So it's completely finished. I know there's an update for further blocking and linear missing but I got a bit carried away with this shot and didn't really stop. I'm pretty happy with how this has gone. I spent a lot of time loking at the time of the head bang to make sure it was snappy enough to provoke an emotion in audiences, whether it be laughter or empathy, it was the most important aspect of the scene and I think the attention I paid that aspect has worked in my favour. However, I'm not too much of a fan of the rate at which he eases into the head bang, and I think it could be toned down a bit. I obviously recognise that he is falling asleep and I don't want to drag the shot out unecessarily but it's something to consider.
In animating this shot I also spent a long time looking at the line of action/flow lines in the poses and looking at how they would affect the animation. In the picture below his slumped neck and shoulder create and soft curve up towards his head which is the focus. The props either side of him are also pointing inwards, with the lamp angled right down towards his eyeline. From this pose he eases into his next one in which he continues to slowly fall asleep.
Now for the whip action I completely reversed the line of action to put more exaggeration into the movement. I think the reversal was key to the success of this shot and has worked well and I hope that, when coupled with the sound that John Tebb will be doing, the impact noise will make this a successful first gag of the film!
The last thing I did was to switch the line back to have him slumped over and flattened out on his desk. It seems like an obvious thing to do but I think it's worth a mention.
SO now that I've animated the first three shots of the film, I wanted to cut them together locally so that I could test out the relationships of the first three shots to see if they worked well together. I genuinely think it's actually working fairly well and am pleased with things so far. There's always a risk that they will be completely off but I think they link into one another strongly and convey the story pretty clearly.
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