Week 1- Welcome to Body Mechanics- Walk through a shot 



So back to Animation Mentor we go! Class 2 started today- Body Mechanics! I can't believe that I am already in class 2. Time flies... So I found out who my mentor is for this class and it is none other than .....
Charles Alleneck
Here's a short bio on him:
Charles is a graduate of the CalArts Character Animation Department, with a BFA in Character Animation and several short films under his belt. He worked briefly as a traditional animator on the television show The Simpsons before coming to ILM to learn CG animation. Charles has worked at ILM for almost five years, with credit on seven feature films including The Mummy Returns, Hulk, and Star Wars: Episodes II and III. He has served as a Directed Study Mentor, and has lectured on animation both in the U.S. and abroad.

Pretty cool right? I can't believe that I have a mentor who works at ILM. This program is amazing. So in our lecture this week, another animator from ILM, Rick O' Connor walked us through a shot of a character throwing a ball. He showed us all of his steps in the process from beginning to end, and it was very insightful. I can't give too much away, but planning was definitely an essential part of his process. Planning is something that I plan (no pun intended) to work on a lot this class so I can really understand what is happening and why it is happening. This class definitely looks like it is going to be a challenge, but I am ready for it.

Today also marked my last day working on an animated movie that I have been working on for the past almost 7 months at Curious Pictures. The film is called Barbie Diaries and should be released hopefully by the end of the month. I was a Production Assistant on this film, and I learned a ton about the production process. Although I did not get to do any actual animation, I did get a hands on approach to my time there, and met a lot of cool people, and I hope to return there one day to work on future projects. For now, on with Body Mechanics... See ya around the next post! 

Posted: Tue - January 10, 2006 at 12:27 AM          

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