Update #6 - Green Screens!

I started today off at Teesside University's green screen studio to film reference videos for a bunch of animation projects. We were only two who turned up, though, so lucky for us we both got extra time filming our references. There was one hour booked for ten people, we were two using it for two. Needless to say, we got a lot more detailed references than we expected to get.

Later tonight I'll get access to the footage and I'll find the best scenes and cut them together. I don't even think I'll need more references videos shot as I mentioned in yesterday's post, maybe I'll have to do some separate face references, but I'll take that as it comes.

Perhaps the best thing about this day was the input I got from Mark Buschbacher and Em Johnson as we were doing our references. It got me thinking a bit more about exactly why I'm having the characters do certain things.

As it stands now, I'll have a finished motion reference by tomorrow (Tuesday, 29.01.2013) and will be start animating properly by Wednesday. If nothing else, this studio visit has really pumped me up.