Ultimart: Jurnal Komunikasi Visual
Vol 9 No 2 (2016): Ultimart: Jurnal Komunikasi Visual

Designing Emotion Of Characters By Referencing From Facs In Short Animated Film “RANA”

Fransisca Adis (Universitas Multimedia Nusantara)
Yohanes Merci Widiastomo (Universitas Multimedia Nusantara)



Article Info

Publish Date
21 Mar 2018

Abstract

Facial expression is one of some aspects that can deliver story and character’s emotion in 3D animation. To achieve that, we need to plan the character facial from very beginning of the production. At early stage, the character designer need to think about the expression after theu done the character design. Rigger need to create a flexible rigging to achieve the design. Animator can get the clear picture how they animate the facial. Facial Action Coding System (FACS) that originally developed by Carl-Herman Hjortsjo and adopted by Paul Ekman and Wallace V. can be used to identify emotion in a person generally. This paper is going to explain how the Writer use FACS to help designing the facial expression in 3D characters. FACS will be used to determine the basic characteristic of basic shapes of the face when show emotions, while compare with actual face reference. Keywords: animation, facial expression, non-dialog

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Journal Info

Abbrev

FSD

Publisher

Subject

Arts Humanities

Description

Theories, methods, and implementations of new media technology. Topics include, but not limited to: 1. Digital technology for a creative industry 2. Development of Art and Design in Industry 3. Innovation and Creative Visual Experiment for Art and Design 4. Fine arts and performing ...