Bear

Animating

We have a very small team on Bear so we are struggling to get the animation done. when i joined the project in week 6 they did even have a final design for the characters yet. So i had to push that along quickly and start production. We now have 3 and a half weeks left to finish animation so it a bit tight, however i have come up with a new blending frames effect that fits the style of the film and means we can animate on 4s instead of 2s saving us a lot of time. I have also brought on some the directors from Big Feet as they are also 2D animators and really good at it (and fast)!
I am also doing a lot of the animation myself which is really interesting and a fun new experience. 2D animation is not something i have much experience in but im really enjoying the process.

This is our Simple Shot list that i created - This was a lot easier for my director to follow so they could see the work that was being completed.

Here is a meeting with Me, The head of animation and an animator present. 

I also arranged for a short amount of LAV to be created as their were some shots that our animators were finding particularly challenging