All Roads (NATA)
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- crossroads
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Credits & Info
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Author Pahgawk
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Music Spades
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- Jun 3, 2012 | 8:36 AM EDT
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- Daily 2nd Place June 4, 2012
- Weekly 4th Place June 6, 2012
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NATA 2012 - Round 1 Animations with the theme, "The Elephant in the Room."
Author Comments
Well, here's my submission for the NATA Novice Round! The theme was "The Elephant in the Room." There are no literal elephants here, of course. I went with the metaphor about having a large, overwhelming issue at hand (or something along the lines of that.) As far as the storyline goes, I guess this is sort of a bit of a sequel to Masquerade because it discusses another chapter in life, sort of. It is hopefully less depressing, though. The happy ending was intended from the start.
In terms of the animation style, I experimented a lot with this (probably more than is initially evident.) I did a lot more frame-by-frame than usual, and although it's still pretty shaky, I think it's getting better, so that's nice. I also started using the same sort of very limited colour scheme that I did in my last video for NATA, but I quickly found that using just blues and purples looked visually boring, so I branched out a bit. Each object or character only has two or three shades of a colour, but entire scenes are now more colourful. I also went a little overboard with vignettes and colour effects overtop of the final product, but I think they help make things look less flat and more appealing. Hopefully.
I also did a bunch of little 3D things in this to test out how well it could be integrated. Some things (i.e. backgrounds) fit in better than objects that move in the foreground, but it's still a learning experience.
As far as music goes, as usual, I did all the music. The tracks in this are just bits and pieces of things I'm working on, so I'm not uploading them to the Audio Portal yet, but whenever I work them into standalone songs, I will. Also I got a sweet condenser microphone for my birthday so for my next video I will have no excuse to not do voices.
Anyway, that's all I have to say for now. I need a weeks' break so I don't go mad from exams/finals/my job/life. Good luck to all the other competitors! Can't wait to see your stuff!
Reviews
Rated 3 / 5 stars March 30, 2013
Oh come on... Having a job that pays just for the money is NOT a crime. What if I intend to do with that money much better things than I could ever do with music (supposedly I'd have been like that guy). And besides I LOVE business! Reading the business news once in every while makes my day along with listening to a lot of music.
That's totally fine. I guess the point I was trying to make is just don't do something that doesn't work for you, and for this character, business just wasn't working.
Rated 5 / 5 stars September 29, 2012
wow nicely done, there's no other way to describe it .....so incredible.....
Rated 5 / 5 stars September 17, 2012
Dave Pagurek. ive loved the work and effort you put into these videos. im a bi fan and if you make any new videos, im gonna watch then and give then all 5 stars!
Rated 5 / 5 stars August 2, 2012
i find it was a very nice entry. ;)
Rated 5 / 5 stars July 31, 2012
i dont know how you do it but every animation you make causes me to feel for the characters its amazingly animated and the music was spectacular keep up the great work man im very impressed