Espionage Gone Awry

Final Rating: 6.48. Finished: 5 out of 119 entries.
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Animator: Andy Wakeley

Description: Inside a super top-secret government facility...

Experience: 5 years as a student

Time taken: ~40 hours

Comments:

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Kent Wong:

good acting, but lips sync can be better i guess. Good job overall.

Joseph Leung:

Nice job. I thought the character on the right needed stronger acting to match his second line/verse. On the close ups, the lip sync can be better.

J K:

Dont know about the Kick at the end from the guy on the Left.. but overall VERY COOL!

Koty Juliano:

guy to the right could use more enthusiasm.

Jeffrey Dekker:

pretty good all around

Scott Douglas:

I like this one a lot.
Only one minor thing, the bald guy's head does not rotate at all on "great".

Jean-Luc Delhougne:

Nice subtle movements and good animation. I think poses at the end could be improved though...

Jon Houston:

Very good follow through. Very realistic action. good all around

Paulo Cesar Biajante:

Great acting!

Virgil Tanasa:

some of the actions seem a bit slow, but overall i like it! :)

Ryan Lowe:

saw this in wip. turned out ok. not as great as it looked in blocking. but still. good choices here and there. lip sync is off.

Taber Dunipace:

Really strong acting and animation for he most part. The bald man's last gesture seemed really weird and I wasn't seeing a lot going on in the faces to tell me what they're feeling. Strong overall.

E. Cooman:

Smooth animation, nice!

Russell:

Great job! Nice timing, good poses. Good secondary action. I think a few of the poses could have been snapped into a little quicker, some feel a little sluggish.

The cut when the character says "All the more reason..." seems unnecessary. You could have kept both people in frame and still got the same effect.

David Andrade:

I really like the action and stuff here, it's quite solid. I thinking picking up his cellphone in the beginning could be finessed more, it seems like a big action but I dont see the motivation behind it. Really like the screen left character. Very good acting and movement. Cool story too. Even though it may seem apart of the action, the foot slide from 39 on character right is distracting

Noel O'Malley:

Great idea.

Dan Forgione:

The animation was nice, but the performance didn't match I feel. There were some beats in the lines that could have been met, particularly the line "now that we are accessories to..." and " all the more reason to turn ourselves in.." And the last action on bubkis, turnin the character away from the other may not have been the best choise. It is a little disorientating, and overall feels a little "jerky"

Ezra Allen:

Nice the lipsynch needs work though.

Natascha Evans:

very smooth. Nice shoulders and good movements on the characters. Me likey!

Matt Garward:

REALLY nice work! Some great restrained, natural stuff. I'm not sold on the "bupkis" dancing move though... feels a bit big and strange. The word does call for a big move, but that doesn't seem to work right for me... like... it's directionless. He should be pushing that word somehere, like saying it at the other guy or something, and the spin robs it of power in a way. But regardless, the animation is really great. :)

Nolan:

I think this is a great idea. The animation and acting looks solid, I think the timing could be broken up in areas, specially in the larger actions.

Jose Stricklin:

Great Animation, and the dynamics between the characters comes across very well. My only grip is the sitting character - I feel he needs a little more 'oompf!' in his line delivery, but overall, fantastic work!

Romain Digonnet:

The lip-sinc isn't always coordinated.
Nice animation though and nice idea.
Not too sure about the "we've got bupkis" animation

Bill:

I like the earnest expression on the guy's face when he says "we can still cut a deal," though the shot might benefit if the camera were a little higher. Like hand draggin on the face and the flourish at the end.

Chris Niewinski:

I love everything except for the action when the guy says Butkus or whatever it is.

RJay Bengelink:

Well acted. almost to life like. lacks animation quality (over acting)

Erik Westlund:

Nice start on the dialog. Love the hand wiping the face. Subtle shifts in weight during dialog are working. Straight arm on "murder" seems forced and awkward. As audio ramps up, energy in performances don't keep pace. Foot kick and turn is a unique choice but seems to arrive out of nowhere.

Pablo Piccione:

Exclente movements and face expressions

Jonathan Paquin:

You're almost there, your physical action is really good but your lipsycnh seems quite off. The spin at the end lack a bit of coordination, it comes off as a bit weird. Good job nonetheless.

James Jones Jr:

really good, I haven't used that rig but I feel the facial could have been pushed to give more emotion in what they are actually saying

jonathan fontaine:

oh yeah !
that's subtle, i like
toob ad the final kick is not perfectly balanced..

Pete Shand:

Haha great concept, very nice animation, love the kick at the end.

Jason Smith:

I know it's about animation, but great job on the scene. Nice lighting and texturing! oh, and the animation's sweet too.