Storyboard
Storyboard
RIGGING
Before animating Louis or any other character we put a skeleton on him. It's the rigging. He has bones like human.
Thanks to his bones,
he can move, walk or smile
Like that:
His eyes move
thanks to this mechanism
It works like that also
for the other objects of the film
BODY RIGGING
facial RIGGING
Tool developement
When everything is rigged we can do the...
ANIMATION
Acting & animation
Louis has a specific manner to move.
All of his gestures are calculated and subtle.
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How does LOUIS move?
Progression of the shots:
From acting reference â–º To Blocking â–º To Splining â–º image people do all kinds of magic tricks â–º To Rendering frames
Blocking is a process of animation with only key posing to create the global movement and the timing intensions.
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Splining is a process of animation more detailed with all of the intermediates posings.
But really INside the MIND of Louis, everything moves differently
Some object moves magically and smoothly
Louis is so much more expressive
But when Louis is in trouble,
the mechanism of his mind goes wrong, he is completely lost control of his animation.
From Layout â–º To Splining â–º To Rendering