 Do you want to know what I realized? Yeah, well what do you realize? Welcome back to the acting analysis and tips for animators And this is a series where I take a look at TV shows or movies and I look at acting choices posture body language all type of stuff that shows up in those movies or TV shows and it's kind of like a Dissection of what it could use from that footage for your animation. So if you have a new idea How could you combine that as an inspiration? You kind of take your shots to the next level so to speak and today I'm going to take a look at all the murders in the building this is season 2 and First clip is going to be all about body posture body language and just the posing of the characters And in this clip I want to look at the interrogation between these two interrogating her and kind of the body language in posture You can see how she's leaning forward. She got the elbow on here. He has the elbow on it They're all leaning forward They're all leaning forward towards her in terms of interrogating intimidating kind of the interest is here So they are all leaning forward versus her if he's got forward. She's fairly straight But she's closed off so think about the postures and the kind of the body language What you do with the arm posing right? It would be different if she would be leaning back But more about that later So look at the contrast between these two and the cool thing is that she at this point Tells the other guy something that gives her the upper hand and you can see how He doesn't really want to know you can see how he changes his pose from arm here the elbow Going back like oh, I'm not interested right? He creates a space between these two like no I don't want to know but then okay. Tell me more and I love that change I was okay He's got that little switch there in the elbow and the upper body here and how that heck was okay Okay, humor me tell me more and then he goes back forward again leaning forward towards the point of interest And I love that a little head wiggle at the end there come on All right, go tell me so great and she doesn't move because again, she knows she has the upper hand It's a very powerful posture with that triangle pose here. It's really great compared to what's going on By the way here. She has the upper hand and they realize what's going on you can see that look in her So even this right you imagine you have a character What does that mean when someone is sitting and their pose is you can't see it here But you know, maybe also closed off arms crossed leaning forward compared to Leaning back arms out something like okay, I'm either relaxed or this is over I don't know what to do with a little sinking in here into the chair So really think about even if you have an acting shot or pantomime shot when a character sits like how did I sit? What's the posture whether the arm poses is their head tilt or not for interest or not? Then you have him. He is definitely a bit more tense in here tries to explain things But you can see how it's all bunched up. He's definitely tense and nervous But he's still leaning forward trying to make a point like I didn't do this blah blah blah blah whatever he says here And then you have the contrast between these two, right? So he's very much boxed in because he just he doesn't want to do anything wrong He stays within that box versus this guy is interrogating and he can go all over the place As he can open up the scene open up the shot with those wild gestures now You can see this again the lean forward is what he wants to know and you got that little puppy tilt So whenever you interested it would be different if the head was like this compared to this in a shot You can go from this and then lean the head over and you can see that kind of what I call the puppy tilt Kind of the tilt of interest same thing with her. She's curious. What is he's going to say and she even has the whole body Leaning over and he stays within I can see this here Again the pointing it's very aggressive in terms of invading the space here probably an animation I would probably use the other hand so you have a nice silhouette here or Crossover to have that break frame. This is a horrible drawing, but that Finger here wouldn't be in front of the face. I will bring it out into a cleaner silhouette But you can love this again. He has great little accents of huh come on come on tell me what's going on And again, he stays all within that box doesn't really want to move He does have cool head accents to again this this enough Gesturing with the head to make the energy work of what he's saying. So it's not just a still, you know, not moving He's not completely frightened and locked in They have so many great great expressions in the show and then you can see him the contrast because he thinks he has Something to say and he is you know above the other people don't want to say too much But you can see that lean back how that posture is totally different arms are not on the table. He's very relaxed Then love that here that little almost not off-screen, but kind of hidden pointing here and then he leans forward Really far because like I'm not afraid imagine you have a table one guy here The other guy really leans forward arm forward, you know Like I'm not afraid of breaking into your personal space because I know what I'm doing I know what I'm saying to a point where he gets up now. He completely breaks the kind of the Somewhat established rule of you being interrogated you sit down and you stay there. No, he's getting up and then he uses the space Love them. They're so great. And then he got that idea. I don't know don't want to go too far into this But it's such a great sequence. But again really think about stop it right there when you do have someone sitting here, right? That's a ginormous hair whatever he's sitting here Imagine is he leaning back is he leaning forward is he very stiff like the other character where he doesn't want to say too much And what are the other characters doing imagine? There's that line in between. Are they crossing that line? Do you want to stay? You know if that's the height do they want to prop themselves up and be taller to be able to look down? So really think in terms of the spatial relationship in the distance between all those characters and all the different posing Like what does all that mean for them? She is you know more open but kind of turned away She's done with his interrogation. He is still looking while he's moving away completely flabbergasted or what what is he doing and so on So to me, this is a longer sequence and I highly recommend that you watch all this This one is more about set usage and kind of the set influence at this point There's a bit of a tense relationship in all three and you can see they're all separate, right? You still have negative space between all of these. There is no touching. There is no leaning There's no hugging or nothing. So when you have you know, I'd say two or three people think about that again the space between them What does that mean? What what are there the postures? Like how comfortable are they? crossed with the hands He does it later too. There you go got crossed You can see that there's nothing really comfortable this day He has a slight lean because he's a bit more towards him But there's a big divide you can see this in the colors as well with this sweater and the way they are dressed But they're a bit more together but closed off So really think about that