ANIMATION•MOTION
Acel
Dangerson
Axel
Dangerson
- Character Animation -
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Location
Fort Lauderdale, US
Brief
Create animated sequence from provided assets, including VO, background and character rigs.
Tools
Adobe Illustrator & Adobe After Effects.
Sectors
Concept development, character design, storyboarding, scriptwriting, voice casting and recording, animation (2d/3d), visual effects (vfx), rigging and modelling, motion capture, background and environment design, sound design, music composition, editing and post-production, project management, production coordination, art direction, marketing and promotion, intellectual property management, licensing and Merchandising, Streaming and Digital Platforms, Studio Operations, Creative Direction, Quality Assurance.
Catapult is the world's leading provider of professional sport tracking equipment with the sole aim of helping athletes to achieve their sporting best.
This was a foray into character animation. Producing a piece from storyboard to start to the very final animation work. Additional assets - character models, background, colour pallete and soundbed and voice over were all provided.
“...In a world full of danger, what’s it's like to be afraid - of nothing? Ask Axel Dangerson...
Storyboard
Process
I start the pre-production process as I always do with a series of thumbnails sketches which is bet described as visul note taking. This involves scribbling out ideas which help to start to visualise what the piece and how it can work in a wider scope.
From there a series of smarter storyboards are created to crystalise the action more. At this stage and going forward I prefer to till keep the process fluid so things can change even from here as it will become more apprent what will and will not work - as well as including more ideas that my come up in the future.
Styleframe
Process
The original provided styleframe for the ending scene. On the left we can see the original styleframe with a more limited pallet and thus considerably falttr in appearance.
In the subsequent styleframe I had made a numner ofadjustment to improve the work to give it greater depth. This included atmospheric perspective as well as making the sun a larger ele,ment of the frame as it rose.
Animation
Process
With digital character animation the the process is identical to traditional chracter animation in that we create the keyframes - key poses in the action - but afterwards After Effects can take care of the inbetween posses (or tweens) and the animator can use Agter Effects tools to add staggered effects and stagger the motion so the animation has follow-through which adds masses of visual interest. Adding secondry animation also adds to the overall effect.
