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What Is It?  Here is where you can get a good number of back issue VTS videos. These videos were originally released to subscribers to the Video Tutorial Service for character animation training. Up until now these videos have not been available for general public sale, but now you too can get your hands on some of the most affordable high end performance character animation training available in the world. (wow, marketing speak is hard!) Anyhow, each video is just €16.25 and comes in a lovely downloadable ZIP file. Be the first non VTS subscriber on your block to get one. All the cool kids are doing it.

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VTS Video 001
Poses, Part I   
price: FREE!

Topics Covered: Intro to poses, poses as 2d imagery, line of action, pose variety/focus, line of action reverses. (file size: 32mb)
Download link.


VTS Video 002
Poses, Part II  
price: FREE!

Topics Covered: flow lines, head posing, interactive example of poses.
(file size: 36mb)
Download link


VTS Video 003
Poses, Part III  
price: €16.25

Topics Covered: weight in posing, natural poses, using the feet & spine properly, major staging issues. (file size: 35mb)


VTS Video 004
Poses, Part IV  
price: €16.25       

Topics Covered: staging hand actions, eyeline staging, thumbnailing weight in poses, introverted/extroverted posing.   (file size: 90mb)


VTS Video 005
Timing, Part I  
price: €16.25         

Topics Covered: Intro to timing, definitions of timing/spacing/phrasing, animation as language, timing examples, suggested timing workflow .   (file size: 62mb)


VTS Video 006
Timing, Part II 
price: €16.25          

Topics Covered: Thorough conversation of breakdowns and anticipations and how they help determine proper timing.   (file size: 50mb)


VTS Video 007
Timing, Part III 
price: €16.25        

Topics Covered: Eases and how to use them in combination with anticipations, also pose based timing workflow.   (file size: 65mb)


VTS Video 008
Timing, Part IV 
price: €16.25        

Topics Covered: Smart building of breakdown poses, how to work overlaps into your workflow earlier, the power of micro-anticipations.   (file size: 65mb)


VTS Video 009
Timing, Part V 
price: €16.25       

Topics Covered: An in depth look at Timing and its effect on how we perceive weight. Also basic rules for timing of actions on the heads and tails of shots.   (file size: 102mb)


VTS Video 010
Timing, Part VI 
price: €16.25      

Topics Covered: An in depth look at phrasing in animation, how phrasing relates to story telling and is intertwined with timing and spacing.   (file size: 82mb)


VTS Video 011
Timing, Part VI 
price: €16.25     

Topics Covered: We explore the significant differences between what makes for realistic/naturalistic motion vs. cartoon/stylized motion. Also a discussion of multiple character screen space interaction and staging for emotional impact.   (file size: 73mb)


VTS Video 012
Acting, Part I  
price: €16.25     

Topics Covered: We begin our discussion of acting in animation. Key questions of character motivation, relation to story goals and how to break down the expression of emotional states. 
 (file size: 90mb)


VTS Video 013
Acting, Part II  
price: €16.25      

Topics Covered: How to create unique and character specific personalities through gesture, motion and pose. Techniques for finding unique expressions of emotional moments in individual characters.    (file size: 104mb)

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VTS Video 014
Acting & Blocking Part I  
price: €16.25       hf

Topics Covered: Hands on planning and thumb-nailing of a production scene from scratch to match audio dialog, indicate and find unique and character specific acting and performance.    (file size: 100mb)

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VTS Video 015
Acting & Blocking Part II  
price: €16.25    

Topics Covered: Continuation of VTS14 topic, but now explored and executed in CG on the computer using an animation rig. Each decision and move explained for result, intent and motivation.   (file size: 101mb)

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VTS Video 016
Acting & Blocking Part III  
price: €16.25   

Topics Covered: Continuation of building and blocking a performance for a production scene. Step by step insight into the blocking process.   (file size: 72mb)


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VTS Video 017
Acting & Blocking, Part IV  
price: €16.25

Topics Covered: Completion of blocking the performance for a production scene. Open vs. closed facial animation, intro of breakdown technique.    (file size: 90mb)


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VTS Video 017se
Workflow Image Based Timing  
price: €16.25           df

Topics Covered: Discussion of workflow optimization, thorough exploration of using free pencil timer software MonkeyJam for timing of CG scenes.
Includes free MEL script for Maya to bridge between MonkeyJam and Maya.  
(file size: 82mb)


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VTS Video 018
Blocking & Breakdowns, Part I  
price: €16.25          j

Topics Covered: A deeper discussion of the nature and importance of breakdowns, their role, how to implement them and how to use them in scene blocking for a better controlled workflow.  (file size: 104mb)


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VTS Video 019
Blocking & Breakdowns, Part II
price: €16.25

Topics Covered: Explore understanding of the principle of Process Dependencies to allow for better structure & control when animating. Distinctions made between key poses and breakdowns, including explanation of the different types of breakdowns, their role and their place in the construction heirarchy of animation. (file size: 112mb)


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VTS Video 020
Blocking & Breakdowns, Part III
price: €16.25

Topics Covered: After a few videos of deep explanation, we see an application of primary breakdowns in real production scene. We discuss how breakdowns affect poses while being applied. (file size: 99mb)


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VTS Video 021
Blocking & Breakdowns, Part IV
price: €16.25

