are more my thing. For this term, as I am currently working on, facial expressions and proper lipsync are to be layered on. The new facial rig is amazing, with puffable cheeks, puckerable lips, squintable eyelids and brows, and the sort. Check in soon( between now and the next decade) for the facial performance.

If unable to view the movie, click here. 

        More current news. Carlos Baena is coming to Singapore!!!!! I will be attending the CG Overdrive conference next week, July 14-16, and I can't wait. That will mean cramming more hours of work to finish early to leave for the weekend.

   

        Carlos is one of the 3 co-founders of animationmentor.com. He is frequently featured in the video lectures that I watch every week, especially during term 1. If you ever come across a fingerboarder video on the web.....that's him. Oh yea,......he is also a rockstar animator who happens to work at Pixar.

That's it so far. New mentor? Mike Gasaway. One of the Directors for the Jimmy Neutron Dvds.

Signing off.