Alisha L Animation (LAU): Context of Practise 3: Sals Line Tests

Context of Practise 3
Sal's Line Tests

My initial roughs for Sal didn't work exactly how I wanted them to, as it didn't portray her personality as well I wanted it to, therefore, I reworked them. I wanted to get her anxious personality across more, so I added small quirks, such as nibbling her paw and pushing her jumper up over her face, to hide herself and I think this worked much better.

Previous Test:

Improved Test:

I found this easier to line her head movement then, as I had roughed out her ear movement and paw movement in the roughs, which were solidified for the final tests. This also worked really well as it was something I had explored as an idea in her body language tests and also feeds into my research of character quirks and acting, so her body language felt more believable, as a response to a glass shattering.
I did find this more difficult than Berties', as it was harder to portray and anxious personality through her acting, however I think I was able to achieve this.

Again, to add a level of professionalism, I coloured, shaded and added the background to Sal's animation. The sound effects were also added in post.

I think that the pacing of the animation could've been timed a little bit better, as each movement feels like they're happening at the same amount of time, rather than having some variation. This would've been fixed if I had more time to plan and storyboard this, but this is information I can use for my Extended Practise, that the pacing of the movements affects the acting and believability of the character.
I think that she would have benefitted from a full body movement, like I had previously noted with Berties. This is something I will now focus on for Mimo's animation.
Similarly to Berties animation, I think this could have been in-betweened more, to make the movement smoother.

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