We now need to turn the character towards the grill. In many cases some would actually animate the turn with a full screenshot showing the character twisting at the hips, but we are going to use a half screenshot that shows only the actors upper torso. In the next action section we will then rotate the character, which is a much easier task. This is using the camera to mask the lack of some difficult animation.

While we know that the body twists and other motions will be made when a person turns towards an object do we necessarily have to animate all that? Why not frame the camera angle tightly and key frame a simple turn using the Rotation tool instead of getting bogged down in the tedious work of key framing individual limbs which could take hours?

If that is what it takes to sell that scene then by all means animate the entire movement with full body camera angles, but in our case we just need a simple movement to accomplish our task. Never sell your screenshot by taking the easy way out that would hurt quality, but also look for ways to accomplish your task without getting bogged down in too much work. Creativity can plummet when animating too many details becomes a tedious chore.