Whilst researching into dragons and other animations, I came across this advert that revolves around a young dragon and his want for a ripe strawberry. As mentioned in my previous post, a young animal can be shown through proportions and this advert is no different. The head and eyes are much larger than the rest of the body, the wings are fairly small and look like they haven't fully grown yet which suggests a younger dragon. I really enjoy this animation as it contains subtle use of squash and stretch to emphasise and exaggerate certain gestures. The performance really puts across the dragon's personality and desire for this strawberry, and that's something I need to make sure I get across in my own animation. As there is no dialogue, performance is key, there is no tone of voice to suggest certain emotions. Whilst sound effects can be used on top the aid the animation, the performance needs to be believable in the first place or else the audience may not be able to connect with that character.
Watching through this animation, your eye will instinctively be drawn to the face, so this is where most of the emotion is shown, especially with the eyes. There are many subtle eye darts throughout to ensure that the character appears alive, but it also aids the performance and you get a sense that the dragon is very curious, yet slightly confused to begin with why this strawberry isn't fully ripe. This soon turns into anger/annoyance combined with a great amount of concentration. This dragon has a similar demeanour to mine so observing these subtleties will be of great help. I also have to bear in mind that there will need to be secondary action with the wings of my dragon, similar to this one. The wings are connected to the body so it will react to any movement coming from the spine. In this advert, the wings not only have secondary action, but they aid with emotion. If the dragon reacts happy or shocked, its wings perk up. This is an idea to consider and possibly work with in my own animation.
Dragon Candies: Strawberry from Tolm on Vimeo.
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