This CD includes the eight-minute chapter 'Breaking it down' from the Gnomon Workshop training DVD Character Animation: Acting and Lip Sync with Chris Kirshbaum.
The aim of the complete tutorial is to explore the world of acting and its most important aspect: the character's internal thought process. Chris Kirshbaum covers the fundamental principles of lip sync and dialogue, from keying the audio track and breaking it down to phrasing and inflection. Building on earlier themes, including dynamic posing, contrast of shape and emotion, line of action and use of negative space, he shows you the step-by-step process of bringing a scene to the level of full 3D theatrical animation.
Chapter 3, included on the CD, looks at how breaking down the component parts of a short scene and tweaking the voiceover and poses can enhance the dynamics of the original concept.
Chris Kirshbaum is an alumnus of CalArts Character Animation, and has a BA in fine arts from Arizona State University. He is currently a character animator at Dreamworks. His film credits as a character animator include Shark Tale, Flushed Away, Over the Hedge, Kung Fu Panda and Monsters vs Aliens. In addition to teaching in the DreamWorks internal artistic development and training programs, he currently teaches character animation at the Gnomon School of Visual Effects.
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