NEW SHOT - Inhaler

I've decided to start a new shot. It will be a pantomime, essentially combining a mundane task with important object.

Teenage girl (determined, loves soccer, hates the fact that she has asthma) approach her soccer bag, rummaging through (slightly frantic), finding her inhaler, shakes it as she takes a puff. (she REALLY needed it - she was previously having trouble breathing) Once the medicine takes action she gets back into soccer badass mode!

Here is my reference:

I'm aware of this shot being well over 15 seconds in my reference but I'm planning on reducing/combining actions as I get into layout/blocking. 

Here's some of my thumbnail drawings for it:

Reaction/listening Polish

Sprucing up the last 10% of the shot to give the extra bit of spice! I'm leaving the elbow as the last thing I'm doing since it's fussy and changes anytime I move the hand/elbow.

Moving forward I'll be focusing on my new shot and always coming back here and there to polish.

 

New Shot Ideas

DIANA SHOT IDEAS (Narrowed down!!)

1. Shopping for shampoo and seeing all different kinds. Questioning which one is best.
Verbs: (to) Examine, Ponder, Question, Search, Decide
(Adj. Puzzled or Perplexed) --- Examine ----- Question ----- Search ---- Finally Decide. (Confident? Annoyed? “fuck it this is the one”? Successful? Close her eyes and pick one? Playing a game and mocking the ridiculousness of it?)

2. Disorganized girl, late for an important interview, running out the door and finishing dressing. Stakes are high for her.
Verbs: (to) impress, organize, prepare, leave

3. Soccer player rummaging through her bag frantically, finds her inhaler uses it (embarrassed but desperate), can breathe and is determined to get back on the field.

Or maybe some other situation with an inhaler? – Totally something I can relate to!! (because I always need my inhaler) Mother giving her daughter an inhaler and the sense of relief and care she has.

Reaction Shot - Entering Polish!

Been working on this shot a lot. Overall it's getting closer and closer to what I want. I recently went back and saw a much earlier version of this and it's cool to see how much progress has been made. I'm entering polish on this one but there are still a few things that are bugging me.

Here are notes to address:

- Frame by frame the elbow when it contacts/stays on the arm rest. (Note to self - Elbow pins suck!)

- Adjust the timing of the smile (scoot it later and add ease in)

- Add some time to the pull down of the mouth

- After f93, the head hits so add more ease in and keep-alive. Specifically rx and rz to push the expression

- For the take, Give the head more orient (make it more straight) again make sure nothing hits a wall

- For the take, as the hands translates in a more tense pose, make sure that tension is felt through the rest of the arm - This is something I should make sure throughout the shot to avoid IK feeling hands

- For the take add shoulders going slightly down. (almost like they're staying in the same position. It will help with breaking up the movement.)

- Also when he slumps into the seat, try and make his line of his torso more in a C shape to create a better silhouette and push the expression.

Reaction Shot Moving forward!

(whoops this post was suppose to have been posted a couple weeks earlier)

I had a hiccup with my workflow. After working in a more layered approach, going back to pose to pose was a bit tricky. I had a hard time comprehending the transitions and their timing/spacing relationship. Going from stepped blocking to spline was a huge brain-blah moment. I had a hard time understanding what to do and where to go, but luckily I have an amazing class and Victor and everyone gave me lots of encouragement!

Notes:
- Spine too stiff
- Fix physicality action of scoot back - not entirely believable.
- reaction at the end too large and needs love
- Adjust eyes to make sure he's looking at the same place (which is the girl sitting in front of him)
- Move coffee mug around

Listening and Reaction shot

I'm working on this listening shot for Victor's class. Trying to focus on the character thinking. THOUGHT before ACTION. I have a little post-it note of that phrase on my computer to remind me to always put that in my work. :)

The shot is the audio of an over-dramatic girl confessing her love for her guy-friend. I am focusing on his reaction and the fact that he is NOT expecting this and NOT interested!

This is my first pass of blocking:

Notes: sR arm/hand pose to be more reflective of his relaxed attitude in the beginning. Also, adjust the eye direction in the beginning to seem a little more distracted by the other people in the coffee shop.

Movie Theater - Continued

I'm moving into polish for this. There's some things that I love about this shot and things that needed to be added like the smush of the face as she sinks into her hand.

 I'm ready to move onto something else. For a slight change of pace, working a bit more on the Jump from Jim's summer class. I only want to work on this for a week or so before moving on to something else. Then maybe a short dialogue.