versus you see is at the end here But as I'm going forward, he is getting out of the elevator, which I also love as a setup But you can see how the light changes on him and he reacts to the opening of the doors and then goes out I think that as a setup could be really cool for your shot where you place them anywhere This could be on stage and imagine the curtain that in front of there's a curtain and opens up And maybe in the background you can hear the applause of all the people and okay They're getting ready to go on stage for a speech for a concert or whatever And then maybe they have to pretend to be all happy like a happy trio, but behind the scenes It's all tense. You can see that his seriousness the clenching here So that could be potentially a cool setup But I love this here goes out. It's a serious moment where he wants to talk about something just as he starts You have that happening and I love that because that could be he could say something But he doesn't want to you know intrude and bring out the hand here So maybe the doors close before he can say his piece or it's a moment where it's a serious moment And that adds some comedy in terms of him struggling with this and whatever you want to do But I like that that the door here kind of breaks up that moment of okay I want to tell you guys something and then this happens and then as you come back you can see this He just had that idea goes okay guys guys guys and you can see the difference again arms are out now It's open fingers are open. He's much more open to let's do this He's still kind of like I know what you're doing and she is leaning away from him You can really see the relationship there and then as they are a bit more on the same page as they usually are you can see His arms are opening up. It's kind of cuts out before but it's like oh, yeah Yeah, eye contact she turned away from them and then what happens to is that it cuts now? They are alone in frame because they are together. They're on the same page They want to do something together cut to her now being alone in frame where she is not with them So first we start with three people and then we have two and one so that cuts and that change of composition Also changes like the whole feeling of the shot and how they are together and she's alone in all of this This scene is awesome. I love him watch what he does. They're trying to they try to see what's going on They're not supposed to be in here. You can see that they're not taking they have like legs together with a slight lean I want to peek in but not too much same with her like they're not supposed to be here So the body just has a slight lean forward and then they hear a sound and then you see the whoa And he goes straight towards her for protection. You think oh, that's sweet, but then he goes behind her say, okay Like I'm gonna use you as a shield and not only that and I'm gonna zoom in here Look at what he is doing. He pushes her forward Such a turd. I love this first. He goes up behind her going, okay You can protect me then you go first and it's not just by telling her It's just a it's a full-on push go go first and even then he's like punching over I don't want to know. I don't know what's gonna be in here He's you know, again, you could do a walk where he's walking straight totally different feel versus this We have kind of very very careful steps with a heel and this is really high It's it's different than a casual walk or maybe the foot goes maybe this high He's straight up. So again just in this the relationship between these two What does he do to her and you can see that quickly really just do that And then the way he continues the contrast and the height So again, if you have two characters think about all of that Are they supposed to be the same height or not? He could be but maybe should he hunch over and why? So is he is he concerned is he nervous and so on and there's a great moment too of it This again scares them as he goes back. He has the moment of hold me Okay, okay, but we can continue and I mean there are somewhat friends throughout the show So this is also something that if they would be strangers, this could be weird But they're they still know each other well enough that there's a familiarity between the two So think about that too with this if the character leans onto someone or holds this or whatever it is like a slight How whatever it is if there's a distance or this that's gonna change how we perceive those two characters So again, if you have two characters think about how they are in relationship to each other, right? Or is there a distance or not what's their posing are the gestures any familiarity in terms of Behavior and looks and all that good stuff last one is this and it's pretty short But he wants to grab the knife as no no no watch out for the prince And he uses this and then as he grabs it, he's really not careful and goes whoa, and I love this You're okay. Okay, there's no need to do this and that is just as a general idea And I think I had something similar in a previous TV show or movie But I love the idea that there's a character holding a prop and the characters fully not aware how this prop Is going to affect the other people around them like here So my idea that I thought and you know, maybe one day I'll animate this but what if this guy could be a priest and this is a crucifix or whatever it is and He is friends with vampires for some reason, but obviously the vampires don't like it when this is around So as he turns around and has maybe a casual discussion about a recipe or something what it is Every time he turns down with the prop there's a reaction by the other people So you could have something where this could be the shot like this and every time he walks around turns around They take a step away to kind of put their arms up or there's just there's a the audio is not really the focus Right if you do a lip sync that's kind of a casual line Whatever it is could be delivered like this But the prop and what he does with it and how the prop Effects the other people around them that could be a cool setup for a shot Which I think I might do just for my reel in the future So as always these examples are just there as a springboard to for you to take an idea and then tweak it and adapt Tap for your shot But I think anytime you watch anything this could be a show that you think is silly or stupid or a bad movie Whatever it is or a great movie There's always something in terms of the composition. How are the characters placed? How does it cut like a show before from three characters is only two in one how do they use props? It's always something you can learn and I highly recommend as you as a student as an animation student look at TV shows look at I know game Cinematics whatever you have or a play or observe people There's always something you can find in terms of an idea that you could adapt and change for your shot to make your shot More original just more unique in terms of the acting choices Speaking of unique if you want me to help you to make your shots more unique I do have workshops and you can sign out at any time link in the description With all information you can sign up whenever you want you can start it's very individual tailored towards you But if you want me to help you with your shots or you demo reel let me know you can sign up at any time and speaking of time Thanks for watching till the very end. 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