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Just play dead

by Paul Boogaards

Final Rating: 3.09. Finished #217 out of 290 entries.

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Animator

Paul Boogaards

Experience

5 years of animation school, 4 years of art classes and 2 years of acting school.

Time Taken

two weeks

Description

He tries to calm his friend.

Comments

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Fernando Incetta

The timing needs work, it looks floaty and random. The woman's walk and run cycles are pretty off too.

Jarl

The third character seems unnecessary. Leaving out the third character would allow you to focus more on the main character performances

Tom

Adding facial expressions would improve it greatly.

Joel Murphy

really funny idea. love the passer-by who over hears at the wrong time. Not sure why the two in the foreground are having the conversation in the first place. Could have used a little development in that regard. Also, consider "Staging." This could have been a lot easier if you chose a tighter cam. angle. You wouldn't have had to animate an entire walk cycle for the passer by. Just upper bodies.
Some of the poses feel un natural and aren't reading well in silhouette. watch their hands. It would be uncomfortable to twist your hand the way they do. Reposing them so that the negative space shows could really help!

Imon Branch

the body movement needs to improve