Acting and Pantomime Animation

The task for week 10 is to read the article of Become better animator and research the pantomime animation. We have to share the content of those research and discuss with the group. However, none of my group members did it, so we just did the research together and share our thinking.

Become a Better Animator by Becoming a Better Actor: The Importance of Acting for Animation

I've been inspired a lot by this article as it said that ''As an animator you're essentially an actor with a computer and some software. '' I couldn't agree with it more as acting is our second natural. We have to think and act the movement before we visualise anything. In addition to acting, it has to be believable and appealing, a good acting can bring the success, on the other hand, the bad acting can ruin the story too. In this article, it told us how to become a better actor and how to time the acting. We could watch some movies and study the acting, think about what made their performances so believable and well done and then we can try to incorporate these feelings into our own animations. 

We also have to think of timing for acting as it is important principle for animation. In the article, it said that we need to having the thought process and reaction adds much more believably into our animations and adding variety in the timing of the actions creates for more appealing movement. 

In summaries of the article, it's necessary to consider the personality of the character we created, be them and acting them is the quickest way to incorporate yourself into the animation world. 

Pantomime Animation 

Pantomime referred to silent acting that tells a story just through movement without any dialogue.  

I found this street art video is really funny when it's been showed in the class. The actor kept interacting with the passer and acting into lots of personalities without any dialogues. Although he did not say a word but whistle, he's communicating to people with the body language. 

An article that related to the earlier history of Pantomime acting.