Here is most of the work that we did during our year long training at Rhythm & Hues Studios, India. It was a combination of cartoony and realistic animation exercises. It included animation fundamentals, posing exercises, body mechanics exercises, character interaction and performance with dialogue.
We did some quick blocking tests during free time at work. These tests were done in about 2 hours, each.
00:00: Kicking a ball
04:06: Receiving a call while eating
09:09: Pen stops working, followed by frustration
15:18: Walking with a heavy object
20:01: Working on a computer
24:08: Jumping from the top of a wall
This was my first Hollywood project as an Animator. I got to animate a few simple shots and it was fun. Looking forward for the release, here in Hyderabad.
One of the shots I enjoyed working on the most was the one in which the
Manticore is in deep slumber and the kids are escaping from the boat. Here is the link:
Wow! It is already a year at RnH. Time flies by pretty fast. Last year, on the 14th of Feb, I remember, we had joined for the Animation Apprentice programme. I have a lot of good memories, of all the new things learnt, of the times spent with friends and colleagues and of all the fun outings we had during the past one year. What a year it has been!
Thanks to Alex Bryman, Senthil Velan, Ruth Daly and C.J.Sarachene, our educators, without whose guidance we wouldn't have learnt so much. They enabled us to think in different ways and made us understand the medium of computer animation a lot better than we ever did. With these new learnt techniques and ideas, we hope to progress and march forward to create appealing and believable characters in the computer world. Also, thanks to the fellow animators who gave us their support and valuable time to learn better and faster.
Here is a video clip put together by my colleague Aram Lakhotia, to remind us of the memories of the past year.
Update, 23.02.2012 - A week later, our training concludes.
It has been four months since joining for the Animation Apprentice Program at Hyderabad. It has been a wonderful experience at the studio. Got to learn super cool stuff during the apprentice program, especially the quadruped exercises were real fun. Ten of us attended the program and all of us have made it to the next level. Now, on to more of training, expecting more amazing things to happen. This is one studio I have always dreamt of working with and have been fortunate enough to have this golden opportunity to be here and learn animation. Must make the most out of it.
