Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted September 27, 2011 Hash Fellow Share Posted September 27, 2011 I've been watching the complete Flintstones episodes. Can you identify the animation error in this shot? FlintLoop.mov It should loop automatically for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsjustme Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 (edited) I've been watching the complete Flintstones episodes. Can you identify the animation error in this shot? FlintLoop.mov It should loop automatically for you. That rock looks like it's just moving left and right without an arc. Edited September 28, 2011 by Rodney Invisi-texted but now revealed again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted September 27, 2011 Admin Share Posted September 27, 2011 That rock looks like it's just moving left and right without an arc. Methinks he's got it. I've invisi-texted you David so that others can still guess at it. (also... we might be wrong) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted September 27, 2011 Author Hash Fellow Share Posted September 27, 2011 That rock looks like it's just moving left and right without an arc. Ding, ding, ding! That's right! I presume that the animator drew the left and right extremes, gave it to his assistant to inbetween and by gosh... he inbetweened! It's exactly the problem that Richard Williams describes on p. 49 of "The Animator's Survival Kit" but I never thought I'd see it in the wild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Del Porte Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 I presume that the animator drew the left and right extremes, gave it to his assistant to inbetween and by gosh... he inbetweened! It's exactly the problem that Richard Williams describes on p. 49 of "The Animator's Survival Kit" but I never thought I'd see it in the wild. Almost worse, if/when he drew the two extremes, he should have the rock rotate to keep it normal to the radius of the swing. A pure rookie mistake I'm sure I've made myself. Good lesson! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*A:M User* Shelton Posted September 27, 2011 *A:M User* Share Posted September 27, 2011 Ok What was it? Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertexspline Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 smiles ----i thought it was his eyes did not track the stone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSpleen Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 smiles ----i thought it was his eyes did not track the stone. Same as my thoughts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted September 28, 2011 Author Hash Fellow Share Posted September 28, 2011 Ok What was it? The problem is that even thought it's hanging on a string it's somehow moving horizontally instead of on a curve like a swinging pendulum would. And, as Bruce noted, even the extremes are wrong since the rock doesn't tilt at all. It wouldn't have cost any more to do it right, but someone wasn't paying attention. (And someone else probably said "we're not paying to redo that... shoot it !") It's not a catastrophe, but an odd little lapse for a show that's generally well-executed even within its very limited budget scope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouseman Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 The other thing is the timing ... no acceleration/slowdown in the various parts of the (missing) arc. (Or "Lost Ark"?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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