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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Animated STAR TREK - Writing for Limited Animation 11:01 AM

Animated STAR TREK - Writing for Limited Animation: "Voice talent is far cheaper than costly cel animation. Rely on excellent voice characterizations to round out your character. Here is where many subtleties may be evident. A voice actor can successfully bring to life the scriptwriter's words, making the characters seem real despite the fact that their facial and bodily movements are sharply curtailed.

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Animated STAR TREK - Writing for Limited Animation 11:01 AM

Animated STAR TREK - Writing for Limited Animation: "When reasonable to do so, eliminate the animation of lips. This will obviate time-consuming lip-synching animation. Good scenes that employ this idea feature reaction shots of characters listening to another character speak. For instance, when Kirk speaks, show him talking as he starts his dialogue, then cut briefly to those listening, and have them turn their heads, and exchange glances as they listen to him. Scenes can also be designed to feature the speaker in a rear three-quarters view as they speak - employing an over-the-shoulder viewpoint. This helps because while the character talks his jaw simply moves up and down, but his lips are not visible and thus they do not need to be animated for lip-synching.

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Animated STAR TREK - Writing for Limited Animation 11:01 AM

Animated STAR TREK - Writing for Limited Animation: "It is a cardinal rule to ensure that the viewer is not given a chance to dwell on the fact that very little is moving. One way to do this is to limit the length of any scene to a maximum of about six seconds. Scenes in animation are different from scenes in a live action film script. In animation, a scene is any change in camera angle, while in live action a scene is any change in location or setting. Animated series scenes range from about one second to six seconds, with the average scene being around four and a half seconds long. In a typical 22-minute animated show, there will be around 300 scenes.

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