Digital Character Animation 3

Index

Numbers

2D drawings, problem with, 18

3D clay sculptures, working with, 20

3D objects, photographing for modeling, 21

A

acceleration, definition of, 106

acting and story

audience for, 246–247

characters in, 247–248

overview of, 245

tools for, 246

acting and the body

chakras, 261–262

hands, 260

heads, 258–259

shoulders, 259

spine, 260–261

acting technique

affective memory, 264

animal exercises, 263–264

cause and effect, 252

character status, 256–257

clarity of characters, 254–255

creating empathy, 249–250

creating inspiration, 250

creating movement, 251

“givens”, 257

moment before, 256

object of attention, 253–254

sense memory, 263

simplicity applied to clarity, 255

acting versus animating, 244

action, creating strong line of, 148–149