thanks

i have been a bit surprised with the early response and kind feedback to my student film Passing By
these nice chaps were kind enough to post my film on there video channels and websites:
The peg bar and grill 
Animated review
Everything Animated 
Animated film makers society  
Oanim
Vakukfilms
Info-graf

thanks a lot!

my student film: Passing By

Passing By completed at Central Saint Martins college of Art and Design 2011.  

At long last i have finally decided to upload my student film! many apologies to those who have waited so long to see what i ended up with (Laurent and Tori especially) i had initially planned to work into it more but i got caught up with other priorities. Then as the months flew by, i returned to the film but i felt i had grown as an animator and if i started to fiddle around with it id just end up re-animating the whole film. however i did tweek a couple of minor things that bugged me in the original version i graduated with. Now its time for me to move on. 

i really hope you all enjoy it!          

Last Minute Changes

clean up tests

Rough Animation CSM Week 25

This is a really sketchy version of the key frames of my film, at some points i have just cut my animatic.

Feedback from our rough cut crit was on the whole very positive. However It was suggested that I shorten the length of the first kiss as some people in the audience found it a tad 'creepy' that a young women was kissing an old man so passionately. I was initially a bit shocked by this reaction as i felt strongly about the scene and about showing mary as a loving and passionate women. I will try shorten it and see if i get my desired reaction of a small confused shock. Also people disliked the design of 'Mary' and thought that her Disney Princess appearance didn't fit with the feel of the film or the design of her husband 'Fran'. It was suggested that i make her more stylized in the same mode as 'Fran', less sexy and more (forgive the word) domestic. Fair comment i guess, although the rough cut was'nt animated on model. A few of the Scenes arn't timed exactly and rush by a bit too quickly.      

Right now i am ploughing through my scene's putting the characters on model and adjusting the animation not long left now!!  

Final Animatics

Calling all my blogging heros (you know who you are) please share your thoughts with me. Is something not reading well? should i change something? what would make it better or should i just start again? :)
the second animatic gives an idea of how it will work with the layouts. Im not entirely happy with the layouts but i don't really have time to go over them just now as i need to get on with the actual animation.

More Layout Practice

Tried very hard to keep my layouts as simple as possible yet at the same time very clear to the audience. wish i had more time to do more but then its not really my thing so i doubt they'd get much better than this. Saying that though i did actually go through two whole sketchbooks just to get to this level! better keep practicing. 

Character Development pt 3

some more scrappy sketches from my journal. 

Character Development pt 2

Character Development

 

Some early designs of Fran, hes looking more like an obese butcher than fragile oap so its back to work.more to come shortly. 

Layout Practice