So I notice that people keep returning to the Old Bootcamp probably because it has actual excercises listed. So here's a list of excercises for the new Ultimate Boot Camp (I think I'll make a thread so we can all add more excercises as we think of them).
Do as many excercises as are fun and helpful to you to learn the skills you need to make a decent final piece for the level's final project. Ultimate Animation Boot Camp description Anyway...
Ultimate Animation Boot Camp Excercises: Level 1: Basic Movement
Final Project: 2 living balls of different weight/material interacting. 1 ball should have a tail.
Excercisesmake a cycle of a ball bouncing in place.
drop two balls of different materials/weight, let their bouncing come to a stop
bounce two not alive balls of different materials across the screen (watch your arcs)
drop a ball with a tail, let its' bouncing come to a stop
bounce a not alive ball with a tail across the screen
bounce 2 alive balls across the screen
bounce an alive ball with a tail across the screen
make a bounce cycle for an alive ball (like a walk cycle but bouncing)
make a hop cycle for a Pixar lamp
make a pixar lamp jump over a chasm
make a juice box shuffle
make a juice box hop
a piece of seaweed in the tide (just make a chain of bones, and attach some primitives to each segment)
a cycle of a whip (invisible person doing the whipping)
a pendulum of a clock
a book's page turning (some rigging trickiness maybe)
Level 2: Basic Biped Movement
Final Project: Take Mr. Ball through an obstacle course of primitive objects
ExcercisesMr. Ball... walking
hopping on one foot
stepping sideways casually
stepping sideways cautiously
long jump
high jump
checking it's foot to see what it stepped in
running
sneaking
skipping
trudging
kicking a soccer ball
balancing on a balance beem
climbing stairs
Level 3: Basic Humanoid Movement
Final Project: Have a humanoid fall down(get knocked down, trip, faint, etc) and then stand back up.
ExcercisesA humanoid... walking
hopping on one foot
stepping sideways casually
stepping sideways cautiously
long jump
high jump
sitting down
laying down
doing pushups
doing a handstand
doing a cartwheel
checking it's foot to see what it stepped in
running
sneaking
skipping
trudging
kicking a soccer ball
balancing on a balance beem
climbing stairs
climbing a ladder
swinging on an invisible tarzan rope
Level 4: Basic Emoting
Final Project: Have a juice box enter the screen feeling one emotion, then exit feeling another
ExcercisesSad, Angry, Happy, Tired, Anxious, Scared, get a thesaurus
ball, juice box, pixar lamp, Mr. Ball,
walking (moving)
Level 5: Basic Humanoid Emoting
Final Project: Show a humanoid feeling one emotion then something happens and their emotion changes
ExcercisesSad, Angry, Happy, Tired, Anxious, Scared, get a thesaurus
Moving (stomping, shuffling, skipping, crawling)
answering the phone
watching tv
get a sketchbook out (you) and try and make a silhoette show the emotion you want
Level 6: Advanced Humanoid Movement
Final Project: Have a humanoid move a weighty object somewhere (push pull carry whatever you want)
ExcercisesHumanoid lift a 10 pound weight, 20 pound, 50 pound, 100 pound
Push a X pound weight
pull a X pound weight
Dance ballet, disco, techno
Martial arts kata
Throw a baseball
Swing at a baseball
Level 7: Acting
Final Project: Have 2 characters put a letter in a mailbox, show who it's for with body language.
ExcercisesCharacter sitting waiting for somethiing
Go to www.dailywav.com and get a short sound file
Body synch to it (body only, no face)
Lip synch to it (head only, no body)
Full synch to it (both)
Try body synching with a juice box, pixar lamp, Mr. Ball, or even a sphere
Answer a phone call, how do they react (we don't need to hear anything)
Grande Finale10 seconds max. Show us something cool demonstrating what you've learned.
You can use the original(old) bootcamp as a place to get ideas for excercises to get your skills ready for final projects. The original abc doesn't go very high up the Levels though.
Original (old)ABC Threads:
ABC 1 ABC 2 ABC 3 ABC 4 ABC 5 ABC 6 ABC 7 ABC 8
