BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES: Researching in to Comedy
From early on one of our main points of research was this short documentary on the visual comedy of Chuck Jones:
This documentary amongst other points stresses out the attention needed for character development in animated movies, as there is no physical actor to bring over pre-existing character traits.
An interesting point is giving the characters a goal or a desire to create a more vivid personality, however, it has to be simple to be effective.
Another thing to consider is making the movements tell the story, as the goals and desires that come with the character's personality dictate the movement.
An interesting thing i liked is holding poses to tell a joke, rather than exaggerating movements as the lack of a reaction may be funnier.
Lastly Chuck Jones mentions to broaden your source of inspiration and not just limit it to movies, but also study the real world and other sources.
Another short documentary from the same source talks about visual comedy:
This documentary amongst other points stresses out the attention needed for character development in animated movies, as there is no physical actor to bring over pre-existing character traits.
An interesting point is giving the characters a goal or a desire to create a more vivid personality, however, it has to be simple to be effective.
Another thing to consider is making the movements tell the story, as the goals and desires that come with the character's personality dictate the movement.
An interesting thing i liked is holding poses to tell a joke, rather than exaggerating movements as the lack of a reaction may be funnier.
Lastly Chuck Jones mentions to broaden your source of inspiration and not just limit it to movies, but also study the real world and other sources.
Another short documentary from the same source talks about visual comedy:
One very important technique shown in this is the power of staging to get a joke. Using objects, the way they move in and out of the scene, using camera pans to reveal a joke, etc.
These ones are more of a study of comedy acting, but also some good points about camera movements and blocking are mentioned:
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