I learnt early on that reference footage should be used in all my animation, either sourced online or better yet made myself. The tough part is getting used to the sound of your own voice, getting over that "Is that really how I sound?" issue as well as a mild form of embarrassment. Truth is no one is watching (I hope) and only you need review the footage, its good to share though. Being a good actor or at least having a go is key to understanding the motions and the little idiosyncrasies that make up a characters A to B. Actually becoming the character for a short time will allowing you to picture the performance better. Well not to get all teachy but it works for me at least!
To avoid the temptation to base my posts around the disaster of the day ill revert to simply adding it at the bottom. Today's Problem; my video camera has no charger... yay! but rather than halt production waiting for a replacement to arrive, I remembered that I now have a tablet with a camera in it, which is actually easier to film with oddly enough. I don't have to plug it in to anything to get the footage to play back easier. So this morning I've managed to film a good chunk of my reference for one character and its only 11.30, success!
- Paul Out
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