Forum: Animation


Subject: Zey The Mouse 'Flying a Kite' Episode #1 Stop-Motion Animated Video here!! :)

ianharding opened this issue on Apr 23, 2014 ยท 9 posts


Warlock279 posted Sun, 27 April 2014 at 1:50 AM

Very nicely done, I was pleasantly surprised with how well done it was, the sets all looked fantastic.

The flashing on the house roof jumped out as "tin/alluminum foil!!!" If you get a chance maybe revist that with a heavier gauge foil that can be applied smoother so it looses the wrinkled/obvious foil look. Or back your regular foil with some paper, spray adhesive a sheet of foil to a sheet of a paper, then cut it up as needed, that should apply nice and smooth as well.

I thought there might have been a couple places the animation could be polish just a touch [the swings felt a little "off" to me], but over all it was really clean, well paced, and well done.

The only weakness for me was the audio, and that's because the rest was so well done. You levels were all over the place, there were a couple loud sound effects a few really quiet ones. The volume of the dialogue was pretty consistent, but a bit on the quiet side as well I thought. If i had to wager a guess [cause I've been there a few times myself] I'd guess you hit the point after all that animation of "ugh, I just want to finish" and maybe rushed the final audio tweaks/pass a bit.

Really nice work. Congrats on completing it, that's no feat. Hope to see some more from you in the future.

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