Attached Link: http://www.nondali.net/portfolio/herr/

I found this today in the Animation Outlet. Unfortunately there's no direct way to link to the piece so I had to copy & paste the direct URL into this post. Unfortunately that means that if you use this instead of the link in the Animation Outlet it won't register views, but... The animation is called "Dank sei Dir, Herr." I have no idea what that means, but I found the animation to be quite interesting and well done. He set a haunting mood. He introduced his lead character in a way that "drew me in" - I wanted to know what this little guy was doing and why. The environment was rather mysterious and added to the emotional content of the piece. The pay-off at the end was quite satisfying and thought-provoking. For those of you that haven't checked out the animation outlet, I encourage you to do so. There are a number of very cool animations there. I wish there was a way to leave comments but the PTB haven't enabled that yet. Since this was made with Poser 5 I figured I'd post this in here this forum and tell "nondali" that he did a real nice job on his animation.

Well, it isnt really cool - its a sad story from a short-lived child which meets his/her mother now. "Dank sei Dir, Herr" is a prayer similar to "Lord have mercy upon us". Music is Haendel, Georg Friedrich. It is certainly a great work, but a memorabel topic. Sivana

The music is great and so is the imagery, but as a film its lacking IMO.

It was more like he was showing off what he could do with the camera and renderer rather than telling a visual story.

When I put those words through a translator it did not come back as "Lord" or "Mercy", but something strange like "Owing is to you, gentleman". Odd, maybe it isn't German.

I used to edit music into my films back in the 80's and 90's and it is tough to do it right. I was successful a few times, enough to know what it's like when it works.

Thanks for the link. It got me thinking along those lines again

-J.

"Danke sei (Thanks to) Dir (You, familiar form, but capitalized = God), Herr (Lord)". Essentially, "Thanks be, to My Lord God".

"Thanks To You , Lord" "Dank sei Dir, Herr"

when I had a trouble for example and Bobasaur helped me.. and I solved my problem, I will say :: Dank sei Dir, Bobasaur I solved my problem:: ...

Thanks to you = Dank sei Dir
Herr=Lord=Gentleman=M'Lord

Cath

P.S it can be used as a words in a prayer...

Message edited on: 06/09/2005 16:58

In my honest opinion, I think the visuals in this short are somewhat lacking. The lighting is sufficient, considering the scene location, but there's no real atmosphere going on, and the camera work and editing need some improvement. The boy is animated well, however.

I rather wish someone hadn't felt it necessary to be a spoiler as to the ending...I would have liked the story to be able to unfold fresh in front of me. I thought it was quite moving. The animation is quite smooth, and the emotion well displayed. Perhaps I don't have as high a standards technically as most, but, for me, the story delivered what it was supposed to in an elegantly simple way. Sometimes elaborate sets aren't really necessary. The lighting, on my computer, was a little dark but, under the circumstances, that seems to fit in with the overall theme. Thank you, Bobasaur.

I appreciate the translations of the title - that actually adds to it (IMHO). I liked this most for what it said to my heart. I guess I can relate to feeling lost and alone and looking for a secure, real love. Sheesh. I guess that sounds "sensitive," doesn't it? I'd better watch "Kill Bill Vol. 1" again this weekend. [grin]

Attached Link: http://gfhandel.org/faqs.htm

"'Thanks Be to Thee' is said to be an arrangement of Handel's 'Dank sei Dir, Herr'. However, this is a spurious Handelian work. References to 'Dank sei Dir, Herr' being composed by Handel date from the late 19th century in Germany. The true origins of 'Dank sei Dir, Herr' remain unknown. Channing LeFebvre arranged 'Dank sei Dir, Herr' for organ. Siegfried Ochs is generally attributed with the first arrangement of 'Dank sei Dir, Herr' resulting in 'Thanks Be to Thee'. 'Thanks Be to Thee' was arranged by many other composers, including Vogel, Page, Houseknecht, Christiansen, Harris, Shaw, Causey, Bement, Wilson, Wiley, Forsblad, Nichols, et al. Although the origins of 'Thanks Be to Thee' and 'Dank sei Dir, Herr' are cloudy, Handel scholars are convinced that Handel did not compose either work."

Yeek. No comments allowed? Doesn't really give people a lot of incentive to post there.

Personally, I think they should encourage people to post animation links to the regular galleries. Perhaps with a flag warning that it's an animation. They aren't hosting them anyway, so what's the difference?

For many people, the point of looking at galleries is to see what can be done with a particular software package. I looked in the animation outlet once, and most of the animations didn't even say what software was used to create it.

It's not that they aren't "allowed," it's just that they'd have to re-code it and that's not as high of a priority as other things they're working on. Some animators have put info on what they used in the "Notes & Requirements" link.