For this week, I keep working on producing animation. For this storyboard, it just shows Dad is putting the cake down.
After discussion, I zoomed in the camera a little bit and located the birthday cake slightly to left. Also, we want the effect that camera focus on the birthday cake, using plus background light and bokeh to highlight the cake. So, I maintain the focus on the cake.
I think the girl may need to move a little bit, although the light in render may be dark. Because the movement of the girl can still be seen by audiences. But it’s ok for now.
For the next storyboard, I need to animate the scene of the girl wishing. Kaiwen recorded the reference to me to make it more clear.
For the first draft, I got the feedback of slowing down the part of looking down and lifting up hands. Also, the girl need to have a breathing cycle while she is wishing. When the girl bows her head, her back should follow though as well. When the hands come together, the shoulder joints should rotate inside a little bit. I feel Kaiwen understand the rule of animation very well that his advice are very useful.
For the sound part, Zhuxuan and I recorded the birthday song as Mother and Father for the girl. Also, Zhuxuan recorded some voice of the girl.
There was a problem when I did the model replacement. The plate of the model I want to replace is much thinner than the model I create in draft animation. So, the position changed causing the collision of hand and food with plate.
So, I adjusted the poses and polished the animation. Here is the result.
The replacement of model is also a valuable experience to me. I feel the draft model may need match the final model in mesh. Otherwise, all the animation work maybe to be remade.