Topics Covered: We wrap up the breakdown section, do some Q&A and go deep into exploring how to integrate a straight ahead animation work-flow into a scene with good structure. (file size: 98mb)


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VTS Video 022
Walks & Such
price: €16.25

Topics Covered: A thorough primer on walks, from basic blocking theory to full on application of the various bodily mechanics. The concepts covered provide a clear base for building out all kinds of walks or all styles.. (file size: 136mb)


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VTS Video 023
Post Blocking Clean-Up: Part I
price: €16.25

Topics Covered: Introductory overview of the post blocking clean up process. Highlights common fundamental mistakes and how to move with confidence into what many consider the trickiest part of CG animation. (file size: 109mb)


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VTS Video 024
Post Blocking Clean-Up: Part II
price: €16.25

Topics Covered: Continuation of how to approach taking a scene from stepped blocking to linear inbetweens as a part of the over-all 'clean up' process.  This video focuses on cleaning the "core" of the character first. (file size: 85mb)


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VTS Video 025
Post Blocking Clean-Up: Part III
price: €16.25

Topics Covered: Basic spline editing techniques along with a look at how to handle making your own reviews, notes, edits and fixes. (file size: 156mb)


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VTS Video 026
F-Curve Editing Essentials
price: €16.25

Topics Covered: A deeper look at the different methods for editing f-curves in CG animation. Additional topics include curve smoothness and keyframe reduction principles.. (file size: 70mb)


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VTS Video 027
Details & Structure, Part I
price: €16.25

Topics Covered: A lecture based discussion about the nature, form, purpose and place of details in animation, especially in relation to their use within a larger structure for the movement. (file size: 98mb)


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VTS Video 028
Details & Structure, Part II
price: €16.25

Topics Covered: Detailed discussion of how to plan, integrate and complete details into a larger animation structure. Includes how to use video reference to study details. (file size: 100mb)


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VTS Video 029
Facial Animation , Part I
price: €16.25

Topics Covered: We begin our conversation about facial animation by exploring the relationship between the body and the face, how the "golden triangle of emotion" comes into play as well as the importance of internal connectivity within facial animation. (file size: 72mb)


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VTS Video 030
Facial Animation , Part II- Brows
price: €16.25

Topics Covered: Everything you wanted to know about brows and more! We focus on mechanics specifically, building a foundation of understanding that allows the animator to express a wid variety of shapes and emotions within the context of believability. (file size: 114 mb)


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VTS Video 031
Facial Animation , Part III- Eyes
price: €16.25

Topics Covered: We look at many areas of detail regarding animating the eyes, the importance of eyeline, integration with the entire face as well as specific ways to move the eyes to give the impression of life and thought. (file size: 92 mb)


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VTS Video 032
Facial Animation , Part IV- Lipsync Basic Princples- Muppet Style
price: €16.25

Topics Covered: A clever and immensely effctive and simple way to nail lipsync in a very brief amount of time. We cover the framework for creating solid lipsync that can be used in either high footage or low footage scenarios.. (file size: 120 mb)


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VTS Video 033
Facial Animation , Part V- Lipsync Basic Princples- Blocking With Emotion
price: €16.25

Topics Covered: How to incorporate specific emotion into the base blocking of lipsync. Then we look at how to expand this to create specific and unique facial acting performances with speech. (file size: 121 mb)


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VTS Video 034
Advanced Acting Part 1: The Power of Subtext
price: €16.25

Topics Covered: An idepth lecture that unveils the world of the voice actor's challenge and how the animator can tap into the actor's process to find the real gold in a voice performance. (file size: 81 mb)


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VTS Video 035
Advanced Acting Part 2: Motivation & Emotonal Goals
price: €16.25

Topics Covered: This lecture explore the realms of emtional motivations, playing "goals" and how to express inner emotional realities and goals through gesture and body language. (file size: 68 mb)

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VTS Video 036
Animating to Music, Part 1: History & Basic Principles
price: Not available until August 2008

Topics Covered: We look at the vanishing craft of how to time animation to work with music by analyzing the structural relationships that music and animation share in common. (file size: 72 mb)

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VTS Video 037
Animating to Music, Part 2: Practical Example
price: Not available until September 2008

Topics Covered: We look atapplying the timing of animation to music by analyzing the structural relationships that music and animation share in common. (file size: 72 mb)

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VTS Video 038
Body Mechanics, Part 1: The Framework of Energy
price: Not available until October 2008

Topics Covered: Body mechanics is a popular topic in animation. We look at it from a different point of view- analyzing the energy forces at work in any given motion and how those forces affect the motion- as well as how to accomplish the movement in animation . (file size: 112 mb)

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VTS Video 039
Body Mechanics, Part 2: The War Against Gravity
price: Not available until November 2008

Topics Covered: In this video we look at how the ubiquitous energy of gravity in our world affects our movement. Emphasis is placed on grasping how to transition from the influence of one energy to another in motion.. (file size: 41 mb )

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VTS Video 040
Body Mechanics, Part 3: Inertia
price: Not available until December 2008

Topics Covered: Inertia is studied and examined to understand how it affects motion and stillness. We look especially at breaking down how inertia affects overlapping action. (file size: 68 mb )

   

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