Good idea.  Go in close as soon as possible.  This one is all about subtle acting.  One thing that will need to be clear is whether or not this is a good acting instructor or a ham.  Can work either way, but it should be clear.  His gestures here are rather dramatic for the line, which would lean towards hamminess.

I know this is kind of random and not about animation, but I think you should give him a mustache. The way he's acting just screams "mustachioed" to me.

I have been trying to add inbetweens this afternoon to see what i could come up with. I also zoomed the camera in instead of a cut. I am still in stepped mode and there are still some parts that need pushing and tweaking before i go into linear/spline. Any suggestions/feedback on improving anything would be great

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I'm loving your progress so far. I think it would be really funny if the teacher skips over the 101 and just underlies "Acting" even blocking 101 partially with his body, hinting to the viewers that he thinks of himself as greater than a basic level actor. Subliminals baby! Maybe even when he say "I own" have him extend up like if he's soars up. Gives a sense of dominance before gliding into this dark mode where he says stage. The pulling in extreme seems to drawn in for such a self absorbed persona unless he's hunched over and really really grabbing the air saying "I own". Just some Ideas. Keep it up!

Looking great!
Keep going!

Thanks for the comments and kind words. I have been fighting with lots of different ways to get to the end pose, but I am happy with how it is going on this version. So i started added some more poses to flesh it out before I go to spline and start adding more details.
Any comments or feedback are more than welcome

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Last edited by MarkPeart (08-20-2012 6:16 pm)

Cheers for the comment dude I plan on working on it all day tomorrow and updating,I have added a second character as well which it cuts to at the end after feedback froma friend so should help the whole piece along