"Tidy Monster" - short film by Tim Marchant

[moidphotos]

Fantastic to see this here Tim, it's certainly one of the most imaginative pieces of CG that's been produced in years and I hope other people viewing it will appreciate its atmosphere. Great stuff!:)

[Creature]

I certainly do! All thumbs up :thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Etch-a-Sketch]

Stunning work Tim. Well done for continuing to work so hard on it until it was the version you were happy with. And very well done for your achievement on Film Day too.

[Ulalias]

Artistically Innovative and exciting! A well scripted and polished short film. The construct of the piece brings the viewer through a journey of tension and inquisition into the subjects psyche. A well directed piece of work - from the managing of a creative team to the final execution.
5 stars

[RobertoOrtiz]

God that was really weird...

But it is original, and inventive.

Plugged!
-R

[eek]

When he laughed and the walls bellowed, really freaked me out!:eek:

I think your summed up exactly what it feels like after a heavy night of drinking.

[philjames]

amazing. Inspired. ;)

[mistasam02]

wow interesting poem.. and crazy freakin visuals :thumbsup: nice job! i'm thoroughly wierded out.

[dubbilan]

Very very nice! I like the style and the synchronisation between the voice and the visuals. His laughing etc...
I feel the beginning is stronger though than what comes next.
It is a good idea!

[BadG3r]

awesome!!! 5*

[DaddyMack]

ooookkaaayyyy:curious: That... was a little scary...

Mental piece digitalshaman well worthy of the plug

It actually reminded me of a bizarre aussie poet Raymond J Bartholemew

[simonenastasi]

403 forbidden :sad:

[SheepFactory]

The links are dead , can someone mirror it? :(

[Rhs_CG]

403 forbidden :sad:

ditto here

[DUCKORABB]

Probably Your animation is great, but links for this, is break:(

Regs

DCKBB

[Throbberwocky]

Really amazing stuff! So refreshing!
And it all fits perfectly together.

I feel inspired!

[RVG]

wow...very, very original indeed. It's...beautifully weird... Thanks for posting this!

Was Kafka an influence by any chance? The atmosphere reminds me a bit of the work from polish animator Piotr Dumala

[scrimski]

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[moidphotos]

The Youtube link still works, please check that out while Tim gets more bandwidth for the hi res file :)

YOUTUBE LINK (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzR841AQLhc&eurl=)

[Sneakybunny]

This is really fresh orginal work man, 5 stars!!!

these not much else to say, but the word 'Hallucinogens' does springs to mind.

wicked all the same.

[Russta]

excellent video, in my youtube favorites! would like to see it High rez tho, any chance you can send out a message to your youtube subscribers when the link is fixed?

[evilwabbit]

Nice work Tim very freeky just shows what you can do with a simple set and a great voice actor. 5 stars by far loved it.

[tkay01]

awesome stuff guys! scares the crap out of me every time i watch!

[profusion]

Woow, this is amazing, so "simple" a setup and yet so powerful...

[JPavitt]

Fantastic Tim, I had been wondering why I hadn't seen this uploaded anywhere already :) I liked to try and keep up with what people were doing in their films last year, but I'm glad that I didn't find out much about yours before film day, as watching it for the first time blew me away, what with everything about it feeling so polished and complete. Hope things have been going well for you since then!

[PhuongDPh]

sorry, I have error downloading the movie:
"don't have permission"
plz fix it http://forums.cgsociety.org/images/icons/icon10.gif

[simovici]

Great piece of art, man. Impressive image, great text. Keep it up!

[Self-Designer]

So simple, and yet so unique (and i love unique!)

Why won't you use www.mediafire.com (http://www.mediafire.com) or such? It's a bummer to see a good movie in youTube. Also stage6.divx.com (http://stage6.divx.com) could do the work

[digitalshaman]

hey, thanks for all the comments!

i've just added some more bandwidth to my website, should take affect soonish. I'll also check out stage6 and post a link when its up there!

sorry for any inconvenience

Tim

[retrokitsch]

impressive, i like the simlicity of it and its not your general geeky shit that you get on here. Good luck with it, get it sent of to festivals and youll do pretty well sir.

Well done

[RobertoOrtiz]

impressive, i like the simlicity of it and its not your general geeky shit that you get on here. Good luck with it, get it sent of to festivals and youll do pretty well sir.

Well done

Hey we like our geeky shit too. With mustard it is awesome.
Hehe.

-R

[FSkarstedt]

I am very impressed with with your short. There's definitely a horror feel to it which is rare to see in short films. Great, great work.

[edux]

Excellent concept, and well done i liked very much!

[Purc]

Couple of weeks ago i did see it on your school site. Want to share it with others but it went down. Nice to see it here again :D.

The voice over is really strong. And the animation is really well done. Nice to see how just an voice and a room function as a character.

Congratulations with your achievements man, awesome !!

*saves to inspiration folder

[overcontrast]

i felt like i was in some1 elses mind or something... very odd, scarry, effective and powerful... well put together... me like!

[MINTY1974]

I think this is one of the most original pieces of animation I have seen in a very long time. I really found the whole film so engaging. The relationship between the visuals and your audio was stunning. You should be very proud of this work. All the best mate.

[SkullboX]

Amazing short!

[KahlanAmnell]

Yes i did get the forbidden as well when clicking the link but i did watch the you tube version...


O....M....G I could not take my eyes away from it. This is amazingly fantastic.
Certainly one of the best CG i have seen here on this site.

Tell me, where did you come up with the idea or inspiriation for this peice?
How much time went into this?
And what was the main software used in your production?

