Write-Up #2

The four readings that helped me a lot with my animation assignments were:

1) The GlenHandout1 reading helped me a lot because the reading was about "the ideal animator." There was a list of things to keep in mind for animating, things such as "don't animate for the sake of animating." This reading helped me out because it highlighted important things you needed to do as an animator such as committing to an idea, using techniques such as squash and stretch, and etc. This reading was very insightful and gave me a lot of things to think about when doing my assignments.
2) ElEnt7_Anticipation was about the importance of staging and anticipation. It discussed things such as how animators have a certain allotted amount of time to get their message across to the audience, therefore things have to be well staged and the message should be clearly and quickly stated. The reading also stated things such as how your animation should go hand in hand with the camera movement that allows the camera movement to provide perspective and dramatic effects to your animation. This reading helped me with the anticipation assignment a bit because it helped me figure out how to stage my character by showing only what was needed and not doing anything extra that distracts from the overall point of the assignment which was to show anticipation.
3) GlnWhyAnimate reading discussed things such as anticipation, had questions I should ask myself when I animating that I would never have thought to even consider. Questions the reading said I should consider were thing such as: do I care about the characters? what does our character feel about himself? and etc. This reading helped a lot with the anticipation assignment because I did not fully grasp the whole anticipation assignment and this article helped a lot because it explained anticipation a lot more and gave me tips on what to do and what not to do.
4) ElEnt6_Timing reading discussed a variety of things ranging from anticipation to timing to rhythm and even reversal of curves. In this reading, it talked about the importance of each of these things and why they're needed in animation and what their importance is. This reading helped me grasp a better understanding of each of these topics by providing examples and why they're so important in animating. This article helped me a lot with the anticipation assignment because there was a long explanation on animation and how animation would look clumsy and awkward without including anticipation. This reading also helped me with the head turn assignment because of the portion of the reading where it talked about timing and how long we want to space the drawings and what kind of drawings should be included to give the overall animation a good flow to it.