Plan time

The Plan: (Obviously to be pulled off with military precision ;) )

Ok for my reel I am hoping to explore the mechanics of movement both in human and animal locomotion. However as they are such incredibly broad subject areas I'm narrowing it down to things which I feel would be challenging enough to capture in 2D animation.

Anybody that knows me cannot escape the fact that I'm a huge horse fan, it's not that I'm a horsey person, as so to say, rather I find it amazing how they move and the relationship between us, humans, and our equid friends that I find incredibly interesting. Not just the whole idea of trust, but also of horsemanship through the ages etc.
I feel I would benefit from the study and hopeful outcome of some horse animation, this will also give me a greater understanding of  movement within other quadrupeds.

The next point of call is animating human characters and so on. I would really love to get a good grasp on emotion and lip sync as well as extreme human movement. A particular area of interest for me in this regard is the urban movement of Parkour, the art of navigating city/urban environments as fast as is possible on your own two feet.
While focusing on these groups of personal interest I'd love to have a good go at introducing a practice of foreshortening and perspective to create and engaging piece which doesn't appear "flat". I feel that the completion of study on these subjects will prepare me in some respects for next years final film project.

A small form of narrative will hopefully be introduced, showing the competing between the two  and the range in which they move. However my main focus is the actual movement itself.
Audio wise I'm hoping to narrow down a track list of songs which I feel would be suitable to use and that I could possibly use to lip sync the character too. These will be posted as soon as I've routed around for them.

As either an inclusive project/or a separate demo reel I would also like to delve into is Character & Creature design, studying in style, form and colour for animation and/or video games. However I still feel I need to discuss this with my tutor . Also I understand that my plan for this work may change in parts due to different circumstances throughout the module.