tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5659470980701665147.post8607338286062804390..comments2023-04-14T05:08:23.435-04:00Comments on John The Animator Guy: X-Sheets, Exposure Sheets, Dope SheetsJohn Celestrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09617553681175846578noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5659470980701665147.post-17428179712962859642015-02-15T10:43:56.046-05:002015-02-15T10:43:56.046-05:00Landon, if you click on "X-Sheets" in th...Landon, if you click on "X-Sheets" in the "Subjects" column on the right side of this page, you'll be linked to my four posts covering the basics. If you have specific questions, I'm happy to answer and use them as the subject of a subsequent blog post.<br /><br />In the near future I plan to gather together and post links to the various websites that also cover Bar Sheets/Workbooks and how Directors in the 1930's and 1940's used them to time entire shorts before a single drawing was done.John Celestrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09617553681175846578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5659470980701665147.post-23442333160137664072015-02-15T00:27:07.475-05:002015-02-15T00:27:07.475-05:00Toon Boom Harmony has its own X-Sheet, but I don&#...Toon Boom Harmony has its own X-Sheet, but I don't think it's the same thing as what traditional animators use. I want to be able to learn to use real X-Sheets, despite how complex it looks. Do you know of any other places where I can learn more on how to use them?Landon Kemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213020014814746190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5659470980701665147.post-7228970350122732032011-07-20T15:50:57.748-04:002011-07-20T15:50:57.748-04:00Hi, John,
I've been on vacation , so was stay...Hi, John,<br /><br />I've been on vacation , so was staying off the computer for a while, but I wanted to thank you for posting the X-sheets in response to my request on the earlier post. I think these are very useful for students to see how an animator/director plans out the timing of a shot. <br /><br />-DNDavid https://www.blogger.com/profile/09728364431363413760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5659470980701665147.post-82718033126215739572011-07-17T10:02:44.554-04:002011-07-17T10:02:44.554-04:00Michael, I very much agree that a director's w...Michael, I very much agree that a director's workbook is a great way to start laying out the elements of the picture.<br /><br />Then, once the director has settled on the overview, his/her instructions would be transcribed onto full sized exposure sheets for the rest of the staff to work from, putting in the nuts and bolts so they don't show up on the screen.John Celestrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09617553681175846578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5659470980701665147.post-7419338911601893002011-07-17T09:21:01.150-04:002011-07-17T09:21:01.150-04:00Personally, I believe in a director's workbook...Personally, I believe in a director's workbook. This has been used on most major animated features in the past. I've developed this version for myself, in that I take five exposure sheets (eliminating the parts the animator would fill in) on one page of the workbook. <br /><br />It gives me a view of a larger section of the film in one glance. It helps me to create a rhythm (which I can see visually in front of me) and it allows me to have a better overview of the production. In the past they would also include music notations, but I don't need that for my purposes, so have eliminated it.Michael Spornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02018522723674960270noreply@blogger.com