Ken Fountain – Animating a Basic Acting Shot

Posted by unowen on 2011/12/14
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Ken Fountain – Animating a Basic Acting Shot

Beginner | 3h 18m | 1.98 GB | Project Files n/a | Required Software: Autodesk Maya

In this 3-hour video lecture/demo, follow DreamWorks Animator Ken Fountain’s process for analyzing and animating a simple, clear and appealing acting performance.
With a presentation geared toward the more advanced animator looking to create a great test shot for their demo reel, Ken let’s you look over his shoulder as he chooses audio, examines the character’s “subtext,” plans his staging, breaks down video reference, works out timing and “attitude” through thumbnailing, uses detailed blocking to define clear acting beats, controls and shapes the scene’s “phrasing,” adds texture to enhance the energy, sculpts the lipsync, and brings a shot to a polished final.
Finished work: http://vimeo.com/26389298

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25 comments on “Ken Fountain – Animating a Basic Acting Shot”

  1. WOWzer …….. great share my man!!!
    A nice set of videos that give well rounded look and setting up a animation shot
    CHEERS & THANKS a bunch

    MR H

  3. Hey U.N. Owen, thank you so much for your effort and work for sharing of all these cool tutorials. Respect!

  4. We all work really hard on these videos, and to see them stolen and given away is a bummer. Enjoy.

    • I am sorry, but i’m not a pro.
      I am a dilettante.

      At this moment i cannot afford it.

    • Keep working hard . it helps to promote you.
      example is Unity game engine they did not want to go free on public
      but now every body got it free and they also making more money. All
      the Pro’s will find out about you and buy them from you. good job.

    • I hope to one day be good enough to make a living doing what I enjoy. Kudos to you.

    • Such is a life made by YOU.
      People in different countries do NOT want to be murdered by Americans to see their ray materials being stolen. But who cares?
      Why should we care about you?
      “To work hard” you benefit from the things stolen in other countries. You are creminals from the start.

        • Dan,
          you are a fucking American pig or a fucking American son of bich. Or both.
          Leo Taxil

          • Oh your words are so offensive, they burn… The pain, arrggggg…. Please help me… BTW, you’re a dumbass.

            • Ehi Leo ok you’ve stolen a video and out on the web..i think todsay are pretty “normal” but doesn’t find a sense please, talking about human good sense..you are pretty embarassing….

  6. Hey Ken Fountain, $35 for one tutorial is more than most people are willing to pay. That’s a month worth of Digital Tutors or Lynda.com and access to thousands of training videos. You priced yourself right into pirate territory.

    • the same things says for leo..and have a news for you..you are not hacker like anonymous..you don’t fight the system…you save money stolen stuff to other…35$ are a price more then polytical…damn..talknig with yours are emarassing too for me..

  8. Hi, U.N.Owen if you have a DT account could you please upload
    “Character Setup in XSI”. No one has ever uploaded it. Please upload it. Thanks. God bless you.

  9. think in terms your sharing your knowledge to the world and you?ll be remembered for this everywhere..(of course is business and whe understand)but a lot of us we even do?nt have a work or not a career so promising like yours..but we?ll try..and If I had the money to buy all the tutorials I see I would bought them..before this ugly crisis I used to buy all the books I saw..and pay for masters or courses every time was one..now sadly this is our only and despair last chance..one day I?ll buy all your dvds when things get better for shure or even I?ll try to join you school..Many thanks

  10. Your replies are all very thoughtful. I understand, and I will think about them as I consider making more. Thanks.

    • We all sound stupid and arrogant here, that is because we get things for free.

      when people like you start teaching only at schools people will learn what we are kicking out.
      But most of us here are not pro or well trained artists, as is my case.
      I hope you keep sharing yr knowledge, some of us here will buy it someday, even if only to calm our conscience, because as with myself i cannot afford spending money even for my education.

  11. I respect the authors of the dvds i download but i cannot afford all of them I get to learn new things from new dvds when asked i tell that i learned this techniques from so and so authors dvd so we all give necaasary credit for ur hardwork Mr Author

  13. Heyyyyyy Ken!!!!!!!!!

    thnk a lottttttttttttt for takin time from ur busy schedule n making sch a nyc tut really its inspiring to me a lot n helps a lot for learning new things thnx again :)

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