Blocking stage

Here are some noteses...

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thanks, Dhar!

On the que cards, instead of bringing one from out of thin air and placing it on top, how about if SC already has all the que cards in his left hand and he simply removes the one that Woot just read as he trns to look at TW?

And he tosses it aside? That could work.

(it wasn't "out of thin air", it was from behind the one we see, but your idea sounds less complex)

Tweaked the poses.

here you go...

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thanks!

Thanks Robert.

As I'm tweaking this, I thought of an ending pose for TW that, albeit being cliche, it may work for his personality - what do you think?

I like that idea!

However, I'm liking less my original notion of twinning the arms. How about you do the "thumb up" in the far hand (for the best silhouette) and draw his other arm close to his chest. that should help get rid of the parallel lines his arm bones are making.

Here's an update.

Comments/critiques welcome.

Scarecrow and Tinman performance is much improved! Scarecrow especially. The anticipation and arc on the head turn really helps, don't you think?

Tinman is reacting too soon, though. (Cue high school drama teacher to shout "Don't anticipate!")

I think he needs to wait at least until the Scarecrow and that card have hit their poses.

Woot needs to hit his accents harder. I think snappier overlap on his hands will help. Also accenting his speech with two head nods (and an arc between them) will help.

I'm ON a jourNEEE



here's something I just noticed. can the initial position of the card be slid a hair out so it isn't tangenting with Scarecrow's cheek?

I agree about the anticipation and arc. I had to advance TW's reaction because it was too fast. The only way I could slow him down without adding time to the clip is to have him react sooner. I played it quite a few times and imagined the cut into the next scene and I felt that there is a lot going on (Woot reads - SC turns and throws the page - TW reacts) and his had the least amount of frames, which is why I advanced his reaction by about six frames to leave room for his act to breathe/register.

Let me know if I'm wrong because I'm going by the seat of my pants. I can easily change it.

Since Woot is pausing between each line we can extend this shot a bit.

It doesn't have to be a certain number of frames like when the music is running.

Thanks Robert. Adding those few frames really helped.

HI Dhar could you try two more quick versions, one with tinman delaying 6 more frames and another with him delaying 12 more frames.

post those both and lets see how they feel.

He still seems like he's rushing into it.

Here ya go boss

6 looks good, lets do that.

Woot's pointing looks better. Nods and arc on his head still to come?

I did forget about Woot's nod

Here it is with the arcs and +6 frames.

That's good. We'll come back to this to add crowd winkies but not just yet.

thanks!