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I will share in this section my experiences in the world of animation. That will serve as a guide to those who want to initiate you into this profession, which help them to avoid making the same mistakes I made, for the way that I shall be left to go a little bit flatter 😉bar

The keys to applying successfully

Hello! Today I bring a very interesting article that sheds a lot of light on one of our main concerns: Get our next job in the industry. To be clear about our goals, what better starting point than to have the wise opinions of all those professionals who are currently hiring, people who are today at the head of the main studies ...

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Michael Alcover – Illumination Mac Guff

Today we have with us Michael, an animator who grew up in his professional career thanks to hard work and his strong commitment to all project in which he was involved. A great example to follow for new generations! 1.Tell us brief fly about your professional background up to this day. Well, my career began a long time ago, in 2003 2003 ...

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The hierarchy in the dialogue

One of the most common mistakes when facing a lip-sync, is to try to make our characters vocalize all the words in the dialogue. Without a doubt, the result will be a run-over lip-sync that will cost us a great job to simplify. To avoid this problem, the first thing we have to understand is the concept of Hierarchy ...

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Advanced Acting Workshop

Monday Feedback is an online animation workshop 3 meses de duración en el que te acompañaré como tutor para que consigas sacar a relucir todo tu talento. I will analyze your past jobs and your demoreel to see what type of plane that will contribute more to your professional growth. Trabajarás en un único plano de forma intensa durante ...

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Quality Versus Productivity

One of the major problems we face when dealing with a shot, is meeting production quotas while still maintaining a good animation quality. We are often left feeling that the shot could have turned out better or worse yet, nos pasamos del tiempo de ...

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The secrets of storytelling

We could define a film as an audiovisual work that tells us a story, where each individual shot shows a short part of that story. This way, the viewer keeps receiving the information with enough time to understand what happens, both from the cognitive as well as the emotional standpoint. Tengo claro que el trabajo fundamental del animador es ...

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How to convey emotions through lipsync

Alfred Hitchcock used to say that a good movie is one that you can watch in mute with no need to listen to what the actors say. We should be able to see what the characters are thinking in their faces, in their facial expression. LA IMPORTANCIA DE LA FORMA Un error muy común consiste en construir la boca en función del sonido ...

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The secrets for a good lip-sync

To achieve a good lip-sync many times we obsess over making the mouth shapes match the audio sounds, as if it were the most important part to achieve believability. Notice Jim Henson's mastery in handling Kermit the Frog. There are no shapes, only a mouth opening and closing, pero su actuación resulta ...

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