Doug Sweetland

Doug Sweetland
podcast at spline doctors.

Before he learned pose to pose, would block out in T-pose straight ahead, on the root only, capturing some of the musicality of the line that way, then make all the rest of the body catch up afterwards. "Bouncing ball along to the music of the vocal delivery" using the root.

if you have a concept of a char you want to get across, or for the char to embody, it needs to be planned out ahead of time. can't straight ahead it.

Mark Oftedahl Toy Story shot of Buzz and Woody on the bed "you can't fly." It's not about physicalizing the music of the line, it's about physicalizing how those characters are emotionally traveling through that shot.

block in as simple as possible so changes are as less painful as possible. If it doesn't matter how many steps to get the char to the door, then don't worry about the legs. Upper arms and elbows but not wrists.