rocket excited animation

Rocket Stage fright

Overall the timing is allot more improved and the staging conveys the message of the plot of the animation, originally the animation had to much going on that it made it difficult to read each action. However by adding more keys and slowing down the pacing made each action more readable Then I just simplified some of the body parts mostly the eyes and eyebrow movements. The use of exaggeration complements the solid drawn poses and takes. Twinning was avoided creating a more organic living breathing character. The secondary actions of the rockets wings when he points at him self creates emphasis on the emotions of excitement, enthusiasm and curiosity the rocket feels at  0:04. However the squash and stretch could have been improved on adding more exaggeration to the squashed positions of the rocket this would show more anticipation for his jumps, however this would involve adding the feature manually through a lattice set up or blend shape. The eye movement of the character is very organic and well observed. For this animation sound was used for the first time this added some more appeal to the reaction of the rocket when he gets nervous at a key take at 0:07. The ear piercing stage light sound with the fast quick reaction of the rocket added some suspense and exaggerates the meaningful moment that shows his true feelings when he is put under pressure instead of unfettered with no obstacle.
The animation uses a subtle use of follow through because the eyes will lead the head and body, When he is nervous around 0:08 his eyes dart away from the camera followed by a quick turn of the head this also follows an arc since the head bobs down then up.

The animation has actions conflict and a objective, this follows the principles of acting as well as story structure. The conflict is psychological focusing on having to do something under pressure, this also represents the perspective of a university student. I implied the rocket to show empathy towards students or pretty much anyone who has been under stress and pressure before. This makes the character very relate able. The action trying to take off this could have been anticipation.

The animation was inspired by my own experiences with university and trying to deal with stress and anxiety

The one issue is there is not enough emphasis on anticipation when he takes off the he should squash down then stretch up the timing when he falls down could also be improved up on.

















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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnO0rED2rv4