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Final Rating: 4.21. Finished: 57 out of 119 entries.
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Animator: peter adams

Description: Two people having a phone conversation. Should they go to the authorities?

Experience: 4 yrs

Time taken: 2 days, off and on

Comments:

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Jeffrey Dekker:

I think the walk cycle could be stronger. His hips seem to be really far back. Try and have the character lean forward as he gets out of the chair instead of lifting himself with one arm.

Gregory Marlow:

Looks a little floaty.

Jonathan Wondrusch:

The animation feels almost like it has a stop motion vibe to it. Good use of color. Work on the mechanics of the characters, as well as more defined acting choices.

Jean-Luc Delhougne:

Nice animation, but it could be improved a lot... like the walk cycle for instance.

Jon Houston:

Weird camera angle, soft action

Carlos Fins:

orange guy looks off balance and crooked.

Louis Ng:

Nice render :)

I'm not sure why the start of the shot with the first guy is so biased to the screen left though.

david maas:

nice staging idea, colors also jhelp. More potential within this though - ie. the camera framing etc.
The animation is solid but doesn't get quite into the character.

Michel Giguère:

Great idea to have them on the phone. Animation looks good, but needs more variety with the walking guy. The interaction of the other guy with the chair looks very good to me. Nice clip.

lizzie:

actions aren't hitting the emphasis' of the words

Russell:

The walk cycle has very little weight.

The staging of the characters in frame is really distracting. It doesn't help the animation.

Parts of the hand clip through objects. Make sure this doesn't happen.

When people are talking on the phone, they interact with the world differently than in person. The "1,2" hand gestures probably wouldn't happen over the phone because those are used to represent the idea visually. Film yourself or a friend talking on the phone.


Romain Digonnet:

Missing anticipation and momentum in the movements, which takes away part of the weight.

Mathias AUBRY:

the idea of them being separated is good but I find it's really dangerous to have a character walking in the contest. And we can see that you just had a cycle and it needed more. he should have stop to make gesture to emphasise what he was saying!
need more strong poses!

sean connolly:

i like the editing you've used. you might want to push the inbetweens a bit and keep them from being so even (the walk cycle in particular).

Phillip Johnson:

- Orange, looks like he's leaning really far to the left. His right elbow swings oddly and his left arm floats all the time.
- Blue, his poses are unclear, legs move too fast off the table

Erik Westlund:

Heavy on the design. Nice work with color. The dutch angle on the 'orange' sequences is a little off because character's face is so close to the frame and because the angle looks like he is falling. Movement in both 'blue' and 'orange' sequences appears to be in slow motion. The counting on figures 1, 2 for "espionage and murder" seems artificial and is hidden inside the silhouette of the character. Lip-sync on orange character not matching audio.

Chris Niewinski:

The walkcycle is distracting.

jonas bech:

the animation is good and i love the background

pep:

great idea of seperating two character with 2 " phone scene",But i am not sure if i favour the camera angle on the first character, and his walk seems floating to me for some reason.I also suggest when he said "now we can cut i deal"maybe he can stop walking ,maybe that will stronger his emotion there.

Ken Vass:

nice rendering and colours!! the lip synch seems off however, and the staging is a bit weird...i know thats what your going for but keep in mind about the resolution gate and rule of thirds. Lastly, hands are very floaty

chloé:

good rendering. But the animation need to be work.

padraig post:

Nice premise but the camera angle on the dude walking seemed a bit weird.
Guy on the chair was better though.

Brian Boswell:

The dutch angle on walking guy was a little distracting. The camera movement in the last shot seemed to anticipate the action. Otherwise a very solid animation.

Micah Betts:

The orange character's walk cycle is a bit strange, like he's bending his knees to much. The motion of his walking doesn't really seem to express what he's thinking, either.

Blue character looked good, I would have liked to see more weight shifting in the chair when he turns around quickly.

gerardo castellanos:

1 - 29 and 92 - 138 : fix the elbow

I don’t like the walk, try to fix it, or leave this guy stand by

Jason Smith:

Great job, the walk cycle doesn't flow very natural it's too bouncy.

Paul Vicol:

I really liked this one!
Unique idea to have them talking on the phone, and I really loved the contrasting color schemes between the two.
It's interesting that the orange guy has an orange background, but I think he still stands out surprisingly well!
Great work!