Time to Call the Authorities

Final Rating: 4.66. Finished: 43 out of 119 entries.
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Animator: Nathan Hibberd

Description: Two guys and a body find themselves in an unfortunate situation and debate the best course of action.

Experience: About 2 and a half years.

Time taken: Maybe around 15-20 hours. Didn't really keep track.

Comments:

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Emmanuel:

When they go to stand up, you can probably take away that extra camera angle and just go to the next one just like on frame 236. When the guy in the blue starts to talk, make sure we see the body. It leaves us confused when you leave it at the end unless you have a purpose.

James Wilson:

good idea for this one.

Gregory Marlow:

very nice. a few unclear poses but otherwise very good.

Ken Rice:

Good animation - I feel it has a bit of a weak ending though, just the head (lip sync feel out here too).Bit of twinning going on too.
Good stuff.

Brandon:

Haha... He pokes him with a stick.. That's worth an extra star :)

Mariah:

Usually camera moves bug me, but this is nice.

Ryan Lowe:

the smile on 125 isnt really selling the characters emotion.

Taber Dunipace:

Very nice! Great mouths and body accents, and nice acting too. The camera angle is hurting my understanding of the action a bit, especially when the character's head is filling screen but is turned away. Also that acting can be pushed WAY farther! Great job!

Michel Giguère:

Nice characters, very good facial expressions. Clear and easy to read. Maybe just a little too much pose to pose with the blue guy, some more smoothing in the tansitions would have made it even better. Good work.

Erik Westlund:

Interesting staging choices. 180 degree turn for screen right character is a little forced. Why wouldn't he just turn back the from where he was originally and start walking? Admittedly, you get some nice reversals out of the choice but it still seems forced. Seamless cut on action around 203; well done. Screen right character has no facial reaction to argument of character on screen left as they are walking. Reaction at end is still not quite strong enough. Tight close-up makes reaction intimate but also makes it difficult to have the same intensity as the audio. It can be done, but not with the relatively straight move you have into the last pose on "bupkis".

Lisa Taylor:

Really nice. The only thing Id suggest is animating the hips and shoulders more on the walk. Really great work though.

Ezra Allen:

weve got bupkis needs a bit more emphasis I think.

good effort

Bill:

Good staging.

RJay Bengelink:

Nice use of cameras

Avner Engel:

Nice staging, I like the camera angles you had going at the beginning, however I think the part where the two of them are walking away from the dead body is detracting from the tension you are were building in the first two shots. Just something to think about.

Victor Wong:

I like the scene cutting that you have going on here.

Phillip Johnson:

I liek the cuts, this is a solid shot.

Brian Boswell:

Some of the actions seem to catch up to the audio a little too late.

sharad kumar:

that bupkis pose can be made stronger!....keep workin hard.

sean connolly:

i really like the staging and most of the acting choices. there might be one too many poses on "now that were...". you might want to get rid of or tone down the pose at 150.