A Gift
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Sue Houston:
I think overall it's very nice. I like the staging.
I think you could pick and choose your gestures more, maybe getting rid of some to emphasize the key points of the dialog.
Ethan Cooksmith:
this one is ok...but the maybe pose just cracks me up
Carlos Chavez:
all the gestures seem to have the same intensity...also there's too much up nd odwn on the hips..
hope tha helps
Amdbcg:
I like the concept :)
I especially like that part at the end @282 where he looks like he's doing a wallace and grommit pose :P
@197 - that pose doesn't quite have enough anticipation for it
Corey McDaniel:
Your poses and animation itself are very nice, it just doesnt seem to match the tone of the dialogue.
Ed Lucas:
The lip sync at "Then I have ever been at seems off. I especially love the fathers attitude at "At once you acknowledge..." Nice job bro
Ed. Hull:
Nice animation, but father seems to overact the tone of the dialog.
Matt Hirengen:
a little over-acted, but nicely done.
Josh:
I like his poses, but there's too much sporatic jitteryness going on.
Tim Roberts:
I liked the pointing to his own head, but this didn't match the speech as well. Good job overall.
Christopher Salamat:
animation is good, but the acting choices towards the end, after frame 150, may be a little too much for the audio.
Matthew:
Don't have him shake like that. It looks like he's a spaz.
Becky Gamin:
I think a little too much up and down motion, the jumpy up and down motion on the man's torso works, but it's over utilized a bit. Pair it down to a few "bops" and it will be much more effective.
David Higgins:
The animation was good but a little to exaggerated for the tone of the dialogue.
Kevin Scott:
maybe a little over exaggerated in places.
Walker Sultzbach:
I love your take on this.
chrisbyk:
Nice one, but some of your poses last too long.
Martin Silfvast:
good effort, the hand movements feels a little bit symmetrical and stiff. some offsetting could be nice maybe.
Raasi N:
Overall a nice piece , just a suggestion - I think the father looks a little bit more aggressive/agitated than the dialogue...
rajeshk:
his fateher look mad.. : ) too much over acting..
Erik Griott:
very energetic
Carol Cheng:
Good but too many big poses.
Mark Homoky:
This is superb. Nice simple background setting the scene and very smoothly animated characters. I particularly love the reference to 'once you acknowledge that' with the finger stabbing at his left temple and also the shaking hands. Very expressive and must have taken quite a long time to produce to this high a standard.
Well done and good luck.
Andy Hass:
It's a nice performance, but in my opinion it is far too exagerrated to match the audio performance, which is very contained. If you recorded yourself shouting the dialog, I'll bet it would work.
Ace:
nice hand movements! love the 'maybe' part lol
Jonathan Gonçalves:
way to exaggerated...
Florent Perrin:
Some very cool moments, but, I think you want to tell to much in this short amount of time... Make choices would improve your scene a lot!!
:)
Chad Swanson:
lol love it. The facial expressions on the father are great. Specially when he says "maybe" and shakes his hands. good job.
Ashwani:
mood so much exasarated
Thiago Calçado:
needs to improve the hands when he says " MAY BE", I think.









Animator: Sten Platz
Description: Dad defends his son’s special gift for playing Gameboy (in school...).
Experience: 3 years
Time taken: 5 days