May 2, 2010

4th Year Film

So finally, after many months here is the final version of my film that was screened last Thursday at Industry Day (although this version has credits):




First, a big shout out to Amanda Zima and Dan Rodrigues. Amanda helped a lot during the production of my film. She designed the little tiger and gave me some good advice for my other designs and was always there to help me when I got stuck or needed some suggestions for my animation. And Dan did a wonderful job with the music. Dan was so easy to work with and came up with something that I think fits extremely well, way to go!

Keeping my film rough was a big decision. Amanda and I were both considering cleaning up and colouring our films, but we would have had to rush the animation so much and we really wanted to learn as much as we could about animation. Keeping them this way, I think we learned a lot about our limits and we have a way better idea for how approach a short film now.
The idea for my film was pretty different up until February, the characters were pretty much the same but the situation they were in was different. It was risky because I had to throw away the animation I had already done and around 25-30 layouts, but I think I made the right decision for what I want to pursue. I started animating around the middle of February and animated up until our deadline of April 19th. It was the craziest 2 months of my life but I'm really happy with the amount that I learned during the process of making my film and hope I can make another one soon.

19 comments:

  1. Dude. This has some killer animation. I think you made the right decision keeping it rough, really get to focus on the animation. Damn. Keep it up man. I totally see you doing this full time :D

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  2. Great Stuff man! Love the tigers at the end! Thinking back to your pitch at the start of our 4th year, its crazy to think about how different it is now! Ultimately though, I agree, I think the changes were for the better!

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  3. Great work Boris, your animation is fabulous, I think you and Amanda made a great descion keeping it rough clean, looking back on my film, I wish I hadn't wasted so much time cleaning up. I think you guys should both be appyling for disney internships, you definately deserve it.
    I heard a rumour you might be coming to Mercury Filmworks...Do it!!!!
    -Trent

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  4. Matias: Thanks man! That's the dream, to be able to do this full time. I'm excited to see what you'll do next year. Best of luck!

    Braden: Thanks a lot. Your stuff was super nice too, hopefully you get to finish it up because what you had looked great!

    Trent: Thanks, we'd love to go to Disney but they're not taking 2D animators this time around. We'll have to apply next session. We're still not sure where we'll end up, but yeah we'll be at Mercury next week for the test (like Amanda said). See you there!

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  5. amazing animation!! loved your film, it was one of the best in my opinion..great characters! especially the little elephant^^I love how its trunk adds to its personality..

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  6. Great animal animation Boris! Must have been challenging/fun..I was reminded of Jungle book a lot. Great job.

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  7. Yaaaay Boris!!!! This is absolutely stunning! The character interaction is so great, the designs are awesome, and I LOVE the animation :) BIG Congrats, you did an amazing job!!

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  8. Very awesome. I remember thinking earier in the year, 'man, animating a herd of elephants can not be easy,' but you pulled it off!

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  9. Hey Boris,
    We are all very proud of your film! You worked so hard and it turned out amazing!

    From
    Nadia

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  10. ah watched it so many times already and each time i find something new to oggle over. congrats on the awards from industry day and best wishes :)

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  11. I really like it, i also think its lovely you chose to keep it rough.. your animation is fantastic :)

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  12. Turned out great . I think the rough animation is very strong as is , so I'm glad you didn't rush the animation just to get it in color.

    That said, I hope you'll finish it in color someday .

    -D

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  13. Nice stuff Boris. Good timing and acting. Great to still good stuff coming out of Sheridan. All the best. Ariel

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  14. Great ! each and every artwork is superb!
    thanks for the inspiration :)

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  15. Awesome !!!

    This is a really great piece of animation...

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