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Ken Fountain Attitudes & Acting Beats Watch the trailer HERE. Attitudes & Acting Beats: How to Plan For, Analyze and Interpret Video Reference
A video lecture/demo with Ken Fountain In this 90-minute lecture/demo, follow feature film animator, Ken Fountain (Monsters Vs. Aliens, Megamind, Shrek Forever After, Kung Fu Panda 2, Puss In Boots) as he focuses on the most important elements in his animation process
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Ken Fountain Animating a Basic Acting Shot "In this 3-hour video lecture/demo, follow DreamWorks Animator Ken Fountain's process for analyzing and animating a simple, clear and appealing acting performance (read full story link below). You can purchase this training in the STORE, watch the teaser video HERE, and the final shot HERE.
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Jamaal Bradley acting shot walk-through "From Planning to Polish".. is a step by step 3 part video that takes you all the way from the planning phases of acting... down to the finished dialogue. Learn and study how Senior Dreamworks Animator Jamaal Bradley uses reference, thumbnails, analyzes dialogue, breaks down poses and takes a shot all the way 'to final'. This is a fun and educational video that will be an ongoing resource. Purchase in the STORE and see teaser video HERE.
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Jason Ryan Four Legged Series In this new series, Jason covers how he approaches animating four legged actions from concept to completion. Just like in his Tutorials at jasonryananimation.com, he starts from scratch and animate each action in 2D for every single frame. So whether you are doing your shots in 2D, CG, or Stop-Motion you will be able to follow along from the Blocking stage all the way through to adding overlap on tails and ears. See STORE to purchase.
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Mike Walling Mechanics training Body Mechanics Shot Walk Through training with Mike Walling, Animator at DreamWorks SKG. From Basic Planning through Polish. Purchase through the store. Watch the teaser HERE. (Thanks to Olivier Ladeuix for the French translation http://www.olivier-ladeuix.com/blog/)
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Next JRA Webinar

I'll be taking a short break to concentrate on the iAnimate.net Workshops, but will resume after the first of the year. Previous webinars are still purchasable through the store as well as the continuation of the 'Storyboard' webinars with Robb Pratt. -- Jason Ryan

iAnimate.net Promo video

Jason Ryan Four Legged Series

In this new series, Jason covers how he approaches animating four legged actions from concept to completion. Just like in his Tutorials at jasonryananimation.com, he starts from scratch and animate each action in 2D for every single frame. So whether you are doing your shots in 2D, CG, or Stop-Motion you will be able to follow along from the Blocking stage all the way through to adding overlap on tails and ears. See store to purchase.

What's the JRA Webinar all about?

The JRA Webinar / Live Animation Demo will be a virtual classroom where we'll all get together 12 times a year, once a month for 2 hours. I will be taking "Animation Master Classes" and showing how I approach developing these ideas into dynamic sequences for either a showreel piece or a short film. I will be doing story boards, flipbook leica reels and animation performance solving in flipbook. You will log in to this "virtual classroom" and see my full desktop and hear me talk as I develop shots and solve animation. Included in the 2 hours will be a full half hour devoted to Q&A where you can ask me questions directly and I can explain with the aid of drawings how I approach these problem areas. The whole event will be recorded and available for download to both students that attend the webinars and for students in time zones that may miss the live event. The resulting shots of the class (not the full recording) will also be posted for anyone to see what the classes are all about

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