Character Animation

For this project, I collaborated with Christon Han and Claudia Law. We wanted to come up with something simple, yet quirky and end with a twist. After going back and forth on some ideas, Christon came up with a funny little storyboard.

This one resonated the most with us, so we decided to go for it. All we needed was a mannequin and a very simple set up. After planning the shots, we decided that I would be the lovely actor. Christon helped direct while Claudia shot most of the images. The thing that I found toughest was staggering normal every day movements and holding for several seconds. It made me realize how many in-between movements there are between poses. It was also a challenge to make sure that I exaggerated the key poses to emphasize them on screen.

 The next tough step was getting the mannequins movements to have a fluid feel, but Christon did a great job of breaking down each pose

After that, the final step was to record some simple sounds. We did this simply through our iphone recorders and then uploaded to the computer for final composing.

Here is the final movie:

All in all I think it came out great and I think it's worth a few chuckles!