Animation is all about filling life into the character, and while you’re filling life you have to make sure that their actions are perfectly timed. If our favorite Jerry is one microsecond late in jumping over the fence, Tom would catch it, and how dreadful that would be!
The animation institute apart from teaching tools and techniques of animation, puts a lot of focus on the timings of the animated characters. Whether it’s a 25 seconds animated ad or a 3 hours long animated movie, timing is what helps a project tell a story. Here’s a list of some of the methods and tips of how to obtain a perfect timing for a neat performance.
• Stopwatch: A stopwatch can be very helpful to attain a match. Quite a hard work I know- but the hard work is sure to pay you off!
• Go slow: There is no scope of mismatch in an animated game or an animated film. The animation studios go as slow as they can to match with the one hundredth part of the second and it surely requires a lot of patience! Move your character slowly to practice the timing. Slow and steady will undoubtedly win the race.
• Frame by frame: Use multiple frames to denote multiple acts. Do not try to limit your drawings. Instead use as many frames as you can to highlight even the smallest of change in the expression of your character.
• Trial and error: Timing is a crucial thing to play with. Since it requires personal experimentation to achieve an expertise in timing, keep trying the things out. No matter how many replays does it take, make error and try again. Finally, you will find the acts in sync with the sound and dialogues.
• Go slow: There is no scope of mismatch in an animated game or an animated film. The animation studios go as slow as they can to match with the one hundredth part of the second and it surely requires a lot of patience! Move your character slowly to practice the timing. Slow and steady will undoubtedly win the race.
• Frame by frame: Use multiple frames to denote multiple acts. Do not try to limit your drawings. Instead use as many frames as you can to highlight even the smallest of change in the expression of your character.
• Trial and error: Timing is a crucial thing to play with. Since it requires personal experimentation to achieve an expertise in timing, keep trying the things out. No matter how many replays does it take, make error and try again. Finally, you will find the acts in sync with the sound and dialogues.
So make your animated ads, films and games and time your characters, because timing is what gives meaning to animation!
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