Tia Whitehead - BA (Hons) Computer Animation Arts

For our first character design lesson we were given a sheet with different characters, conceits/traits and world's/times on. We were then told to pick a number which represented one of the characters. I selected number 7 which meant that I had: - Character: Cowboy/girl - Conceit/trait: Bugs / Quick to anger - World/time: Wild West Town Here is my research: Here is my bug research from reference: Here is my Cowboy/girl clothing research from reference:

While posing the Moom character I looked into each person's posture and how their body's shaping would help me to position the Moom character correctly. Action shot 1: Kicking a football Action shot 2: Karate kick Action shot 3: Tennis hit Action shot 4: Ballet Action shot 5: Hockey

Figure 1.  Original Movie Poster: Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back Originally released in 1980 and directed by Irvin Kershner,  Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back is a Science fiction/ fantasy film following a young Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) on his adventures through space. The Empire Strikes Back is one of three films in the original Star Wars trilogy.  Figure 2. Stop Motion Star Wars is renown for its stunning visual effects and puppetry as well as its use of matte paintings and stop motion footage. Each technique used in the trilogies enabled the films to look realistic and believable, mesmerizing its 1980's audience and wowing audiences to this day.  George Lucas and Irvin Kershner used a lot of Stop Motion effects in the films, especially in scenes involving the ships and AT-AT's. Their head of special effects, John Dykstra, found that  "By adding motion blur to every frame, the animation sequence was smoothened and devoid of the rigidity inherent in