AnimSchool Tips:
Accepting Storytelling through Animation What is the role of an animator? Is it to have the best spline pass? Is it to have a masterful lip sync? At its heart, the role of an animator is to be a storyteller. As animators, we have to bring characters to life but it’s our choices, how a character jumps, how a character sits, even how a character breathes, that tell the story underneath. From a walk cycle to a dramatic all-out fight, every decision made by an animator can tell a different story. Similar to a painting, posing in animation is an integral part of storytelling, every frame gets sculpted, every pose is thought out and together the sequence can become a masterpiece.
In a snippet from a LIVE AnimSchool class, Brendan Fagan takes us through the main role of an animator as a storyteller by explaining how the fundamentals of storytelling can be combined with the principles of animation to produce unparalleled animators.
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