Facial Animation Boot Camp

Categories: animation, Film, Masterclass
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About Course

20-year animation industry veteran, Aaron McGriff takes you on an 8-part deep dive into crafting appealing, fleshy, connected and impactful facial animation. Using an anatomy focused approach, you will learn the HOW and WHY behind how each part of the face moves, and how we use this deepened understanding to make performances in any style that communicate with and move audiences. Covering a vast array of topics, this course will increase your confidence and heighten your ability to craft consistently clear and specific facial performances that land. 

Through detailed lectures, focused analysis and dozens of demos and recommended exercises, you will walk away with all of the tools you need to elevate your facial animation skills no matter your current level. 

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What Will You Learn?

  • Confidently craft feature-ready facial performances in any style
  • Drastically reduce revision cycles due to misunderstanding anatomy
  • Increase your speed by removing the "Guess Work"
  • Read and solve facial acting problems like a senior lead
  • Improve lip sync clarity and emotional impact shot to shot
  • Give keen eyed high level facial notes
  • ​Know exactly why a pose reads or fails on screen

Course Content

Part 1 – Understanding Facial Concepts

  • Understanding Facial Concepts
    01:29:28

Part 2 – The Eye Mask

Part 3 – Eye Expressions

Part 4 – Posing the Mouth

Part 5 – Understanding the Muzzle

Part 6 – Lip Sync Approaches

Part 7 – Adding Detail

Part 8 – Polish

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