Study Task 12 - Secondary Motion

Secondary motion is an action that happens as a direct result of another (usually primary) action and adds more realistic complexity to an animation. For this task we needed to produce a hybrid animation in which we videoed ourselves and animated a prop over the video. As it was near the Christmas break I decided to go festive and animate some leafy antlers (as well as a red nose).

Dancing Antlers

What worked well:

• Timing of the movement to the music
• The use of music from a personal karaoke recording to keep the sound original

What could be improved:

• The movement of the antlers was reanimated in certain places as it wasn't following through properly
• The animation of the antlers were a bit jumpy in some places
• It was time consuming to add the extra detail of the red nose and I ultimately cropped the video to save time.