My Graduation film

[elephantz]

Hope you enjoy it.

http://vimeo.com/13998499



I simply adore working on TVPaint

[Paul Fierlinger]

Congratulations, this is an excellent achievement. There is much in your work that discloses personal experience. Obviously you are comfortable with your environment and it shows in the natural body language you use. The length of this graduation film is also astonishing -- I have seen many students set out to get this far and usually barely make it out of the gate; how long did this take you?

Were you using TVPaint 9.5 Pro and if so, how much did you make use of the Project/Timeline tabs? Was everything edited in TVP (which I doubt) and if not, which NLE did you use? The editing was nice and worked well without being show-offy.

I had a problem only with one or two minor things; One being the use of the human voice expressions which I found below the level of the music track (a spoiler, actually) and to the overall sensibilities you adhered to in your film. I seriously doubt that anyone would have missed the grunts and squeals if they were not there. And my second criticism centers around some of your facial close-up expressions, which I find too stiff and cliché-ish compared to the truthfulness of body language you demonstrated. For me, both of these elements get uncomfortably close to some of the bad Asian films I've been given glimpses of.

I also very much like the way you use pure handmade brush strokes of "thick" paint as a vehicle to economize on in-betweens -- smart and effective. I want to show this film to my students because it demonstrates how important it can be for the making of a good film to let personal experiences be your guide, and to pursue originality through introspection.

[ZigOtto]

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I simply adore working on TVPaint

that's quite a condensed and charming introduction, you're welcome Anat !
... and thanks for sharing your work !
your "on my doorstep" film is really impressive, not only because the unusual length (6' vs 1'30"), but by the "mature" content,
conveyed with subtility and sensibility, and the deep and unconfortable feelings it generates when viewing it.
great work, the soundtrack is very well balanced and does the job too.
I agree this kind of work deserves to be shown in schools to the animator aspirants, not to learn them how to animate,
but how to put animations into service for making one's purpose substantial and tangible.
If I had only one tiny criticism to squeeze out, it would concern the scene in the street just after she hurted a man and fell down,
the travelling on the pavement when she is picking up some of her belongings, she does'nt seem to look at them,
maybe her collar-cornet (or whatever you'll name it) could be more oriented downside when the camera come to her,
then, following the action by sitting up again and straightening up her head to look at the people around her,
... as you can see, a very small detail, just to say something ...
btw, If you have some materials edited (or to edit) for a "making-of", and you don't care to share it, please do,
I am interested as well !

Anyway, congrats, I hope you are already on a new project , keep it up .

[Elodie]

Thanks for posting your movie on the forum =)

Would it be possible to send us a copy ?

[slowtiger]

Saw it a week ago and immediately thought it could've been made with TVP.

A bit slow for my taste, and I have a personal thing against static props like her dog collar - I would've animated this as well, in a loop. But I was really impressed by the 3D street tracking (0'50"), did you use 3D or life video as a reference?