3 day Animation workshop with Jason Ryan, Supervising Animator, Dreamworks.

 

24- 25 -26 may. Cost : 7500 SEK or 800 EUR,(ex. VAT) lunch and coffee included. The workshop will be in English. 

Location: Cinema GRAND, Sveavägen 45, 111 34 Stockholm  

Organized by TestNo7

About the workshop: Creating a feature quality shot from concept all the way to final CG polish in Maya.

The main objective of the workshop is to show how a Supervising Animator creates a feature quality shot from concept all the way to final CG polish in Maya.  The shot will be approx 5 - 6 feet (80 - 100 frames) in length.  This is the average length of a shot in a feature movie and the average output required by studios.  Normally this could be achieved in one full day, but with demos, discussions, brainstorming and Q&A, we will complete it over the course of the three day workshop.

 

Day1

We will discuss the process of animation from Jason’s perspective and why it's so important to do a blue-print for your shot.  Over the course of the day we will be solving the performance for the shot in Flipbook.  Using the audience as a Director, Jason will be taking input and preparing the shot for CG animation.  Also a Q&A session about the studios and directors he has worked with and their different likes and dislikes in animation.

Day2

This is where the bulk of the work will be done in Maya - we'll block out the golden poses, keys and breakdowns using our Flipbook performance as a blue-print.  We will also make sure that our 2D flipbook animation is solved from every angle, stressing the importance of animating everything, even off-screen animation.

Day3

This is where we create the final polish for the shot adding finesse and detail that may not be expected but will be noticed.  We'll then finish with a Q&A and talk about creating showreels for the Big Studios.


About Jason Ryan

 

Jason Ryan is former Disney Animation Supervisor and now currently working at DreamWorks. He also used to be one of the original mentors at animationmentor.com. His started out in 2D animation and then successfully continued to 3D, He has worked on classics such as fantasia 2000 and also on modern feature films including Meet the Robinsons, American Dog and Chicken Little where he was the Supervising animator as well as the main animator for the character Chicken Little.

 

 

 

Previous work includes:


Dreamworks Animation Studios:

Supervising Animator, Monsters V’s Aliens

 

Walt Disney Feature Animation:

Supervising Animator, Rapunzel

Animator, Meet the Robinsons

Supervising Animator, American Dog

Supervising Animator/ Lead Animator, Chicken Little

Animator, Dinosaur

Animator, Fantasia 2000, The Steadfast Tin Soldier

 

For further information and registration, please contact:

 

Tommie Löfqvist

online@pigbelly.com

0733-795881

 

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