Animation Reference

 

Eadweard Muybridge, Animal Locomotion Print no. 707, 1887

Eadweard Muybridge, Animal Locomotoion, Print no. 709, 1887. 

Muybridge Mutt on Flickr

 
Muybridge Locomotion, Dog Running, 1881

Shot Breakdown

 

Storyboard, for reference...

Shot 01: 

shot01.ma

Medium to close focal length, glancing downward

Dog enters screen right and runs around tree

Assets:

• Dog
• Dog's tree
• fence
• grass
• ground

Shot 02

shot02.ma
Close focal length
Dog's perspective of cat sitting perched on tree, low-angle

Assets

• Cat
• Cat's tree

Shot 03

shot03.ma
Wide shot, establishing

Assets

• Cat
• Dog
• Cat's tree
• Dog's tree
• ground
• fence
• sidewalk
• grass
• extended ground plane?
• street?
• matte painting backdrop

Shot 04

shot04.ma (set from shot01.ma)

Medium to close focal length, glancing downward 

Dog stares blankly, maybe looks back at audience and then back to cat, tail starts wagging, and exits screen left.

Assets

• Dog
• Dog's tree
• fence
• grass
• ground