[buddythedesigner]

What was that what I just saw? :eek:




It's creppy :bounce::bounce::bounce:

:applause:

Awesome work.

[kr3ml]

Imagine what you can do with one room, eh? hehe, nice work. pretty pointless story though, but the visuals are great! :)

[cglight]

Oh this film is here at last, I watched it more than three months ago at www.h3da.co.uk (http://www.h3da.co.uk/), isn't it the same copy (I cannot download it from here)?

Tim, this is the most artistic CG animation that's been seen from a while; you won't get bored of it easily.
I like this psychological monologue; you achieved the greatest effecting using the simplest technique.

Maybe the same script could be used to produce different film using different directing, but this is the best. The script, the visual effects and the room were harmonized in impressive way.

IMO It should be awarded by the Best Short Film (Animated) Oscar.

[rickmorgan]

Very good....but I would love some kind of explanation (or hint) from the artist as to what it's about??? This is one of those times when I view abstract art and think..."what the F???" but then I tell myself that I bet if the artist told me what it was I would instantly "see" it as they do and think, "Wow"!

I'm sure I am the dumb-ass here as this is very well done!

Any hints digitalshaman?

[pd]

Looks a lot like it's describing a psychic instable character. The instability could be caused by some hallucinogen. But whatever it really is - I love it!

I've put the high quality version on my server as a

MIRROR: http://www.optisch-edel.de/tidymonsterDIVX.avi

Tim: Add this to your first post, if you like or tell me, if you want me to remove it.

[digitalshaman]

thankyou for all the lovely comments :)

..and thanks Mathias for the mirror!

To answer the questions, I created the film in 3ds max and AE.
The screenplay was writted over christmas 2006, and was constantly changed and pulled apart write up until half way through production. Production lasted between March and July 2007.

People have so many brilliant theories behind whats happening in the film, which are all correct. I find it best to hold back what i believe to be happeneing as not to influence anyone's thoughts. Sorry! hehe

Inspiration came from many places.. the original idea came to me whilst reading, the power words can have upon the mind's eye. But generally i just get told what to do by the guy in my head who seems to have worked it all out :D

Tim

[Slythis]

Amazing, stunning work friend.

[Kid-Mesh]

OK...I'm gonna need counseling after that....freaky :eek:

Edgar Allen Poe meets Charles Manson meets Twilight Zone meets The 12 Monkeys hahahahahaha. Enjoyed it though...slick and unique for sure. My first 5 star rating...

[shouroujin]

very good good!!!

[flashgordy]

scarry hehe
and the voice was great

generally cool work
regards

[Kewn]

This is so awesome.

[hindus]

Hi Tim.

First of all I need to say thats the one of the best CG Video I've seen so far.
Theres no word in my dictionary to comment how great work you've done.

Sorry for my english.

Great Job.
Wish you my best.

[unwrap]

Most impressive work I have to admit :thumbsup: .

Tell me if you need another mirror.

[minkey]

Wow, Tim. Very amazing work. Excellent combination all togather strong vocal and sound and smooth transition between all aspects and "visions" and a superbed ending to top everything off with its touch of suspance and questions.
Although I did manage to spot a little thing that buged me in the middle of the video at around the 1m and 14s mark, into the video where it seems as tho the voice is seing the room under the water. If you look on the right wall where the wall cracks and breaks in the next 'Vision(s)' you can actually see a flickering line appear and dissapear in the half cracked wall. Damn them V's for not doing what we want them to do at time. :banghead:
Besides that it is a flawless work with an amazing comp and creativity...something rare these days.:thumbsup::thumbsup:

5 *

[methodz]

ABSOLUTLY 5 S*T*A*R*S* TAHT WAS AMAZING!!!, the atmostphere was PERFECT you need to be making movies like monster house man !! haha for real you need to hit up tim burton man cause if he saw that he would pick you up in a heart beat!!, i'll be watchin for you bro lol keep em coming

[nobodee]

That was amazing, Tim! It made me think of Silent Hill 4: The Room for a second :D

I agree, you should get an Oscar for that! :O

[BOY1DA]

The words sound like it would make a great song !

[Onir]

whew that was great! verry creepy, felt my muscles tensing a bit at times; had a smile on my face the whole time though :) nicely paced and the visuals worked really well. beautiful work, thanks for sharing!

[arza]

i expected to happen more things (used by hollywood film).....thank god they didn't...
one of the GREATEST artistic film i've seen...Congrats!!!

5 stars

[doomtoo]

Nice visuals and sound! I thought the story was pretty... wierd /lacking(was expecting more), but the way it was done was very well, I'm just not fond of the actual "story line". But sound/visuals - great.

[Kristofferic]

that was great, the mood was intense... never seen someone do so much with just a set :)

[moidphotos]

Congratulations on making front page on Youtube as well! :buttrock::applause: ahhh you've got to love emoticons!

[thekapow]

simply amazing..:) very interlectual.. i loved it ^^ the cartoonish style was wery beliveable and so on.. perfect!..:)

[XepptizZ]

Amazing work

[mOzER]

Great Work Thumps Up:applause:

[enjoyu2]

Like it ,Really really good feeling

[Ajouz]

pretty cool man, love the creepyness, cool mood, the voice over is amazing, i would like to see more particles around when the room is apart , but looks great anyways.

A

[colony]

awesome! \\
Very emotional!

[sn00ze]

err
yawn..

[Agent_5]

wow, i just saw this on vimeo. And i knew you would post it here for sure. i just wanted to say, i sent it to my friends and it scares everybody. its scary all the way through. amazing. you should work for team silent. good deal.

[animationmonster777]

You have done very well to keep the viewer interested with essentially one shot. Looks great and is very original.

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