The Mail

Final Rating: 6.79. Finished: 4 out of 43 entries.
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Animator: Oren Bentov

Description: Alfred is pushed to open someone else's mail by Blok the mafia dude.

Experience: about 6 years

Time taken: about 24 hours over two weeks

Comments:

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Erik Griott:

very nice, although my friend and i examined that if the gun comes out a couple seconds earlier to add some anticipation, and the guy slowly saw it, i think it would add more impact to your overall scene.

Rich Lauzon:

Good expressions. Good timing. Very clear

David:

wow! first entry I watched and it blew me away.

C. J. Cow:

i luv the squashy heads, but i dunno if you r maybe overdoing it just alittle bit. the acting is great, and that push with two fingers is a great touch

Dave H Shovlin:

I can't think of anything I would change. Very strong work.

Jett Atwood:

Not bad but he's a bit overposed...and the character in back is reacting a little too early. Let the guy deliver the dialogue and THEN react to it.

P Walters:

Nice. I like the characters and how they're positioned. Nice facial expressions. the hands feel a bit overly dramatic. Nice squash and stretch on the head. I like the choice of the gun and email on a computer.

Yeray Díaz Díaz:

Good job, only a little timing issues on some poses. The main character moves around too much for my taste. Nice idea twist with the computer mail.

jeff beck:

i thought it was really good but you may want to watch some of your hand gestures

Frank Collazo:

nice finger animation

Marcos Borba Moreira:

nice poses, good timing, very smooth, i liked it!!!

gerardo:

Very good job, I like poses and movements

Virgil Mihailescu:

hihihihi, this one's a winner (for me). hehe. I've seen a few that tried to copy this scenario, but they didn't make it really logical. this one here works great! I like the animation, clean and expressive, but most of all, the idea!

Missy Feaster:

Squooshy animation, very nice. :) I like that you give your character plenty of time to register what he sees before responding.

miles southan:

Wow, my second to last animation to rate and it's by far the best one! Great job!

Aaron Clement:

Good ending and love the facial expression! Not sure about the acting choice at the start... the motion for the most part felt good.

Aaron Jonas:

Nice work!! good squash and stretch

Christopher Lutz:

Nice animation. Maybe in the first part the red guy overacts a bit.

Marty Cole:


Simon Bean:

Some great facial poses in here, Really good!

Bilal Ahmad:

a good and strong animation... very well conveyed.

Juliano Bezerra:

Very good animation...congratulations!

Leon Gittens:

nice animation and fun idea, did i miss something does alfred have squash and stretch in the face or did you at it? good stuff

Alison K. Sanders:

REALLY GOOD!! You have some really nice gestures, solid mechanics going on. I also like the situation that you have setup, it works well with the dialogue. I especially like the gestures/facial expressions that the green guy is doing when the other guy is talking, they are nice & lively, but they don't detract from the main character talking. Very nice work :)

Veara Suon:

I love this piece, it was different from opening a regular mail.

Gregory Marlow:

Nice

Victor Wong:

With the exception of the first gesture, everything looks to be in sync. Good expressions on both characters. There's some volume issues with the second character, the attempt to move him back and forth isn't quite successful. Other than that, good work.

Chris Smith:

Great effort! Best one I've viewed yet.
Looks like you used silhouette quite a bit in this. Movements are clear and sharp, and you've used the animation principles well.
One thing that would have turned this from 7 stars to 9 is from frames 137 to 196, the actions are a TAD overdone. There's probably a little TOO much emphasis/overlap in the hand gestures of the guy on the left, which is a little distracting for me.
Probably cut back a little on the emphasis, IMO.
Otherwise, good job.

vic:

good acting sense... but too many poses and at some places u r losing timing

Taber Dunipace:

The animation quality is very good over-all in this scene. I think their interactions and expressions tell the story well and the staging is nice. I'm a little off-put by the sudden change of mind which leads to Bloke pulling out a gun, and I think it could've been better handled by indicating his growing wrath more clearly, or by having Alfred indicate his nervousness at being forced to open someone else's mail by a dangerous person.

David Shum:

Love your poses!
Timing and arcs are great!
and the punch on "ethical" is great!
sweet stuff dude :P

The green dude's right hand jumps back a bit too quickly :/ and takes focus away a little bit
(frame 56-62)

Brian Nicolucci:

A very funny take on the audio.

The acting was well done, though a bit big at times.

Jônatas Kerr de Oliveira:

nice!

Scott Farrell:

cute idea! A lot of cliche acting choices, he looks like hes reciting a poem from memory rather then thinking this internally. The head stretch (or side squash at 129 is really noticible and distracting. IF you stretch or squash the head I should feel it a lot more than I see it.

Christiaan Moleman:

Pretty nice, but I think the way he brings his hand up on frame 90 is waaaay too much.

Also the key press at the end is too much straight down. Arcs are your friend.

Mike Courtney:

The green guy becomes still for a bit too long at times. The interaction is good.

Max Herzfeld:

The faces and focuses are great. However the little push at the begining doesn't say anything. The last picture however communicates great.