Week 14: Pee Pee Dance

Tonight has been dedicated to the art of the Pee Pee Dance. Sadly, my attempts have been less than successful. It's such an odd motion!



Since this didn't feel right, I decided to do some research.



I watched several other videos and sketched out poses as I noticed them.

While these are an improvement, I'm still not happy. I might have to reframe this shot in order to make it work. A lot of the pee pee dance has to do with foot placement. A full body shot of Rose might have more impact.

Never did I think I'd put THIS MUCH effort into mastering the pee pee dance.

Week 14: Clean Up

Happy Belated Turkey Day! I hope everyone rested over the break. We all needed it.

Since the semester is ending soon, I've decided to focus on clean ups. My main goal is fixing up the classroom scene. Rose isn't twitchy enough right now. I want her to look INCREDIBLY uncomfortable for the faculty review.

Shot 3 was the first shot I animated this semester so Rose varied a lot keyframe to keyframe. She's much better now!

Shot 21 is after Rose sees the magic door and before the boy's bathroom is revealed.

Shot 69 is after the magic door melts away and before she walks off screen for the last time.

Week 13: Cutting Down

This week, I met with Trixy. I'm not sure what I expected her to say but what she did say took me by surprise. She felt that the bathroom scene was too long. In hindsight, it was obvious.  I've been lengthening my animatic every time I touch it. My week 3 animatic was 3:34 while the week 12 one is 4:36!

Based on Trixy's suggestions, I've redone the bathroom scene. The rainbow sound is, of course, temporary. I just needed something BIG for that moment.



In case you want to compare and contrast, here's what the bathroom scene looked like for seminar.



The short version drops 6 shots, making it 13 seconds shorter. Of course, shorter doesn't necessarily mean better. If I want to, I know that I can finish the longer version. This is all about what works better as a whole. I do like some of the new gags but part of that might be the fact that they are new.

I'd really appreciate some feedback so that I can nail down my game plan. Should I stick with what I had before? Switch to the short one? Mix and match? Do another even shorter cut?

Edit: Last night, before I went to sleep, I had the two videos "race" each other. It was gave me a better sense of how the edits effected the overall timing but, more importantly, it was funny.

Week 12: Animatic for Seminar

This is the animatic that I put on HAL for seminar. There are a few whoopsies like a frame disappearing or the sound being too loud that I'd like to tweak tomorrow if that's allowed. If not, this ought to be good enough to get a critique. I just don't have any more time to work tonight.

Edit: Updated it!

Week 12: Entering and Exiting

When I finished roughing out Rose entering and exiting the bathroom, I realized she is really small in the frame. I'm not sure if I want to reframe it or if her tininess is okay.



The smirk at the end was added in last minute. I like it but I need to tweak the shots after it to match her new pose/attitude.

Week 11: Test Colors

This picture begs for a caption but I'm not feeling witty enough right now.

Week 11: Animatic

Next week is a real beast for me in terms of schoolwork so I wanted to finish this ASAP. I don't know how much else I'll be able to do for Tuesday but hopefully this is enough to get a good critique!



Now that I've listened to my thesis, there are a few rough shots I want to tweak. The way Syr delivered Rose's lines doesn't always match my rough take at Rose's acting. However, I am REALLY happy with the way the teacher and the mermaids create atmosphere. They crack me up.

Rosalinda and the mermaids have their actual voices. Mar agreed to be the teacher at the beginning and I'm actively questing for a man with a deep, booming voice to be the tikbalang. I have tons of other little sounds (grunts, screams, grumbles, heavy breathing, etc.) that I'll probably add in at some point but, for now, I'm happy.

Finding all those sound effects has convinced me that I need professional help. My brain just doesn't do audio. I'm still devoid of ideas for how the rainbow and magical door should sound. Suggestions are much appreciated.