Chop Chop

Sweet short from Bird Box

Acting Reference #61

Here's a clip from one of my favorite movies The Thin Red Line. His reaction to the letter is very believable and this is great reference for pantomime animation. You could very easily mute the audio and still understand what he is feeling.

11 Second Club Progression

Here's a progression reel for my 11 Second Club entry

Anim: Oka Free Running

Here's an animation I did for work. Took about 6 work days to complete and another 3 or 4 days of planning before I started. I also included a progression reel. Definitely things I could fix, but for the length of the shot and the amount of time I had, I'm happy with the result. Model by John DeRiggi, Rig by Brian Evans, Environment by Kwame Babb & Justin DeVore, Character Concept by Ben Chaney

Acting Reference #60

Here's a scene from The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. I feel Rooney Mara gave easily the best female performance of last year, so if you haven't seen this check it out & if you have congratulations you get a prize*. I first wanted to talk about the finger point the man does at the beginning of the shot. It has a lot of character and is very interesting. We're often told to avoid "cliche" acting choices (like finger points) but I feel you can still use them them if you push them to become more appealing. The pose of his arm and especially the timing of the move give it a lot of appeal/interest.
I also wanted to mention how you can use body language and posture to let the audience know what a character is feeling. The girl obviously doesn't want to be in this situation and isn't comfortable talking to these people. You understand this because of her body language, her slow pace, lack of eye contact, slouching. Telling this in a subtle way is way more powerful that given her a line of dialogue stating that she doesn't want to be there.
 *no prizes will actually be given

Anim: If You Can't Stand The Heat... #4

Another update....getting close to final

   

Anim: If You Can't Stand The Heat... #3

Finished a pass cleaning things up...now gonna go through and do lip sync/polish

   

Anim: If You Can't Stand The Heat... #2

Started cleaning up the first part

   

Anim: If You Can't Stand The Heat... #1

Think I'm gonna enter this months 11 second competition. Here's my rough blocking pass

   

Spring 2012 Showreel

New reel :)

Brave Clip

Looks Sweet!

Acting Reference #59

Here's a nice clip from the movie Drive (one of the best films of 2011) Bryan Cranston's character is cleaning a car part while he delivers his dialog, which is a great example of a secondary action. Giving your character something to do while they talk will make the shot feel much more natural. I also like the subtle flirting that's going on between Ryan Gosling & Carey Mulligan.


Acting Reference #59 from Kyle Kenworthy on Vimeo.

Voltron #6

I'm calling this one done. Been picking at this since last August, so ready to move on

   

Voltron #5

Finally got to working on this guy again...getting closer to done

   

Anim: Lying Down

Quick little animation I did, took about 3 hours.
   

Wreck-It Ralph Images

First images from the upcoming Disney movie

Anim: Run Cycle

Here's a quick cycle I did with the Nico rig just for fun
   

Acting Reference #58

I wanted to show this clip because I think this movie had the best performance of 2011. This is Michael Shannon in Take Shelter. Its really sad because he hasn't received hardly any award recognition. He gives a performance that is both heartbreaking and terrifying. In this clip, I love the little mouth twitch he does right after she asks him how he is going to pay for that. Its a great nervous tick and makes you feel there's a lot going through his mind. Great movie with great performances,check it out!


Acting Reference #58 from Kyle Kenworthy on Vimeo.