I liked the way you teased us in the beginning with the cat tail/rocking chair movement. Right away I wanted to see what would happen. I thought the "dream sequence" was a stylistic choice so I didn't have any problems with it. I did think the clock hanging in the corner was odd. I've never seen one hung like that. I also thought the animation felt "cut off" at the end. Now I understand why. I think I would have lit the room a little brighter. What I did with mine was complete it and post an "Unrated Directors Cut" here in the Forum for critique. It was quite a useful exprerience. I had to make compromises in order to do make the deadline as well but there were things beyond that that I learned from. I'd love to see a finished version of this. I encourage you to do so if you haven't already. It doesn't matter that the contest is over. Do it for yourself.

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