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ADVANCED ANIMATION | FINAL PROJECT — ACTION ANIMATION


Week 8 – Week 14 | 10/06/25 – 22/07/25
Emily Soh Ching-Ling | 0359478
Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Creative Media
Advanced Animation | Section 01 | GCD61604
Final Project — Action Animation

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

1.0 LECTURES 

1.1 WEEK ? — 



1.2 WEEK ? — 

*Sidenote: All lectures have been completed in Exercises.

2.0 INSTRUCTIONS 


3.0 FINAL PROJECT — ACTION ANIMATION 

Instructions: 


3.1 PROGRESS

Research & Storyboard

Figure 3.1-1: Reference — Spear Attack, Week 8 (10/06/26)

Figure 3.1-2: Reference Study, Week 11 (01/07/26)

I found this spear attack reference from the YouTube channel Motion Actor Inc. I like the aggressiveness, the pacing, and the mid-air attack. In my rendition, I would like to make the starting and ending pose more confident.

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Figure 3.1-3: Storyboard, Week 11 (05/07/26)

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Progression 1 — Blocking

Figure 3.1-4: Attaching Prop to Character, Week 11 (05/07/26)

Since my storyboard calls for a spear, I downloaded this spear model from BlendSwap and parented it to the character's dominant (right) hand using the "Child Of" Object Constraint. Although the character also manoeuvres the spear with his left hand, the left hand primarily acts as secondary action and changes poses often, which is why I didn't parent the spear to it. 

Figure 3.1-5: Blocking — With No Timing, Week 13 (20/07/26)

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Figure 3.1-6: Blocking — With Timing — 1st Pass, Week 13 (20/07/26)

I am not too good at estimating the right timing for animations. To counter this, I opened the reference video in a video editing software so that I can get the exact number of frames for each pose and copied the timing with minor exaggeration [WHERE]. The 

The monstrosity above is the result 

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Figure 3.1-7: Blocking — With Timing — 2nd Pass, Week 13 (20/07/26)

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Progression 2 — Polishing

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Figure 3.1-?: Polishing, Week ? (??/07/26)



Progression 3 — Final Animation/Staging Camera

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Figure 3.1-?: Final Animation/Staging Camera, Week ? (??/07/26)



3.2 FINAL SUBMISSION


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Figure 3.2-1: Final Project — Compilation (Final Submission), Week 15 (??/07/26)

4.0 FEEDBACK 

4.1 WEEK ?

Specific Feedback: 

General Feedback: 

4.2 WEEK ?

Specific Feedback: 

General Feedback: 

5.0 REFLECTION 



6.0 FURTHER READING 

6.1 WEEK 8 — ANIMATING WITH IK & FK

Figure 6.1-1: Animating with IK and FK by Sir Wade Neistadt

Reference: Sir Wade Neistadt. (2017, December 4). Animating with IK and FK. YouTube.  https://youtu.be/p6PYKyxR0aY?si=zZIqhxKv1Lv6t3QI.

QUICK LINKS

EXERCISES
PROJECT 1 — WALK CYCLE
PROJECT 2 — JUMP ANIMATION
FINAL PROJECT — ACTION ANIMATION
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