There is a Moment

Final Rating: 3.69. Finished: 56 out of 71 entries.
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Animator: Michael Li

Description: Hello everyone! This is my first time lip syncing and animating a character. I will definitely be entering more clips future, cheers!

Experience: 6 months

Time taken: 8 hours

Comments:

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Jason Pennington:

Needs more strong holds. Her shoulders and head are almost in constant motion. And the motion isn't really saying anything, it's just kind of rocking back and forth. It's a good start though. Nice attention to the eyes.

Chris Welsby:

would be nice to see the character move of the spot a bit, or shift her wieght a bit. I think this would help really loosen up the performance.

David Atkins:

to floaty. need more variety in poses

bruno hamzagic:

I missed variation on the head and body movement.

Philip Crow:

There's some lip synch off and if you are concentrating on the face, really play it out.

Mark Dickie:

Nice work. I loved the subtleties of the acting in this piece.

Eric Scheur:

I feel the sadness you've given your character in her pose, and those wonderful droopy eyelids.

Overall, though, it feels like you could hit your poses with a little more force, and stay in them longer. Also, try to find more ways to play within a pose, or even change to a new pose here and there... Obviously, you don't want to have too many poses (and I really like the way you've kept her subtle and subdued!), but the audio makes her sound a little frantic, like she's desperately trying to find any way to get through to the person she's talking to, and I think that could come out a little more in your choices.

Good luck in the next competition!

Tyler Phillips:

I think her torso could move a bit more rather than just rotating forwards and backwards. Like her weight could shift from foot to foot and she could turn away and towards the person she's talking to. Good job so far.

Cole Higgins:

nice look in the end. feel like I didnt know where or who she was talking to until the very end. Camera angle is a little odd and if the person standing in front of her was where I think he is I feel like the girls body language would be different. Right now she doesnt really seem vulnerable. She seems open.

Aaron Clement:

A bit static. Good how you worked within the pose, though.

Yeray Díaz Díaz:

It lacks some movement. The animation seems too floaty.

Dan Dulberger:

Animation is abit floaty. Nice emotion though.

garvey harris:

when I used to go to acting classes a suggestion I made that made a lot of sense was that if you were on a bus or a in car and passing by and saw the character acting out the part, without hearing what was being said, how much of the expression and body language tells you what is going on?

I think the key here is resisting, and accusing the other character that they also had a moment of weakness, so far I'm not seeing that being expressed enough

Ezra Allen:

Not bad shes abit rooted though maybe a bit more shifting of weight a step in or back to give more variety.

Daniel Harriman:

I LIKE the fact that she doesn't turn to glare at the person she's talking to right on the "I bet you there was one" line. It works well. Its like she only works up the will to confront the other person once she's spoken her mind.

Mike Courtney:

Lip-sync needs work in beginning. The hit on the wall looks like a pop. Sniff causes jerks in arm.

Simon Bean:

lovely

Micah Betts:

Looks like she would be moving around a little bit more since she is standing up

Victor Wong:

Very good subtle acting. I like the shoulder action when the sob happened.

Erik Griott:

i find it a little strange that we can only see half her face most of the time. also, what is she pointing at? shes pointing as if something should be there, but its not, and its a little confusing. i think that problem could be fixed if she was facing the camera a little more. not just her face, but her body. on that subject, with her body turned away from us it makes it seem likes shes not really interested in talking to us, but her face says otherwise. its like her body is in conflict with her head. i dont know if thats a bad thing, it actually adds a little more character, which is great. i do like how reclusive she comes off.

Taber Dunipace:

There's very little going on in this scene. There's almost no animation and the acting doesn't really exist either. Try to be more bold! Go BIG! It's more fun and you get to learn more by making bigger mistakes.

Sean Graham:

Not enough happening here. A lot of looking around, but I don't feel the thought process behind the action very much. Movement and eyes are pretty floaty.

Alexis St-Laurent:

The lip-sync is good, but the body doesn't accentuate what the mouth says.

Michael Richard:

angels on the character could change up to make it a little more interesting.

Gregory Marlow:

head moved too much

Bilal Ahmad:

nice effort!