Fox Hungry for Doughnuts

Fox Hungry for Doughnuts

To prepare for the animation study was done on foxes leap into snow. However not as much study was done the focus was on showing some anphromorphism in the animal and to show what he is doing. Camera angles helped to imply his actions e.g. the high camera shot to make the bin look massive and the fox look smaller in comparison. The front shot was to signify it is a fox, since the rig was very simple but the ears signify it as a fox.
the camera panning and dolly at the beginning allowed to set the theme of the location and anticipate the foxes motivation which is the bin filled with doughnuts.


Here is an animation of a fox hungry for delicious doughnuts. The animation was a huge experiment with cinematography and editing as well as staging and   mise-en-scene. Using different camera angles to convey the foxes height and his situation.
The strongest principle in this animation is staging, the use of editing, the way the camera follows the character from one key pose to another.
The use of follow through on the tail needs work however it gets the message across. Secondary action was used on the ears to show foxes emotion surprise when he see's the doughnuts.
The use of squash and stretch as the fox coils back to jump and then the payoff.
The entire animation used motion paths to get the timing pacing, as well as the arcs in the jump.

Character's thought process from start to end

(tired) since he is hungry (the ears are lower and drooped movement is like tiptoeing as he slows in)
(surprised) when he see's the doughnuts (ears pop out in amazement)
(curious/confident) looks round to make sure no one is about (head looks around surveying the street. prances underneath the bin confidently)
(excited) As he gets closer and anticipates to jump in, (nods in excitement and crouches down to jump)
(concentration) as he jumps in to Doughnut Heaven.

The animation portrays some of these emotions but with more time could be executed better. With a more detailed rig more could be conveyed e.g snout sniffing out the food.

Overall the animation is rough but it has character and that is the most important aspect that we are looking at. The focus was on the characters motivations and objective. This accomplished for this animation.



Model credits go to
https://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/character-rigs/c/flyingfox