Prison Cake for Madam M

Final Rating: 5.04. Finished: 20 out of 63 entries.
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Animator: Ramit Batra

Description: A not-so-special gift for Mrs. Munchnik, turns out to be just the thing she would have asked Santa this Christmas!

Experience: 1yr 6m

Time taken: About 24hrs. [3-4hrs for 6Days]

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Hernán Bruna:

Really good, love when he drops the fruitcake but i think that the movements are too fast. Well done

Jason Smith:

Love the key... great touch!

Nice work.

Ken Rice:

The animation I think is not too bad but I found it a little confusing on first viewing. Who's in jail - and the action didn't appear to match the dialogue.

Tyson Ibele:

Hehe I like the idea for this one :D....however, the animation seemed stiff...also, when the woman says "a fruitcake" the lipsync/action seems a few frames out of sync with the audio.

Tim Nowak:

nice aniamtion.
but doesnt coorespond with the sound to the actions.

Erik Westlund:

The prison scenario is completely arbitrary when compared to everything else in the performances. Male character has good poses and reaction to dropping the cake. Prisoner character is completely unconvincing as "Mrs. Munchnick". Shift from distraught to contemptuous is unbelievable, and her body language/posing says nothing of 'mature female'.

Aaron Clement:

It was interesting to watch... what was the punch line, though? I mean, why did the guy drop the fruit cake? I didn't know what the extra animation at the start was for. Felt pretty dark with the lighting... although, it probably suites the jail look and feel... would be nice to see what the bone character was sitting on all the same.

Emmanuel Vergne:

when she turns around and says "a fruit cake", she seems to react to something she hasn't seen yet

Johan Fruh:

Haha, nice joke ;).
Nice acting too!

It's odd, I was at first not very moved by the acting. But looking at it again, I find the poses pretty great.
Maybe it's still a bit too robotic? Not enough overlapping movements, and too rapid follow-throughs maybe.

Chris Sacco:

Nice concept. I'd have him hold the cake out before she says fruitcake that way the viewer has acknowledged it before she says it.

Taber Dunipace:

Too much happening all at once; I don't know where to look.

Frank G:

Nice cake drop.
What did she pull out of the cake?
Where he reached through the bars had me a bit disorientated.

sharad kumar:

u cud've improved the staging a bit more!...












Markus Kallio:

nice idea :) needs work thou..

Mat Brady:

How could she give him a fruit cake last year if she was in jail? Tried to be too clever on this one.

Chris Welsby:

nice one. the scenarios great!

ClintW:

the idea is very funny and odd...i like it though...I also like how it doesnt really come together until the very end...

Matthew Simkins:

I like your interpretation, I think you could add another layer (no pun intended) and make it look like they are having a rehearsed converstation to disguise the key from the guards.

Adam Clark:

guy in the red looks good, im not sold on the character on the right.

adrian dawe:

hehe, nice idea!

Cameron Huber:

Love the idea man!

Allier Zelaya:

Good concept with the key.

dard:

The mood change of the Hogan character seems too abrupt at first. The change of mood from sad to mad would work better a beat before or after she makes eye contact, not the exact moment when she turns around. Overall pretty good work.

Dave H Shovlin:

This idea is priceless. You could push her gesture a bit more when she turns to face him. I might just go with a simple hand-off instead of a drop.

mohinder kaur:

Haha. Original context for the dialogue. Might have worked better if the lady acted knowingly suprised (I know..kind of a contradiction in terms) and the guy was actually in on the idea of trying to free her from jail. Knife inside the cake scenario of sorts.

Ben Hammersley:

i would have liked to see a tighter shot of the characters, i had trouble following who was talking.