Mirroring
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Ken Rice:
Some nice animation here - but I found the camera angles and mirrors a bit confusing
J K:
I like the idea with the Mirror. Needs work on the lip syncing though.
Koty Juliano:
lost in camera editing, lip sync is off at times.
Jeffrey Dekker:
neat idea, you could have held out and put the shot of him talking to himself at the very end. That could help with the gag a bit.
Ryan Lowe:
render looks good. good lighting choices. acting choices aren't that strong. lip synch is off. decent phenomes though. facial expression lacks.
Erik Westlund:
Not buying the talking into mirror because 'he's crazy' scenario. Voices in audio are distinct and therefor separate. Hands appear stiff as does movement of torso. Hands don't appear to stay on hips around frames 67-113. Hand on head at frame 250 appears as if he is picking something off of his head. (frame numbers correspond to your frame count)
Jean-Luc Delhougne:
The idea is not very original, but it's not bad. Try to refine your animation with some nice overlapping and subtle touches.
Mike DeGar:
Not quite sure I understand whats going on here, some shots seem like hes talking to himself in the mirror others do not. Anyways the movements and lipsychncs seemed pretty good :) keep up the good work
Jon Houston:
Very confusing with the hand in front of the camera
Mariah:
Great idea. Body could use more movement, and the lip sync feels off.
Jonathan Wondrusch:
nice idea. animation needs a fair bit more polish though. animation doesnt quite match the intensity of the line read at parts either.
Dan Dulberger:
The animation was kinda bland. First clip looked very promising, desite the slight out of sync. The hand infront of the camera was bad.
Andy Cunial:
Fun idea.
John T. Coomey:
The animation is a bit floaty. try get it a bit more snappy. also its not cear what he throws off screen in shot 5
Taber Dunipace:
The camera cuts were really confusing because you broke the 180 rule several times, which changed the character position in a seemingly random way.
That said, I like the setup and animation job. Try to pose your characters a bit more naturally; film yourself for reference.
sean connolly:
i like the idea. especially in the beginning when we actually see him change character within the shot. you might want to think about having a bigger beat on "now". and in frames 150-170 you may want to move those legs a bit.
Russell:
Watch out for body interpenetration. Hands going into torsos just doesn't work.
The concept is cool, but it is really confusing. The cutting of the camera detracts from the action of the animation.
The lip sync is a little off. The PMB shapes should have more screen time. Hold those shapes longer
Marco Palmieri:
weird camera choices. Stick to one or two angles and allow the viewer to settle into it. It's not clear at all here what is actually happening.
Romain Digonnet:
Too much camera change and the angles aren't helping us understand what is going on.
Not too sure about most of the acting choices, except that I like the "it's time we call the authorities"
Jon Graef:
Very clever concept. I like the idea behind the split personality, but maybe tighten up the camera cuts a little bit.
Bill:
Cute idea. The foreground hand moving through the top of the second-to-last shot is a bit of a distraction--I thought it was a boom mic!
Sam Caudill:
Cool concept and camera shots!
Lip-sync was really well done too. My main critique is that his hips stay pretty square throughout. Adding a little weight shift as he goes to different poses will add a lot more inflection.
Kevin:
needs a little lip-synch work
Avner Engel:
I am not too sure I get what's happening in your scene? Does the character have some sort of a multiple personality?
Pablo Piccione:
Nice Idea...perhaps a little bit more expression in the face...
Ken Vass:
better poses - twinning - staging
James O'Neill:
The camera cuts are confusing. Maybe one at the start to show the gag, but after that, lock it down. The mouth movement is too exaggerated, just tighten it up.









Animator: Alan Starship
Description: A man talking with himself in the mirror about calling the "authorities"...
Experience: Several years as 3D generalist, wanting to focus on animation only.
Time taken: about 3 days in the spare time