How to improve your performance
Don't act the emotion.
Pre Breakdown Workflow Notes
Start to Finish
Watch, Listen, Think, and Ask, Act, Record, Edit, Block, Spline, Polish
Watch - Watching the boards several times trying to note the work others have done is always my first step.
Listen - I love to loop the audio several times just to make sure I can hear each beat or clue.
Think and Ask -
For dialogue, I listen to the beats, note the ups and downs, applying emotions and intent to the tone of the voices and if there is the time I love to involve set pieces or props.
For action shots. To me, action shots are begging to be unique. I ask myself what "new" thing can I add or combine? What actions would surprise the audience? This is where asking fellow animators is most useful.
Act
Once I have a group of thoughts or ideas it's mirror time!
My first acting attempts I try to leave loose and natural and let new quirks or gestures come in randomly.
I'll take note of the changes and write down each of the quirks.
Eventually, I'll make a tree branch of different scenarios for the acting choices.
Record
I don't think there has been a shot yet where I didn't pull out the camera for something.
My drawing doesn't show me poses well, so I work them out on camera and then caricature them in 3D. I use thumbnails especially for broad actions.
For actions shots, I almost always speed up my reference at least a bit.
Make sure the physicality it there. Use a real box and a proxy for the object.
Get specific
First pass
Get Specific
Character Analysis
Second pass
Get specific
First pass
Character Analysis
Second pass
Use Active verb to guide your performance.
Acting choices
To tempt, To dare, TotoTo hammer, To pacify, To caress, To hit, To tempt, To attack, To beg, To persuade, To dismiss
To ignore, To tickle, To bait, To calm. To Excite, To crucify, To belittle, To test, To urge, To undermine, ToTo ignore
Use Power Centers to improve your performance
Progression
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