Some of my favorite shots from these movies
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Monday, February 21, 2011
Acting Reference #47
Here's a nice clip from The Other Guys. I love Mark Wahlbergs take at the 12 second mark. The line is very over the top, but his reaction is more subtle which plays nice.
Friday, February 18, 2011
Movie Stills #6
I haven't posted one of these in a while...apologies haha I like to find movies stills that show interesting expressions/composition/ones that really tell a story in one frame...really good reference. Here's one from The Client
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
There Will Be Blood - Gaze Locations
This is an excerpt from There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007). 11 adult viewers were shown the video and their eye movements recorded using an Eyelink 1000 (SR Research) infra-red camera-based eyetracker. Each dot represents the center of one viewer's gaze. The size of each dot represents the length of time they have held fixation.
Notice how people are focusing on characters who aren't talking as well...really shows how important it is to give your character a thoughtful performance/keep alive even if they aren't talking.
Notice how people are focusing on characters who aren't talking as well...really shows how important it is to give your character a thoughtful performance/keep alive even if they aren't talking.
Saturday, February 12, 2011
First Animations
I thought these would be fun to post. These are the first two animations I ever did back in 1999 using my parents video camera. A year or two after I made em we got a cheap video editing program and I was able to add sound.
Friday, February 11, 2011
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Acting Reference #46
First off I wanted to show this clip in honor of Pete Postlethwaite who passed away a couple of weeks ago. I’ve always been a fan of him, especially his performance in In The Name of The Father. And Steven Spielberg famously dubbed him the “best actor in the world,” which is pretty high props coming from Mr. Spielberg. Here’s a clip of his last role in The Town…if you haven’t seen it I highly recommend it.
This is a perfect example of Secondary Action. This was a principle of animation I had a lot trouble understanding originally. It’s often confused with Overlapping Action. In this clip, his dialog with Ben Affleck is the main action of the scene, the “secondary action” is him cutting the roses. It’s an unrelated Secondary Action, as there is nothing in the dialog that mentions flowers, but it works perfectly with the scene, as it’s a slightly aggressive action which causes a lot of tension. Secondary Action is a great way to add some flavor to your scene because in life we tend to always be doing something when we talk.
This is a perfect example of Secondary Action. This was a principle of animation I had a lot trouble understanding originally. It’s often confused with Overlapping Action. In this clip, his dialog with Ben Affleck is the main action of the scene, the “secondary action” is him cutting the roses. It’s an unrelated Secondary Action, as there is nothing in the dialog that mentions flowers, but it works perfectly with the scene, as it’s a slightly aggressive action which causes a lot of tension. Secondary Action is a great way to add some flavor to your scene because in life we tend to always be doing something when we talk.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Monday, January 3, 2011
Acting Reference #45
Nice little clip from Road to Perdition. I love the bit towards the end when the boy is about to take a bite of his pie, pauses, then asks his question. Interruptions like this are a great way to show your character thinking.
Friday, December 17, 2010
My First Light Cycle
This was my entry for my companies current art challenge...the theme was Tron. Did it pretty quick
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