Animation: Mother's Day

[ThirdEye]

Congratulations for your degree :thumbsup:

[Shaykai]

haha, your film scared me. When he first walked in and there was no sound, i wasn't absolutly sure if there was no sound or if the sound was just quiet, so i turned up my volume. LOL then the music starts up when he gets into the room! omg, haha.
I liked it :)

[edaddy]

ha - oh man that was twisted! but i liked it, especially the ending...

I thought some of the animation was weak, mainly the main characters reactions at certain parts, and the music you chose didn't neccessarily appeal to me either..... Although it was better the second time i watched it.

Overall good job -

:thumbsup:

[=kz=]

Awsome mike!
Good work man, nice to see it all done, congrats on finishing everything!

:buttrock: :buttrock: :buttrock: :buttrock: :drool:

[ytrabbit]

I htought this vid was awesome! From concept to characters, models to execution (no pun intended), you should be proud of your work. I wish you the best in your career and welcome to the community!:applause:

[dongle]

Absolutly great work. I really like your character designs, they are spot on, and the animation is exactly what it should be all the way through. I was really amazed by how solid and well put together this is, I like everything about it. Projects like this make me want to do my own short animation. Siggraph and festival material all the way.

-Simeon 3D38

[dongle]

Absolutly great work. I really like your character designs, they are spot on, and the animation is exactly what it should be all the way through. I was really amazed by how solid and well put together this is, I like everything about it. Projects like this make me want to do my own short animation. Siggraph and festival material all the way.

-Simeon 3D38

[Ultragames]

HAHAHAHAHAHAH! :beer:

[hurlyburly]

hehe! good characters! funky music.. the girl looks like my cousin linda eh?!

good work, keep it up

:beer:

[aenema]

great movie :thumbsup:

[pablov]

that is a beutiful piece:buttrock: :buttrock: :buttrock:

[ORBITAL]

:airguitar

That's friggin great, I loved it...

[ThirdEye]

Did you use FG, GI or scanline lighting?

[DangerousLlama]

HAHAHA thats great... :applause:

[John Lee]

WELL what i can i say? i definately wasn't expecting that. But i have to agree with edaddy about the animation and the music! But congrats on actually getting a film finished. I been doing my film now and it's the 6 mouth. But i got 2 mouths left to complete it!!

keep it up.

John Lee

[Danilo Almeida]

Congratulations Mike.

Very nice piece of work.

The character movent you create keeps us really busy watching your video.

You could also implement your scenario with some more elements into it, giving a better impression and realism, even with your cartoon style, and you could definately give a special attention to facial expression modeling. That's where the cartoon style is based in. Well .... good luck. Hope to have a chance to see your video improved.

Once again congratulations.

DANILO ALMEIDA.

[digital_rhino]

Excellent piece! Sick, Twisted, and Hilarious...which is always a great combination!:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Enrique Gato]

Really funny piece!! Two main crits: animation should be improved a lot, and sometimes the camera shots are a bit slow.

Only one question. Who's being killed by the woman?

Good work! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[langoon23]

That was great. Fab job Mikey. Well worth the wait to see. Can't wait for your next sick and twisted idea to be finished.

Langen

[E.Z. Schwartz]

It's very good, but I think the lack of sound effects hurts it a good bit. Good job other than that! I really liked the style.

Ezra

[stephen2002]

that was really, really, really, really, really strange, and funny :D

anyway, the younger girl could use more expression in her mouth. It was really funny seeing somebody like her hacking up somebody. That was also some odd reactions in the guy.

There could be more expression in the faces, but overall it was good.

Now what was actually under the plate :p

[Lukashi]

That was really good, i would have enjoyed some opening sounds like the door closing and stuff, its just odd how theres no sound at that point, but i enjoyed it ***** from me :thumbsup:

[alchoi]

Damn that's good ...

Much better than that "El Aguerro" piece ...

Talk about derivative ... How many cartoons did that guy rip off for his piece again?

It's good to see some truly original work ...

Heheheheh

Nicely done man .... it turned out great .... and thanks for the nod in the credits ...

Hope to see you around ....

Al.

(I'm gonna miss you guys :( BAAWL!!)

[Dearmad]

I just love these VFS grads... they sign up for their CGTalk account and post ONE (1), that's Numero Uno y'all reads usually like: "Hi, I just finished a film and here it is:" [d/l available at great broadband speeds].

So funny to me.:arteest:

[Mike Fetterly]

Hey all,

thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated.


-ThirdEye_01-

I used FG with a stupidly high accuracy (2000 for most shots)


-edaddy and neolee 40-

Our animation supervisor agreed with you about the music...until I caught him humming it a few days later.
It actually grows on you. ;)


-E.Z. Schwartz and Lukashi-

The sound effects issue is something I'm dealing with right now.
There are a few more on the way (mainly at the start, keys in door, door opening), a group of sound design students are working on them. I was hoping to go for more of a music video approach and stick mainly to the music, but you're right, it's pretty empty at the start.


