Table Scene (5)

Animation

In this scene, the blob finally gets to the cake. He enters the scene hopping towards the table. He stops, and a football hits the side of the table, making the legs collapse. There are a few cartoonish moments here where the table hangs in mid-air, and you see the blob’s eyes duck down, expecting the impact. The table just misses him, and the cake falls next to him. He turns to get it, but the glass bowl lands on top of it, blocking access. He ‘gulps’ and the scene ends.

The animation is done using keyframing, and FFD Box later on in the scene.

The camera is very active in this scene. First it starts off from the cake, and moves round to give a good view of the football hitting the table. It then moves to see the blob’s reaction, and zooms in at the end.

Character

This scene has the most emotion shown in the animation. Firstly, as the table is about to drop, the eyes grow big and duck down inside the body, as if for protection. When it misses, the eyes shrink and the tongue (eyebrows) raise as he smiles.

When he moves towards the cake and is blocked, he pushes up against it and ‘gulps’ in frustration.

Changes

Initially, there were no expressions, and the camera angle wasn’t good enough to get a good view of the reactions I added in.