Sat 2 Jan 2010
Shot 1-19C
Posted by Leo under Line Tests
[2] Comments
Shot 1-19C linetest from Leo Aquino on Vimeo.
Ugh, the agony …
Though it probably doesn’t look like much, this might be the most challenging shot I’ve faced up to this point – the culprit being the tortoise’s step back and fall. Three weeks and 3-4 seconds of scrapped animation later, and I’m still not sure that it looks quite right. I want it to look like he’s struggling with the weight of his shell. Sometimes it looks like that, and other times I think it looks like he’s sinking in quicksand.
Keep up the good work! Have you tried strapping on a heavy backpack and working out how it looks on a mirror?
I did a lot of falling over the course of working on this shot. When I showed the test in class, most people seemed to get the idea so I think it’s passable as it is. I might make a couple adjustments to the shot, though, before all is said and done … mostly in the way of the tortoise’s hand movements.