User blog:Trogdor7620/Animating RT - An Animation Presentation by Monty and Jordan

Hey guys! First blog post, woohoo!

Anyway, down to business.

While Monty and Jordan were in Australia for Supernova, they stopped to take a break in Victoria, and also managed to get a presentation at Australian Centre for the Moving Image. Mainly it was a chance to ask some questions about RWBY and Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures, as well as show how the two animate their respective shows.

Anyway, I managed to get some info from the panel about RWBY:
 * The weapon that Monty said was his favourite some time ago (I don't have the link here), but hadn't been revealed yet was... the Gunchaku.
 * Ruby, Weiss, Blake, Yang, and the Malachite twins are based off of the same female model. The only real difference is some scaling, hence why Blake is taller than Weiss. Click here for reference.
 * A lot of the animation is recycled, not only from previous RWBY episodes, but from Dead Fantasy and Haloid.
 * Monty is working off of a new system, so loose parts of the characters, like Yang's hair and skirt, among others, will react according to collisions, and other factors.
 * Monty has 7 monitors at his desk. 3 are constantly playing fight scenes.
 * The forest of Forever Fall in the Black Trailer is actually just various layers. The trees and the rock Blake is sitting on are just 2D images.
 * Junior's Club, which had a reflective floor, was actually two clubs. The reflection in the floor was the same area, but flipped upside down.
 * The line in Black and White "She does like tuna a lot..." was initally not in the script.
 * The shadows on a characters model are not as a result of lighting. They are literally drawn onto the the model itself.

I know that this doesn't seem like much, but I'd thought I'd put it out there.

Don't ask me for plot details, Monty was deliberately vague. I asked about what's happening between Jaune and Pyrrha (I'm a die hard shipper for the two of them, okay?), the response was "Stuff".

Also, in regards to the RWBY game that you may have heard about (if you haven't, check these videos.), Monty HAS seen the game, and he is pleased with the work that is going into it.

So, that's all from Australia. Hope to hear back soon.