Here is a revised version of my animatic which I have changed due to the feedback from my lecturer, I have tried to make it so the characters are not exactly like the film and have more action and emotion in the animatic.

Here is a redone version of my animatic to hopefully get a better idea of what will happen within the animation.

This is the final product which has both movement of the ball and a touch of squash and stretch where the ball hits the ground. Overall it looks very realistic and I am very pleased with the results, the small hint of squash and stretch adds a lot to the animation even in the short time when it is used in the animation. If i was to improve on this I would go over all the timings again to make sure they are perfect and add extra frames to the start of the animation so that the audience can see where the ball is bouncing from.

Again I have added another element to the initial bouncing ball animation, I have changed the position and scale of the ball so it bounces across the screen using shift-w to set the different frames. In addition to this I have made the ball bounce lower and lower after each bounce to feel like it is slowing down in momentum.

squash and stretch

Above is a variation of the previous bouncing ball animation, here I have added a large amount of squash and stretch into my animation to emphasize what will happen when the ball hits the floor. As you can see it looks more realistic and feels like an actual ball, however the amount of squash and stretch that a certain item has when it hits the ground depends on what type it is, such as a tennis ball would have more squash and stretch than a bowling ball when bouncing.

bouncing ball

Here is the a video of a ball bouncing. This is it in its primary form which shows the movement of the ball. I have deleted the history and frozen the transformations before starting to animate the ball, then I have used shit-w to set the location of the ball in different frames rather than just using s to lock out all the different transformations when setting key-frames. As you can see it is very basic and I will be adding different elements to this animation to make it look more believable.

I have auditioned a few different rigs from the 11 second club website and have come to a decision for which one that I want to use for my animation. I have chosen the MAX rig as I feel that it will be the best for my personal animation due to the fact that my animation will be facial expression heavy which I have found this rig is better than the others that I used.

Script

TRAVELLING UP THE WINDING MOUNTAIN PATH BATTLING THROUGH ALL THE ELEMENTS WE FIND A SMALL CAMPSITE WITH TWO TRAVELLERS DWELLING. ONE HAS BEEN OUT TO SCAVENGE AROUND THE BARON LANDSCAPE WHILE THE OTHER HAS PREPARED WHAT LITTLE FOOD THEY HAVE LEFT. BOTH TRAVELLERS ARE EXTREMELY TIRED AND HUNGRY AND CANNOT BELIEVE WHAT FOOD THEY HAVE TO EAT.

THE LONELY OLD MOUNTAIN STANDS PEERING ABOVE ALL OTHERS OVERLOOKING THE TREES WITH TREMENDOUS SUPERIORITY HOUSING TWO MEN COOKING LUNCH ON TOP OF AN OPEN FIRE. MULLING OVER THE POOR STANDARD OF FOOD THAT THEY HAVE IN THEIR MITS A DEBATE BREAKS OUT ABOUT THE FANTASIES OF FOOD THEY’ED RATHER HAVE.

SITTING DOWN BESIDE THE ROARING FIRE WITH NOTHING BUT A FEW HERBS AND SPICES TO TRY AND SALAVGE THEIR DINNER THEY START TO CHATTER AND BICKER WITH ONE ANOTHER.

MAN 1 LETS OUT A HEARTY SIGH BEFORE AND LOOKS OVER AT THE OTHER MAN.

MAN 1 - “What we need is a few good taters”

MAN 2 BRINGS UP HIS HEAD, AND WITH A CONFUSED AND BEWILDERED LOOK REPLIES.

MAN 2 – “What’s taters precious? What’s taters eh?”

MAN 1 LOOKS OVER AT THE OTHER MAN WITH AN ANGRY, SHOCKED LOOK TRYING TO COMPREHEND WITH WHAT HE HAS JUST SAID.

MAN 1 – “PO-TAY-TOES”

MAN 1 KEEPS STERNLY LECUTERING HIS FRIEND TRYING TO EXPLAIN HIS REASONS.

MAN 1 – “BOIL EM”

MAN 1 – “MASH EM”

MAN 1 – “STICK EM IN A STEW”

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Here is the basic animatic for my scene.

Here are some very rough thumbnails for my animation. I have chosen to do a scene from Lord Of The Rings.