Here’s a small clip from The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford that’s a great example of thought process. In this shot Casey Affleck is coming to terms with the fact that he has to kill Jesse James. You can easily see the stages of his thought process.
1st – he starts nervous/jittery, his head is moving more, licking his lips, eyes darting.
2nd – he slows down a bit, starts to concentrate, eyes look down thinking about what must be done.
3rd – he reaches his decision, eyes slowly look up in an almost villainous way and then he stands up.
An important thing to think about when animating a thought process is the timing. If the timing is wrong then it won't be believable.
I think it would be a good idea to create an animation based upon this clip for one of my artefacts as I think it links with my others well and looks at how animators can create believable emotions
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