Hello everyone! So, my story involves cheerleaders and of course it involves cheering & all that. There aren’t many cheer dance or dance animations, though I specifically use the sing + dance animation since they’re cheering and they have to open their mouth right? (srsly)
I need help directing their cheer dance w/o making it awkward :[
This is my first draft for the animations and spot placements:
EXT. GREEK GAMES TRACK STATIC - DAY
@cut to zone 1
@DANA spot 0.542 156 392 in zone 1 at layer 4 AND DANA faces right AND DANA starts dance_groove_happy_loop
@CLAIRE spot 0.515 46 396 in zone 1 at layer 3 AND CLAIRE faces right AND CLAIRE starts dance_groove_happy_loop
@ELISE spot 0.542 265 390 in zone 1 at layer 2 AND ELISE faces left AND ELISE starts dance_groove_happy_loop
@XIAOU spot 0.408 214 475 in zone 1 at layer 1 AND XIAOU faces left AND XIAOU starts sing_dance_clap_happy_loop
@IRIS spot 0.426 99 472 in zone 1 at layer 0 AND IRIS faces right AND IRIS starts sing_dance_clap_happy_loop
@pause for a beat
@DANA starts dance_wavehands_happy_loop AND CLAIRE starts dance_wavehands_happy_loop AND ELISE starts dance_wavehands_happy_loop
@XIAOU starts sing_dance_fingersnap_loop AND IRIS starts sing_dance_fingersnap_loop
@pause for a beat
@pause for a beat
@zoom on 0 389 to 258% in 0
@DANA starts sing_dance_shimmy_loop AND CLAIRE starts sing_dance_clap_happy_loop AND ELISE starts sing_dance_clap_happy_loop
@XIAOU starts sing_energetic_loop AND IRIS starts sing_energetic_loop
@zoom on 115 394 to 258% in 2
@zoom on 297 415 to 258% in 2
@zoom reset
@DANA moves to layer 0
@CLAIRE moves to layer 1
@ELISE moves to layer 2
@XIAOU moves to layer 3
@IRIS moves to layer 4
&XIAOU walks to spot 0.507 220 401 AND XIAOU is run_athletic_neutral_loop AND XIAOU faces left
&IRIS walks to spot 0.534 102 396 AND IRIS is run_athletic_neutral_loop AND IRIS faces right
&DANA walks to spot 0.452 161 452 AND DANA is walk_sing_backward_loop AND DANA faces left
&ELISE walks to spot 0.434 281 458 AND ELISE is walk_sing_backward_loop AND ELISE faces right
&CLAIRE walks to spot 0.434 38 452 AND CLAIRE is walk_sing_backward_loop AND CLAIRE faces left
@pause for a beat
@zoom on 320 430 to 432% in 0
@DANA starts sing_dance_energetic_doublepoint_loop AND CLAIRE starts sing_beatbox_covermouth_loop AND ELISE starts sing_beatbox_covermouth_loop
@XIAOU starts sing_dance_energetic_pointup_loop AND IRIS starts sing_dance_energetic_pointup_loop
@zoom on 159 415 to 177% in 2
@zoom on 0 420 to 467% in 2
@DANA spot 0.281 271 429 AND DANA starts sing_dance_fingersnap_loop AND DANA faces left
@CLAIRE spot 0.245 14 455
@ELISE spot 0.254 297 448
@XIAOU moves to layer 1
@IRIS moves to layer 0
&zoom on 125 415 to 203% in 0
&XIAOU walks to spot 0.228 179 455 AND XIAOU is run_athletic_neutral_loop
&IRIS walks to spot 0.237 102 454 AND IRIS is run_athletic_neutral_loop
@pause for a beat
@XIAOU starts sing_dance_energetic_pointup_loop AND IRIS starts sing_dance_energetic_pointup_loop
@pause for a beat
@CLAIRE moves to layer 3
@ELISE moves to layer 2
&ELISE walks to spot 0.272 163 530 in 2 AND ELISE is run_athletic_neutral_loop
&CLAIRE walks to spot 0.281 120 527 in 2 AND CLAIRE is run_athletic_neutral_loop
@pause for a beat
&XIAOU starts dance_lift_give_loop AND IRIS starts dance_lift_give_loop AND CLAIRE starts dance_drop_it AND ELISE starts dance_drop_it
&zoom on 132 568 to 141% in 2
@DANA moves to layer 4
@DANA walks to spot 0.281 141 616 in 3 AND DANA is run_athletic_neutral_loop
@pause for a beat
@DANA starts dance_lift_receive_loop AND CLAIRE starts dance_lift_give_loop AND ELISE starts dance_lift_give_loop
@pause for a beat
&zoom on 132 563 to 304% in 2
@DANA is dance_drop_it
@pause for 1
It’s kinda awkward, and ya know, I need help because this is the first time I’m doing advanced directing. Any help is appreciated!