Whatcha gonna learn?
This is Chris’s third lecture in a series on character animation using Maya. In this lecture, Chris delves ever deeper into the world of acting and its most important aspect: the character’s internal thought process. Chris 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, Chris shows you the step-by-step process of bringing a scene to the level of full 3D theatrical animation.
- Product Code: CKI03
- ISBN: 1-59762-852-2
- UPC: 805366017125
- Duration: 146 minutes
- Formats: DVD-ROM, Mac or PC only
- Importing Sound / Character Thought Process
- Body Language vs. Lip Sync
- Breaking it Down
- Lip Sync Proper / Eye Direction / Phrasing
- Applying Finaling Concepts to the Lip Sync
- Rising Inflection / Plussing
- The Final Details
About Chris Kirshbaum
Chris Kirshbaum is an alumnus of CalArts Character Animation, and has a BA in fine arts (drawing) from Arizona State University. He is currently a Character Animator at Dreamworks. Chris’s 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. When not ensconced in the world of animation, Chris can usually be found either on a football field or behind a drum kit.
