Fred starts off with his closed hand under his chin and as he moves towards Frieda to ask her if she loves him he opens up the palm of his hand in a gesture of vulnerability and then at about frame 60 he moves to protect his feelings from being hurt by grasping towards his other hand and clenching them both toUgether
The second take works better. Instead of having him go back to his original starting position before moving to the second gesture I have him cross over halfway back into the handhold. I am thinking that looks a bit more natural and less hurried
So this is what I am working on right now. Getting the hands to work and going from one gesture to another completely different gesture where the hands come together. Slightly different from what I had before where I had the same gesture repeated on the second phrase.
Its not going to work just having the one arm doing the one hand movement. I need something else. Like he could put his hands together on the second phrase, "fine blow for my conceit thats all."
their overall postures are very awkward-looking. When his arm comes back his hand should be back under his chin by frame 42 at least. She should start coming back by at least frame 47. Try that.
Ok so it looks totally unnatural I know. I am thinking that if I am a little more aware of the contrast of their emotional states then that might give me some clue about how to time out the actions. His emotional state is definitely a little bit more relaxed than hers. He has a very unconcerned laid back attitude which suggests that he would move more slowly. He is trying to portray an aura of confidence and self assurance. She is a of more panicky and distraught and a little confused and passionate at the same time which suggests that she would move faster and more unpredictably. They are each on a different motion speed timeline
Perhaps the hand gesture is a bit flat. I haven't given much attention to the timing and spacing yet but I think the right hand might work better starting off as a clenched fist and ending up as a claw and then returning to a fist. At the moment it seems a bit rubbery which adds to the overall floatiness of it which I might want to avoid. The problem though is whether this kind of gesture would go with the tone of voice. It's not very gentlemanly as a gesture...and of course if the gesture is different then the timing is going to be different too. Obviously it's got to match up with the mood of the piece
Fred starts off with his closed hand under his chin and as he moves towards Frieda to ask her if she loves him he opens up the palm of his hand in a gesture of vulnerability and then at about frame 60 he moves to protect his feelings from being hurt by grasping towards his other hand and clenching them both toUgether