Today’s workshop covered the topic of staging and designing cinematic animation for action movies, and the task at hand was to block out key essential poses that highlight and push clarity in performance. Taking into account methods learned in previous animation workshops, I used silhouettes to truly clarify and understand if the pose is working in its most effective manner considering aspects such as limb visibility. It is important to be able to clearly identify each part of the body within a pose for the best and most effective audience understanding.
For this task, we blocked out a Deadpool rig coming towards the camera and swinging a sword for dramatic effect. We also had to ensure that the camera was animated, to assist in selling the action-charged shot, as the more dynamic it appears, the more successful it proves to be.