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Lovely Accent – Shot surgery continues

Avner Engel — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:48:16 +0000

After the last pass I showed my peers, I realised that the acting choices I went with initially for the third shot on the guy, weren’t reading as well as I wanted. As a result the subtext wasn’t clear and overall there was a sense of repetition in the movement and the timing. I went [...]

Lovely Accent – More Polishing

Avner Engel — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:05:41 +0000

In this pass I tried to tie down the beats of the laugh in the third shot and make them feel a little bit more crisp. I also add some subtle animation on the girl in the first shot, to keep her alive at the beginning. The last shot still needs a lot of loving. [...]

Lovely Accent – Shot Surgery

Avner Engel — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 01:54:38 +0000

I wasn’t happy with the attitude on the girl so I went in a did a shot surgery on her performance. I removed the keys I had on her and started fresh with a less is more kind of approach. The main idea I want to sell here is that she is cold and doesn’t [...]

Sketchy Duel

Avner Engel — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:20:48 +0000

I love the simple character designs and the brilliant contrast between the two guys. Beautiful!

Lovely Accent – First polishing pass

Avner Engel — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:50:32 +0000

While there are still a lot of things I still want to iron out in the performance of the characters, I got started on polishing those splines in order to get a feel of what will it play like with a few more breakdowns and smoother transitions. The camera in the first shot was adjusted [...]

Her Morning Elegance by Oren Lavie

Avner Engel — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 05:36:34 +0000

This video clip is so creative and inspiring to me, although it’s been around for a whlie now, I keep coming back to it all the time. Enjoy!