Keith's Blocking (posing & timing) Technique
He likes to separate Posing & Timing during the blocking stage.
1. He sets out the major poses.
A. "Draws" on successive frames the "key" points in the action.
B. Uses the whole body (the drawings are complete as possible).
C. Marks out the beats.
D. Works out squash & stretch, arcs, drags (weight), center of gravity, silhouette.
E. Works like a traditional animator drawing the keys.
------YOU ALWAYS RUN OUT OF TIME TO POLISH. IF YOU DON’T THINK YOUR SCENE THROUGH EARLY ON AND ADD THE DETAILS IN THE BLOCKING DRAWINGS YOU’LL NEVER GET TO POLISH YOUR WORK------
2. Next he adds in the in-betweens. I had a question about this so I emailed Keith and here is his response.
3. Once he has great drawings he takes the drawing and times them out.
A. Keys are set to flat.
B. Typically his actions lead the words.
C. STAY OUT OF THE GRAPH EDITOR FOR NOW!
D. Add the eases/breakdown in.
E. Play with the timing (energy) of the eases/breakdowns.
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