Class notes from Thursday, 5/11

• Use texture & range as well as tempo to convey mood. Start with sparse texture. Deepen texture at the end. Use other instruments to help mood
• Meoldy: One for family at beginning, with girl adding her own at the end. Each character can add their own music.
• Use breath or wind to help convey mood. Stylize wind?

• Move upper body when turning or moving neck. Move upper body when lower body moves as well. Otherwise they move like robots are are unrealistic.
• If not all actions can fit within a shot's timing, first overlap actions to fit them in. As a last resort, length the shot a few frames.
• Each time you use render farm, render your shot to a different name to avoid gliches.
• Watch intersections between objects so they don't clash.
• Textures don't need to be animated now. Open up hyper-shader, you'll see a curve. Delete the curve.
• Anticipate character upper-body movements more with lower-body movements.

• Shot 1: Daughter should stay focused. Mother can glance at daughter right before getting to the ritual
• Shot 2
  • Girl's looking around is good
  • After girl sits down, instead of dropping her arms, hold clay closer.
  • Elbows should not be symmetrical.
  • When walking in, girl's eyes may be cut off. Tilt camera up more.
  • Move upper body when turning or moving neck. Move upper body when lower body moves as well. Otherwise they move like robots are are unrealistic.
  • Blink with girl's head movement.
• Shot 3
  • Make girl keep breathing, moving slightly, and braids flow at end of shot. This reminds us she's still alive.
  • Add another elder at the right side of the screen to complete circle.
  • Girl's head should start turning at end of this shot, and complete at the beginning of next.
  • Relax grandpa's feet?
  • Far elder should turn away from looking at foreground elder sooner.
  • Far elder can move more forward when putting clay into cubby.
  • Shift shot so we can see others make clay?
• Shot 4
  • Nice facial expression
  • Grandma's movements are a little fast
  • Add 2 secs at end of shot to allow girl look at amulet
  • Girl should turn slightly forward to finish turning from last shot (see last shot), but not too much.
  • Breath should match shoulder movement.
• Shot 5
  • Hold and look at amulet in the center of screen for a bit, then drop naturally as she brings up clay.
  • Squeezing looks contrived. Squeeze once, but release it only a little bit. Use the "one-and-half" squeeze.
• Shot 8
  • Get bird reflections into shot?
  • Textures don't need to be animated now. Open up hyper-shader, you'll see a curve. Delete the curve.
• Shot 9
  • Create a strong gust of wind as girl moves her head, to get her braid over her shoulder?
  • Girl could grab her braid at end and throw it instead of sweeping it.
  • Girl moving her braid should happen sooner in shot.
  • Squint eyes a little more. More nose and facial movement.
  • A few more frames showing hair moving back.
  • More anticipation of movement with lower body. (Move her whole body back first, then move forward)
• Shot 11/12- Make arm movements on a spline?