Mike

[rexfang]

Good job Mike....it's good to see your piece............nice!!

http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=45995

[mahir]

Hi there! This is the first time i'm replying to any animation i've watched in here, and that's coz i think this is a really nice piece of work. The style is simple and clean but oh so effective. The viewer focuses on the animation of the characters and the story, and not so much on the sets and details. I was hoping that maybe the very last shot (after the credits) would reveal who is actually under that cover.Just goes to show how engaging the piece really is.

That sweet psychotic wife seems inspired (very heavily i suspect) by the girl in the Japanese movie "The Audition" though. Am i right?

You could enhance the story a bit more by maybe hinting at who is under that cover. You could maybe make the mother-in-law (?) complain about her husband who hasn't been home for awhile.

Great work nonetheless :drool:

I am Mahir.

[LPlasma]

Overall it's a nice piece, but on a piece with (no offense) no in depth modeling, I felt the animation was lacking in a lot of areas. I would try to refine it as much as you can with such a simple scene/characters. The story + such was nice, but overall I felt it could have been executed better. Also, I think you would have been better off with absolutely no sound instead of what's in there right now. The song itself is semi-decent, but wholly out of place and abruptly introduced. Until you have a complete soundtrack in there, it'd be best to leave that out or at the very least fade it in so it isn't a slap in the viewer's face.

[Mike Fetterly]

-Mahir-

You nailed it! Eihi Shiina's character in Audition was a huge inspiration, right down to her outfit in that amazing final scene.

-LPlasma-

No offense taken :) On my next project I'll get through the modelling stage a lot faster and be able to focus entirely on animation. About the music, however, it is abrupt and out of place, but so was his wife slaughtering somebody in their kitchen. That's what I was going for. It was a slap in his face too :)

[Lunatique]

Very cute.

How long did it take you to do the whole thing?

[emailsux]

Nice work Mike. I love the 2nd to last shot with the reflection in the platter. I think the music suits it fine, but mabey having some sound effects at the beging will help soften the introduction of the music.

Good stuff

:beer:

[Maroonie]

Hah hah Awesome!

[kr3ml]

Really nice animation... very fast movment in a funny way...hmm... the song is good to... nice story to man

:thumbsup:

[whtnoise]

mike,

great work dude, no comments or crits, just great, original, sick and twisted stuff, always wondered what exactly you had brewin in class.... cheers to 3d36!

- jesse

[baglunch]

Lunatique,

We get about a couple months to develop story, design characters, storyboard, etc. A couple months to model characters and sets, rig, weight, etc. And a couple months to animate. Keep in mind that we're very much students and still learning throughout the process. We get six months of training beforehand in classical animation, life drawing, 3D modeling, animation, lighting, texturing, and rendering. It's a very immersive program. I'm pretty embarrassed of how long it takes me to accomplish anything decent in 3D, but I know I'll get better as I go.

This long-winded essay is the result of my being embarrassed at being a little behind schedule on my own project. heh. Back to work.

[ts9236]

Hey Mike,

Good job! :beer:

I like your work as you know.
Good luck and see you sometime soon.

Useless Ted

[froggyplat]

lol, i loved it! really entertaining. the way you cut in the music was perfect.

great exaggerated motion. also, the reaction shot with the guy's face reflected on the lid was nice.

the part that i got a little lost on was the book. is it a photo album? why do we see that picture when the book is closed? the picture isn't on the cover..?!

excellent work. thanks for sharing:)

[spitfirefilms]

That was so very... very... disturbing... We loved it.

Also... to make you feel pretty good I showed it to a veteran 3D animator for movies and TV and he said that he was VERY impressed and could tell you were going to go far.

[wasted weasel]

that was a great bit of animation,

maybe the guy could use a little more in terms of mouth expressions, but either way. it's great, i see such fantastic work from the vancouver film school.

i am also interested in the length of time you spent on this?

great work:bounce:

[Mike Fetterly]

-wasted weasel-

I spent roughly 7 months on the project. Reading that makes me wince, I know I could do it a lot faster now.

-froggyplat-

Ummm...yeah, you caught me :)
That was a photo album he grabbed, but as my deadline was fast approaching and I didn't have an open book modelled...I cheated.
You're the first to mention it so I hope it's not too glaring...but it bugs me too...That's one of the things I learned at the school, that sometimes you have to sacrifice certain elements in order to bring everything in on time. Of course, maybe that picture was on the cover...;)


Mike

[jchoi]

:buttrock: Mike, glad to see that you've put everything together and that you put up a hard work in it.

