2D Assessment

Initial Plan Zed runs in from the far background just before a massive explosion happens in the distance. Thus his exclamation ("Wow, Holy Smokes!"). Phase 1: Dumbing down the Dialogue The obvious first step was to dumb down the dialogue to the phonetic sounds. This should help to set a good guide for when the body language and lip syncs will change with the inflections of the audio.   Phase 2: Line of action layer Next I animated the key poses in a very simplified line of action form. This included the intro with Zed running in but I thought that it would be better to leave out the explosion and animate it last if there was time due to the strain of deadlines and other subjects. This stage is also where the idea of Zed's overwhelming enthusiasm causing him to do a backwards somersault came about. It was more of a joke that originally started to entertain myself but when I realized it could possibly work I decided to keep it. Phase 3: Rough Layer ...