Two well animated shots:

• Walk cycle animated to indicate an emotion, mood, or performance (happy, sad, sneak, gallop, run, etcetera).  See previous post for more info and reference [which you should have practiced at least once by now].  Work to convey your chosen mood here — avoid just keyframing and calling it something after the fact. 
• Performance Piece with Lip-Sync:  Choose a favorite line from a film or game or record your own dialogue.  Have your character act a performance that somehow connects to the dialogue — be creative!  Convey as much emotion through primary animation moving down to secondary, then key-frame lip-sync performance to the dialogue for the final touches along with facial animation to convey the full emotion of the acting.

You may use the Goon in any version, Groggy, the SPA Zombie, or if you choose, another rig — just make sure to test its range of motion and performance and that you can use it before attempting to animate with it. Due by class on Monday, October 26. While completing these, think about a full production pipeline cycle.  Organize your files appropriately with reference and complete layout, shot-camera setup, any surfacing needed, dramatic lighting, and quality rendering.  Submit 1280×720 h.264 mov files based on full renders. Come prepared to present and critique.