Thursday, July 13, 2006

New Quarter! " Advanced Acting"

My new mentor is Dimos Vrysellas. Check out his rockin' portfolio! In live Q&A, he's a fun, happy guy who really know his stuff. This quarter looks promising!

We've finally been given access to the Bishop model with full facial controls! It opens up an endless range of possibilities for expression. I'd estimate that the new bishop has 150 or so new controls, which seems like a lot, but when compared to the 3600 controls that Dimos had access too on Oscar's face (from "A Shark's Tale")... I can't even begin to imagine.

To get a feel for the new facial controls, part of our assignment was to select two photos which demonstrated a clear emotion and then try to capture that emotion with Bishop. It's actually quite fun! Dimos really stressed the importance of simplifying the face. It's easy to get caught up in tiny details, but what the audience is really going to read are the larger shapes as a whole. All critiques warmly welcome! Thanks!













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