Robotic acting: How to avoid Flailing Arm Syndrome

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Re: Robotic acting: How to avoid Flailing Arm Syndrome

Post by KingJeremy » Thu Dec 04, 2014 12:52 pm

Quality post and one i agree with almost completely. Trying to convey this to a producer without the help of video examples is very difficult and is often times ignored unfortunately.

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Re: Robotic acting: How to avoid Flailing Arm Syndrome

Post by dale coba » Fri Dec 05, 2014 4:18 am

Arms hanging dead at her side = wrong.

Shoulders should demonstrate poise, no extra motion, graceful and serene. They stay in line with hips, since that is less energy than remaining twisted, hips vs. shoulders.

Like mannequin arms, robot arms are supposed to convey casual, not-even-thinking-about-them, and comfortable (unless serious malfunctions are setting in). Let's call it a 60 degree angle above straight down. The angle reflects the balance of forces between muscles, tendons, the connective anatomy against the gravitational weight of the arm. There is no natural force inside the arm to push it towards opening straight, but there is a small amount of stretch (in the tendon?) to pull it back more towards a right angle.

We could assemble the best examples. I can pluck small video segments from videos in the FTP collection. I nominate Stepford Bobbie, who simultaneously demonstrates the arts of distracted babble, walking into things, and looking in the wrong direction.

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Re: Robotic acting: How to avoid Flailing Arm Syndrome

Post by KingJeremy » Fri Dec 05, 2014 12:25 pm

I just wanted to add that while Ashley Fires is definitely guilty of the flailing arms thing,, her blank expressionless stare is the best in the business, in my opinion.

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Re: Robotic acting: How to avoid Flailing Arm Syndrome

Post by Ani Erotika » Wed Aug 22, 2018 7:00 pm

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Re: Robotic acting: How to avoid Flailing Arm Syndrome

Post by Ani Erotika » Sat Aug 25, 2018 9:14 am

For people who talk and write so prolifically no one ever responds to anything i write. This is bogus.
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Re: Robotic acting: How to avoid Flailing Arm Syndrome

Post by Stephaniebot » Sat Aug 25, 2018 11:26 am

Well, I can only speak for myself, as a non movie buyer, I don't feel its right to comment too much on these matters, as I've not seen the number of movies that the men here seem to have done.

In truth, I have no idea if some want porn with a robot touch, or something else. Given the fascination, that I don't get in the slightest, with damage, malfunctions, and removed heads that some have, none of which are really practical to do in a movie, without a huge budget, as most of that would take CGI, and stuff.

My scene is robot transformation, but I seem in a small number into that on here now.

And no, don't get me started on the Gynoid in name only brigade (GINO), I don't quite know what some expect, given current day robots aren't of the capability to do real acting.

Its why my postings nowadays are sporadic, unless there is something of real interest to me, I just read, and let it pass. But then again, I'm not going to be acting any more, having hit 60! Never done sexy stuff at any time, lol!

But good luck on here, Ani, hope you find some that will offer feedback
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Re: Robotic acting: How to avoid Flailing Arm Syndrome

Post by Toastdroid » Mon Aug 27, 2018 8:17 pm

Ani Erotika wrote:For people who talk and write so prolifically no one ever responds to anything i write. This is bogus.
All things considered I think you're already up there in terms of portraying a bot. you've got the facial expressions and tone of speaking down pretty well, and your movement's pretty solid.

I figure the movement is always the hardest to get right since it's something that we don't actually put a lot of thought into normally.

The way I've seen it handled best is a sort of efficient fluidity. Movement starts at the extremities rather than the torso, and movement is split into different actions.
So, say you were sitting at a table and wanted to pick up a coffee cup, for a robot that'd break down to:
-Look at coffee cup
-Move arm to cup
-Grip handle
-Pick up cup and hold
-Return head to original position if needed
Think of each little action as its own thing that ends before the next action (this is why sometimes robots pause between actions, they're thinking of what to do next). And because each action is separate you don't move the parts of your body that aren't involved in that specific action.

This is good for when you're speaking too, if you need to talk your head and eyes shouldn't move unless they need to be pointing at something, and the rest of your body should be static, unless it's already doing something.

I think the exception to this rule is repeated actions, like walking - trying to separate those makes you look stiff and stompy walker robots look kinda silly.

Honestly I think the best example of this kinda movement is actually the terminator films, you can tell all the actors playing terminators put in a lot of work to make sure they moved like robots.

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