AM 411 - Dialogue "Final"

AM 411 - Dialogue Shot "Final" from Jason Fittipaldi on Vimeo.

Here is my "final" pass for my dialogue shot test. It's always hard to believe, but another class has flown by already! In our next class we will be taking this shot and working on facial animation for it. Fortunately, this thing has been a ton of fun to work on and I think the facial animation is going to be even more fun!

Time to rest and enjoy a weekend off for once! =D

AM 410 - Dialogue Polishing

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I moved into the nitty-gritty polish phase this past week. I also changed the lame hand and how he was posturing it thanks to some good suggestions from a classmate (thanks Jeff!).

One more week left to super polish everything. I know there are a few spots where I want to tweak the timing and the arcs.

AM 409 - Dialogue Refinement

Not too much to discuss this week. I've moved out of my blocking stages for my dialogue shot and have begun to refine the actions and ideas.

AM 407 & 408 - Dialogue Shot Blocking

I've spent the last 2 weeks working on the blocking for my dialogue shot. I chose the "Words are evil..." line and based on my first pass on the reference where he is walking around in front of a chalk board (my wall).

First blocking pass


After my first critique and some feedback from my peers I decided to get more away from the reference and incorporate some other ideas I had. I had a chat with fellow AM student Daniel Klug about utilizing the outdoor/bird noises into the setting. He said it would be cool if the class was outside in the quad or something.

I took it a step further with the whole crazy factor I'm going for and turned it into a lecture in the middle of a forest. I think I might add some audience members too. Perhaps a squirrel, some twig people, propped up animal carcasses or some other inanimate objects for this deranged guy to be talking to. He's really taking on a personality all his own and it's quite fun to see it develop!

Second Blocking Pass (Blocking+)

Am 406 - Dialogue Shot Planning

It's finally here! The first dialogue shot :)

After a very difficult process of narrowing down our audio to clips, I chose these final 3:



I tried to imagine several scenarios for each one before acting out the reference. Each scenario is explained in the following video reference takes.

PRO TIP: A great way to act your audio over and over again is to make an mp3 file for each clip. Make a playlist on your ipod for each clip with the mp3 of the audio, a short mp3 clip of silence, and a mp3 clip of some kind of beep. Put the playlist on loop and have it. This will make acting it out easier and keep your fiancee from murdering you when she has heard "Words are evil..." for the 700th time! It's also nice to be able to use the video reference without the audio of me whispering words on top of the shot dialogue.

Video Reference & Exploration



Here are my planning drawings exploring ideas for each of the 3 audio clips:





I truly like all 3 ideas and I'm going to have a hard time choosing which one to do!