I have talked several times with my animation team member to improve the rhythm of the animation and fix some problems.
at the same time, I was prepared to solve the flip in Houdini.
This week We finished the p1c3,p1c4,p3c3 animation and We are going to finish p1c2, and p4 animation. My partner YingYue Feng and I always talk how could we improve animation detail such as blow. Because we have an extreme close lens for the foot, we have to handle the toe rotation well.
Because one of our members quit our group, we need to share her jobs such as the clothe and some visual effects about clothes. I am designing new clothes for the girl because the old version almost can not be used. Before that, I also found some problems with skin weight and I start to solve them.
To save resources I delete some parts which is not in the camera view.
In a word, we continue to communicate deeper for the animation of the character and fix the tiny problems this week. The model art starts to build environment objects to make the scene rich. Everything is going well even we lose one partner I trust we can handle the project.
In the third week, we established a very detailed production plan and a division of labour among the group members. We also discussed and decided on the content of the footage we needed to produce.
P1c1: Medium shot, the camera panning to follow. The view follows the leaves as they drift down and finally land on the tip of the lance.
P2c1: Close up, the camera fixed. The lance is awakened and activated, starting to shake and vibrate. P2c2: Panoramic view, camera surround. Panoramic view of the lance as the whole lance is surrounded by the hostile aura of the soul P2c3: Close-up, camera fixed. The heroine’s feet splash against the water as she runs past
P3c1: Panorama, the camera panning to follow. The heroine runs towards the centre of the scene, right hand raised, lance in hand. P3c2: panorama, camera pans to follow. Part of the heroine’s gun dance. P3c3: Close up, the camera pans back. Lance flying up ready to articulate the special scene. P3c4: close-up, camera pans forward. Lance drops down for the scene to the memory section.
This week I also finished modelling the trees in Speedtree.
This week we found students to work with through face-to-face meetings. In the meantime we decided we wanted to make a short action film together. It is a mythical story in the Chinese style.
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1YV41117ke
Story Background:
The martial god Ivy alone guards the artifact of his former comrade-in-arms (lover) by the sacred tree of the altar.
The cool water of the divine pool suppressed the soul of the spear, and the comrades-in-arms died in front of them and turned into this wisp of soul into their own artifacts, desperately trying to protect their own lovers. Even after many years of death, this wisp of soul does not forget the infinite intention of fighting and killing.
Ivy Looked at the restless spirits in the pool, full of sentimentality, and paced into the formation. The spear seemed to sense the call of its lover and began to emit a piercing beep. Yu Shi was touched by the love of his comrades-in-arms and decided to accompany the spear to dance for a while. With his right hand outstretched, the spear flew in.
( Dancing with spears）
Dancing with a spear, the memory brings himself back to the original scene
Scene 1: On the war zone, the fledgling himself cowardly hiding in the corner, do not dare to resist the enemy, an enemy soldier stared at the Ivy, saw that she had no power to fight back, hit Ivy to the ground, just at the moment of the last blow, the back of the comrade flashed to block the last blow…
Scenario 2:(Happy Memories).
Scene 3:When Ivy can stand alone, the two are in a trouble, and the comrades in arms block in front of Ivy to protect her, and finally she survives alone.
The spear dances to the end and gradually ends.
The spirit gradually quiets down with the passage of time, and the Ivy also remembers the deceased in the dance of the spears. In this altar, guarding a pure land behind him, from war.
Narrative Rhythm Outline:
P1/0~10s:
Empty shots illustrate the scene, and the shots drift with the leaves and land on the spear.
P2/11s~26s：
A close-up of the artifact spear, showing the trembling of imprisoned souls:
