Coolibert shapes!; maybe the triangle one was the most "complete" one, but they all merged together on an unexpectedly entertaining shape sandwich. Also, the sound work is probably the best I've heard in your animations so far, it really helps setting the mood.
On a sidenote I honestly though this was going to be 5 seconds long, maybe I should do my homework...
Also, hands are a pain 50% of the time...
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... terrific stuff, I'm very impressed with this one. It's an surprisingly ambitious, if somewhat simple and short movie, that manages to do an awful lot in just 2 minutes. Allow me to detail my review:
- The drawing style is very simple for the 3 segments, it's only a step above stick figure, but the animation is extremely fluid and you've made one very stylish movie to boot, so top marks on this aspect. Take the backgrounds, it's as simple as it gets, but the few times the backgrounds matter, such as in the 'rain' and the factory, you pay just enough attention to make them fit.
I also really liked the intro and outro via the cyclops, she's very well drawn and animated, with a pretty unique and interesting look, and the intro and outro serve to create a surreal, but somehow very logical link between everything. Overall, despite it's simplicity, I enjoyed the drawings and I definitely feel that you deserve kudos for the very well done animation throughout.
- Music, well, there isn't any, really, so I can't comment on this aspect...
- ... but the sound effects, oh boy, you made excellent use of your sound effects, both those that serve to illustrate and punctuate scenes, i.e., the short musical snippets, the background chatter, the film projector sound, and the ones used for specific on-screen actions, such as the dying sound, the footsteps, etc. This movie has some excellent sound design, it really does, you seemed to have spent a good amount of time with this and it's paid off, as it really serves to make the movie all the more powerful.
- On a similar vein, the voice acting is excellent, I love how you've mixed the two voices and added appropriate distortions, it's unworldly without being too alien.
- The stories themselves aren't wholly original, I've certainly seen other tales of how people think others see themselves, of how the requirements of a job can lead to distortion of ourselves, and, of course, how the loneliness of rejection feels, and they barely qualify as stories in so much that they're very, very short.
But you present these stories in a very original manner, surprisingly original, and in a compelling and interesting way, which is why the movie works. We've not used to having shapes tell us stories like that, and you make use of their proprieties to convey emotions and feelings very well. I also think that length of the movie is spot-on, at most you could have added one more story before it would be a bit too much, and I like the flow, both of the movie and of each story itself.
So, keeping my review short, this is a very well made, somwhat simple, but highly effective movie that's very interesting to watch and has some real ambition to it.
For all that, cheers and kudos! Look forward to your next work. :)
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Cool style, esp. liked the sounds!
Hey, I remember the art you made for this earlier! :D (Well, "Dysmorphia" too, of course).
It was an interesting watch. The style, most of all, is really great.
Awesome job ;)
Without a doubt the best flash of February. Great job experimenting with the physics of each shape and adding more creativity in the next scene.