Study Task 3 - Timing

Timing

I began by sketching the different stages of a blink which I animated over four images.



Link to Blinking Video (mp4 - 24fps)

I then had to animate the actions connecting two frames from my storyboard. In the future, I will take relevant notes as I originally misread this which required me to start again, costing time.

Link to Timing Practice

I practiced first by selecting twelve key frames from "Pig Goat Banana Cricket" and using Dragonframe, I tried to make the timing as smooth as possible.

I made each of my twelve images twelve frames long so I could later remove or add frames to make the timing less rhythmic and monotonous.

Link to First Animation (Each Image for 12 Frames)



Link to Animation (Correct Timing)

I deleted certain frames to make the animation flow. I refined the scene by adding eyelids to certain frames to make the characters blink.



Link to Refined Animation

As I had time in class to experiment a little more with my animation, I added some sound effects to the clip. I feel the movements are slightly twitchy and if I wanted to refine the clip further, I would add frames to make them smoother.

Link to Clip with Sound