Shot Breakdown
Scene 1
Red Dead Redemption 2: Rockstar Games
- Created Motion Builder rigs for vehicles with peds so they could be animated with a single null
- Added rough animation to conceptualize timing
- Shot animations with actors
- Reviewed and approved final animation implementation
Scene 2 & 7
Grand Theft auto 5: Rockstar Games
- Edited in-game animations to cutscene shots
- Altered and smoothed out animations so they felt more life like
- Worked with editors and director to time out anims in shots
Scene 3
Red Dead Redemption 2: Rockstar Games
- Hand animated breaking table
- Animated fight through second pass
- Animated over motion capture so hits and falls had more impact
- Shot additional motion capture to extend the brawl
Scene 4
Personal Project
- Modeled and rigged everything but the main character
- Animated all moving things
- Project time roughly 4 days
- Main character created by John Chen
Scene 5 & 9
GTA5 - After Hours DLC - Dixon: Rockstar Games
- Recorded motion capture
- Broke down hour long set in to fifteen minutes of looped animations
- Timed out animations to DJ set
- Provided sectioned anim ranges to outsource studio for polish
- Reviewed and provided notes on finished anims
- Worked with mission designer to implement anim string
Scene 6 & 12
Red Dead Redemption 2: Rockstar Games
- Animated all components and crowd members
- Separated crowd in to multiple looping anims and groups
- Animated and re-timed motion capture to give punches more impact
- Worked with mission designer to implement and time out crowd reactions with fight
Scene 8
Red Dead Redemption 2: Rockstar games
- Hand animated alligator attacking dead body
- Animated first pass contacts on everyone in the boat
- Set up moving rig for boat and everyone in it
- 1st pass animation on dead body
- 1st pass animation on boat
Scene 9
Red Dead Redemption 2: Rockstar games
- Worked with director to block out all background characters
- Created shot list for all actions meant to happen in camp
- Captured data in mocap studio
- Implemented animation in to the cutscene and sent for polish
Scene 10
Red Dead Redemption 2: Rockstar games
- Edited motion capture for Pearson (on the right) to remove unwanted animation
- Edited time and body animation for Arthur (left)
Scene 11
Red Dead Redemption 2: Rockstar games
- Edited animation on Sean (the one who gets shot)
- Edited animation on Micah (Dual weild)
- Edited animation on all who get shot
Final
Red Dead Redemption 2: Rockstar games
- Edited animation on the horse
- Animated Arthur reacting to the horse rearing up and riding off
- Added weight to horse and momentum to Arthur