Saturday 4 April 2015

BONUS WEEK! Advanced Animation and VFX - Easter Holiday Edition

Well, I wanted to get a good week of working on this project done, but it's kind of just fell to only doing a couple hours on it. Yep, it's that bad for the other project. But it's getting there! I'm actually looking a bit more hopeful for this one as a result! I did a little more Clean up and with hand in being next week for Production Project, the rest of my time will be a solid effort!

I've also been looking at the camera techniques used in action sequences.
As wrestling is filmed live, the camera operators are getting shots as and when they can. In film, the cameras are strategically placed to give the audience the best shots possible. The same is with the lighting. I was originally going to mimic the lighting set up in the WWE, but this doesn't give the best lighting effects, especially when digitally, I can do ANYTHING with lighting.

Fight scenes in films will be an invaluable source of camera reference. Wide angle shots and in close tight shots for certain moments, like the pin. A couple great examples follow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjx-02XWuzk
Hulkbuster scene - Avengers: Age of Ultron

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0p7TS7I728
Narrator vs Angel Face - Fight Club

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV3i2SeXhSM
The Ram Vs Ayatolah - The Wrestler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1PCtIaM_GQ
Jackie Chan's fighting and comedy - EXCELLENT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXFBggMSgo8
Jean Claude Van Damme - Frankie Dux vs Chong Li final fight - Bloodsport

Jackie Chan brings up an excellent point about filming fighting scenes. The camera changes on the hit, as the actors cannot fight, whereas he can, so the camera doesn't switch. In animation, there's no need for stunt doubles or anything like that. Because of this, I can keep the camera in a good position and show the character getting smacked around!

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