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At this point in the talk, Kerlow indicated that the 3D animation industry may need some additional principles, for areas that weren't relevant in Walt Disney's time. He suggested the following:
This refers to the importance of developing a look that is feasible to produce at all levels of production. Anime, for instance, makes heavy use of the "language of cinema" to tell its stories, with many visual FX and camera movement, but often little in the way of animation. Kerlow showed parts of The Ghost in the Shell to demonstrate. 14. Blending Cartoons w/ Real World With modern technology, we can blending together many different sources of motion. The key, especially with motion capture, is to add intention to physical performances, so that a clear motion style emerges in the mocap data. Without intention, motion capture will make for characters that lack any defining style of movement - a problem that manifested in the static (non-action) scenes of Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. 15. Cinematography With 3D animation packages, we now have absolute control over camera and lighting conditions in a scene. Mastering these two aspects of production can lead to scenes that are visually very powerful. (Example: the "roller coaster" scene from Monsters, Inc. The scene was largely effective because of skillful camera animation.) 16. Facial Animation Animators must determine what level of facial control and facial animation styling will work for the various levels of production. Kerlow suggested building a reusable catalogue of facial morph target, similar to extant libraries of walk and run cycles, with particular attention paid to eye animation close-ups. 17. Interactive Control Unique to the game industry, this principle refers to the effective integration of animation with interactivity. Important points to focus on are walk cycles, building of anticipation, creating built-in character intelligence, and setting up reaction shots. Kerlow concluded
by stating that using these animation principles will allow people in
the industry to create increasingly believable characters, and increasingly
believable situations in which to put them. As has been the case with
traditional animtion for the past seventy years, planning and directing
with the twelve (or seventeen) principles in mind will allow for efficient
character creation at every level of production. ______________________________________________________
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Visual Styling