Keep it up! :thumbsup:

[Xell]

hmm i like the song ...
could u tell me the band / song name pls?


btw.... GREAT MOVIE :airguitar :thumbsup:

[webfox]

I didn't have an open book modelled...I cheated.

First off, I enjoyed this more than just about any other animation I've downloaded since "Tripping the Rift."

The camera moves, the pacing, and even though it's not perfect, that stumbling run is still first rate.

I noticed the book didn't get opened and I noticed how the flowers turned around 180 degrees when they get passed off, but none of it really detracted from the video.

Adding the sound of the key as he lets himself in, like you are planning, is important so that it doesn't seem like he's breaking in or going to the wrong apartment.

Otherwise I wouldn't change a thing. I really love it.

Don't go all "Lucas" on it and change it much.

Thanks for sharing it with us. :applause: :thumbsup: :applause:

[rperkins]

Hey Mike, it´s awesome that you finished, I couldn´t download the reel because I don´t have a good conection in the third world, but I know its great from what I saw in the 3fort. I specially love the part where he gets out of the kitchen and he´s trying to act like nothing has happened. I think thats great acting, great body motion. Your peace is one of the only peaces that I´ve seen that show good acting with the body.

Great work!!!

Raphael

[Joril]

Lol, great animation :)

Btw,
What's the name of that song?!
I can't get it out of my head :surprised

[webfox]

By "For him and the girls"

Title: "Maniacs"

[nomad_girl]

congratulations on finishing such a good piece of work! the animation on the guy is fun and snappy- i can really feel his exasperation and nervousness. such a twisted theme...... i like it!!!

you guys are such an inspiration to us, I look forward to seeing what is to come.

best of luck!

[Mike Fetterly]

"For Him and the Girls" is the name of the album, Hawksley Workman is the artist.



Mike

[Xell]

thanks :D

[froggyplat]

Originally posted by Mike Fetterly

Ummm...yeah, you caught me :)
That was a photo album he grabbed, but as my deadline was fast approaching and I didn't have an open book modelled...I cheated.

lol, whoops! i opened a can of worms.

really, i don't think it detracts too much from the piece. the action shows what's happening, so it's not out of place. :)

[Hostile 17]

Man, i just love your piece. i think it turned out just perfect. Awsome job. javascript:smilie(':bounce:')
bouncy

[asia]

Awsome job mike!

I just love the movement of the charaters arms and fingers! They look absolutely natural and smooth on the eyes. I especially like the shots where you can see the wife and the mother's hand movements. Man, that must have taken a l.....o.....n......g........ time!

Another thing. You get a five star for originality and style! Good luck on your job hunting!

[unlikelyhero]

inspirational mike, truly.:buttrock:

[chenling]

mike~ it's hilarious! i like the story, animation, the timing is great!
good job! :bounce:

eva

[Stooge]

Great looking piece......and by the way.....gammy's hot!

Shiu CHeung
3d34

[asia]

I hear there's going to be an updated version with all the sounds. There were some real good suggestions made in this thread. Hope your sound guy will come through with this. Post your updated version soon.

[dbach]

NICE JOB MIKE !! Although the book thing is a little anoying I just couldn't stop smiling, I thought it was excellent! Good luck in the future.

Out,
Don

[Carlingue]

Superb job !

[Pfister]

Congrats on your graduation and great film!

Ron:applause:

[Chong]

i love u mike.

[RudyHaynes]

Nicely done , keep up the work!!! Congrats on your degree

[Morten_Jensen]

I just loved Mike Takashi´s "audition", and I must say this is a great spoof :buttrock:

Keep em comming...



Best regards Morten

[Lapsus]

Love your work...nice stuff!

Did you see this VFS reel?

There is a familiar model and character in there. What do you think?

[zazaki]

I really exciting all the movie ,and really want to know what gonna happen!! , I 'm seeing all the credit hopley something gonna reveal after that!!,but nothing ??
I love this piece ,but the end kinna disappoint me
good job anyway.

[mehdianim]

yeah as some people have noticed the girl character looks like the pretty psycho from "Audition".
Fun stuff anyway, I wish there were sound effects to go with the music.
Very fun piece though. :D
good job, and good luck finding work, you should'nt have too much trouble though.

[Abhinav3d]

I like the look of it.
But i wish u had shown the ending...
aslo a photo in the room somewhere showing the guy and his Mom togehter would have helped the audience to relate better..

None the less. u have graduated out of VFS...something i did a year ago...that itself is an accomplishment... I know how hard it is .....
Keep it up..
Looking forward for more of your work..

~Abhi

[a111]

Very nice!:buttrock: :buttrock: :buttrock: :buttrock:

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