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tmahony
09-21-2004, 11:44 PM
Hello all.

I am new to cgtalk, but I've been posting for a while on sites like www.3dbuzz.com (http://www.3dbuzz.com/). I recently finished my first short film, entitled "Anomaly" and I am looking for feedback. The film is about five minutes long, and it is about a robot that finds himself "enlightened" on the production line. It is set to Radiohead's "Everything in it's right place" on their "Kid A" album.

I did the film while studying at the New York Film Academy (http://www.nyfa.com/) at Harvard University this past summer. I finished the modelling, rigging, animating, lighting, rendering, compositing and editing in just four weeks.. and this was with pretty much zero prior experience.

I would like to invite you to check it out either on the New York Film Academy's screening room (http://www.nyfa.com/program/animation/screening_room.html), or on my website: taylor.mahony.org/3d (http://taylor.mahony.org/3d) where you can find stills and a quicktime version.

Please feel free to offer any suggestions, critiques, or other feedback.

Thank you everyone!

-Taylor
marc001
09-22-2004, 08:59 PM
The lighting needs work. Since the surfaces are plain, you will have to compensate with radiosity, global illumination, or hdri to improve the rendering. The raytracing helps. I've noticed some of the reflections. Moving items need motion blur. Add depth of field. Use fonts that are easy to read. The pace is slow, and needs editing to make it quicker. Study your favorite music videos for hints on timing the shots. Make those fixes and post an updated version.
tmahony
09-29-2004, 05:31 PM
Thanks for the crit marc001!

Yeah, I did this during my first four weeks of formal training, so I didn't even know about motion blur, HDRI, depth of field, etc.. and as I learned about them, I couldn't really encorporate them into the project or I would have changed the look mid stream.

But thanks for the critique.. I'll work on those things and let you know how it turns out. Unfortunately I don't have the array of captive computers on which to render, so I don't think I can get it done in four weeks like I did on the first try. ;)

Thanks again.

-taylor
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