From the course: Advanced Mechanics in CG Animation
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Live action study: Fight scene
From the course: Advanced Mechanics in CG Animation
Live action study: Fight scene
- [Instructor] In this chapter, we're going to animate two characters quickly fighting. This scene involves two of them performing some awesome martial arts. Let's watch. As you're watching this video, I want you to look for all the parts where the bodies contact, where the body holds, and other key shifts in movement. I want you to pay attention to the feet and the hips especially, as they're going to be driving a lot of movement in this scene. Okay now let's break down one of the movements. I want to break down this roundhouse kick right here, so let's start with the beginning. This is his initial rest position, so I'm going to earmark where the hips are. In fact whenever I'm doing anything, I almost always earmark where the hips are going to be. This gives me a good sense of what they're doing over space, and how far they're moving. Plus since the hips drive so much movement in the body, it'll also help me understand the rest of the body when I get to it. All right for the…
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