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Dumb & Dumber Update

Posted by Rikki, 20 November 2005 · 89 views

Here's an update on my current animation piece using dialogue from Dumb and Dumber. I didn't post last week because it was still in blocking and apart from the last bit, there wasn't much difference.

This week I smoothed out most of the shot and added most of the lip-sync. Still got to do the first part of the shot, and tweak plenty of other bits.

Let me know what you think, comments have dried up in recent weeks, but they really do help me!

If it's because of the codec I use or anything like that, let me know and I'll provide alternatives.

Thanks!

(H.264 encoded version)
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(3vix version)
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Attached File(s)

dnd20.mov (584.21K)
Number of downloads: 397
dnd20_3vix.mov (1.75MB)
Number of downloads: 348

Spurius
Nov 20 2005 04:45 PM

The only flaw I see in it is the timing between his hand hitting the corn flakes and the corn flakes flying away. His hand makes it all the way past his head before they start to move. Also there is only one frame of the corn flakes after he hits them then they just disappear, I assume you were going smooth is out eventually anyway though.
Other than that, the end was great. Very smooth and I like the movements. Good job.

Rikki
Nov 20 2005 06:01 PM

I haven't smoothed out the box yet, hopefully it'll look better then - if not I can redo it at a later stage

Spurius
Nov 20 2005 06:35 PM

I wish that there was something else I could critique on this to help you out, but it seems to be great right now.

Chris Griego
Nov 21 2005 01:06 AM

H.264 does bog my machine thanks to my so-called wimpy 1.4GHz processor, despite my 1GB of ram (2.0GHz is the recommended minimum for Windows).

nicoo
Nov 21 2005 06:22 AM

It opens in quick-time (FF pluged-in 6.5.1) I hear the voice, but there are no images for me. Plug-in seems to be updated tough...

Rikki
Nov 21 2005 09:22 AM

Ah OK, thanks for letting me know

I've added a 3vix version to my post (usually it comes out over 2Mb but it was OK this time!)

Dªn
Nov 21 2005 09:48 AM

Only things I'm not sure about Rikki are the cornflakes box which was mentioned above - and when he jumps on the table/bar it just seems almost as if something picks him up and he flies onto it.... otherwise it's awesome

Rikki
Nov 21 2005 10:07 AM

I know what you mean with the jumping on the counter bit. I did put in antcipation (where he bends his knees ready to jump) but maybe it isn't working enough. Perhaps I could use his screen-right arm to swing into it (I don't want to use the screen-left arm because I like the action he's doing in pulling his hair). I'll speak to my mentor and see what he can suggest. Thanks

elj
Nov 21 2005 01:04 PM

The cornflakes box does seem to fly out of it's own accord unless I'm missing it, but it's really amazing. Good work.

Starnox
Nov 21 2005 01:46 PM

I don't know how much you care about mouth movements, but it doesn't seem to move at all when he speaks at the beginning. Apart from that and points mentioned above it looks great

Rikki
Nov 21 2005 05:00 PM

I haven't done anything at the beginning yet, he doesn't start talking until he hits the box

Chris Griego
Nov 22 2005 07:17 AM

Now I can tell which gaps are animation not finished and which were being caused by the codec, thanks Rikki.

I only noticed that he pulls his 'hair' after you mentioned it, if you want that to be noticed, maybe both hands need to do it?

Grant
Nov 22 2005 08:13 AM

I think this one is a lot better, but like another person said, its the hand and the cornflakes. Other than that, this is pretty good.

nicoo
Nov 23 2005 10:53 AM

QUOTE(Rikki @ Nov 21 2005, 03:22 PM)

Ah OK, thanks for letting me know

I've added a 3vix version to my post (usually it comes out over 2Mb but it was OK this time!)

Thanks, this version does work.
Nothing to notice except this thing everyone else mentioned with the cornflakes flying after the arm finished the hitting movment.

Looks good.

Rikki
Nov 23 2005 12:41 PM

Thanks for all the comments everyone, it's great to get this feedback

Rikki
Nov 26 2005 02:03 PM

I still haven't got feedback from my mentor on this yet. On Tuesday morning the site completely broke, I'm not sure what happened but it was major. They only managed to get the site back up and working properly yesterday. They've decided that we're going to 'replay' this week next week, so effectively I have another week. That means my next update to this won't be until next Sunday, 4th December

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