Acting Reference Selections

• PlayPhrase

• ShotDeck

• ClipCafe

• Find Scene

• Get Yarn

• Acting Reference

• More Acting Reference

• Movie Clips – Youtube

• Movie Clips – Genre Browsing

• Ani Ref App

• 14 Actors Acting

• Scenestamps

• The Best Acting I Have Ever Seen

• Best Acting

• Greatest Acting Scenes Of All Time PART 1

• Greatest Acting Scenes Of All Time PART 2

• Greatest Acting Scenes Of All Time PART 3

• Dramatic Scenes for Actors

• Great Acting, Writing, Directing

Audio Only Links for Acting Selects

Audio Only Sites: I encourage my students to find the original clip to understand the original context and the original delivery of the lines.  However, looking through these libraries might offer some selects you had not thought of exploring.

Later, you can get the video of the original clip to match the audio take you pick to animate to for dialog.

You can, of course, create new context for any audio clip, but it is much more helpful to at least see the original acting performance first.

• Movie Sound Central

• Movie Sound Clips

• Classic Movies

• Archive Old Time

• Animation Sound Station

• Moviewavs

• Movieclips

• The Daily.wav

• What’s the scuttlebutt

• Soundboard

• The Movie Sounds Page

• WavCentral

• Listen to a Movie

• Sounddobs

Books and Websites on Acting for Animation

• Ed Hooks – Acting for Animators

• Glen Keane on Action Analysis

• The Real Actors Behind Disney

• Disney Animation The Illusion Of Life, Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, 1981

Walk Cycle Video References

It is always better to make your own video references for a walk cycle, but if you are in a pinch… here are some good ones.

• Animation Reference – Athletic Male Standard Walk

• Animation Reference – Female Standard Walk – Grid Overlay

• Character Walk Cycles

• Walk cycle reference videos

• Walk cycle reference for Animators

• How To Walk in High Heels

• How to Walk with a Cane Correctly

• Monty Python’s Flying Circus – Ministry of silly walks

• Walk-Reference

• How to Move Arms & Hands in Runway Walk

• Walk cycle with personality reference

• Walk Cycle – Reference Videos – Side View

Body Mechanics Reference for Animation

Body Mechanics: When working on a heavy body mechanics shot it is imperative you get some sort of reference to rely on for weight shifts and timing.  Inventing will not create believable motion.  Below, are links to motion clips with heavy body mechanics references.

• Bodies In Motion

• Reference Reference 

• Endless Reference

• Rhino House 

• Ani Ref

• DV Archive  

• Shutterstock

• BBC Motion Gallery

• Global Zoo

• ARKive

• Getty Images FREE!

• Books for Body Mechanics:

• Eadweard Muybridge (books and web)

• Animal Locomotion, Eadweard Muybridge, 1887

• Ultra Slo

• Walk, Canter and Trot