Wow, time flies when you’re crunching at work! Needless to say, I’ve been anxious to post up my second blocking pass, or what I like to call blocking plus. I got some good feedback from friends on my first pass. The main things that were mentioned were to 1.) block in more refined face poses for the main emotional beats 2.) Make the end walk-out feel more determined because Bishop is really angry at this point. This also helps differentiate the end walk from the one at the beginning where Bishop is more caught up in frustration. So, in this pass I hit those things but also tried to add more detail throughout to get a better feel for what I want the shot to be. Check it out and feel free to leave any feedback if you like.

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Since this pass was blocking plus, I broke down the animation to the point of having a key every 4 frames (less in places where the action is fast). Next up, I’ll start my refining process and take this thing into spline!

10/12/08 UPDATE: I decided to rework the arms on the end walk out based on some new feedback I got. Basically, I needed to push the arms more to better showcase Bishops emotional state at this point. I tried to get more of a big swingy motion by getting more reversals and progressively breaking the joints on the arms. Feel free to let me know if you think it’s working.

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