【夢工廠動畫總監 Dan Wagner 談《功夫熊貓》】【Yao】

原文：CG Society Production Focus By Renee Dunlop
翻譯：Yao

 ANIMATION 動畫 

Dan Wagner was Head of Character Animation. He first started in 2D animation at the age of 8, and switched to 3D on Shrek 2. He started on Kung Fu Panda before the characters had any rigs, so, falling back on his many years as a traditional animator, worked on test animations for main character Po in pencil and paper. The film was in animation for a year and a half. Throughout, Wagner’s mantra was “ambient motion”, the importance of keeping the characters alive through subtle queues, be it breathing, or a lifted hand that was fighting against gravity no matter how strong the pose.

Dan Wagner 是《功夫熊貓》的角色動畫總監。他早從八歲就開始製作2D動畫，參與電影《史瑞克2》時轉型為 3D 動畫師。在《功夫熊貓》還沒有做任何骨架綁定（rig ) 的階段，他就受命開始為主角阿波（Po）做動畫測試，重拾紙筆，回歸他早期從事的傳統動畫。《功夫熊貓》在動畫的製作階段花了一年半的時間。這段期間，Wagner 的口頭禪就是「注意小動作」（ambient motion）。不管你的姿勢（Pose）多麼富有張力，為了使角色栩栩如生，那就必須透過細微之處來表現。像是呼吸的起伏，或是為了對抗地心引力微微舉起的手。

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