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Staging: Introduction

Staging: Introduction

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Staging: Introduction

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- [Narrator] So, this is my wizard animation. I use this character to illustrate lots of different principles of a traditional animated scene. In this case, I'm going to use him to illustrate staging, because this was my basic staging of a character. But I didn't have to animate this scene from this direction. I could have picked different camera angles. Why did I pick this camera angle? Let's find out. Again, this is the camera angle I decided to invest most of my time in. And I spent quite a bit of time on the background, probably a few days at least, drawing all of this stuff. The reason being, I can reuse this background for many different shots and it's also the best angle to illustrate that particular action. So, I could also have done this angle. It's much more dramatic, much more cinematic, and we're talking here now about staging the scene. Where do we put the camera and the characters in relation to the background to best communicate what's happening? This would definitely…

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