Quiz 2 blog

Pfffirate was probably my favorite indapendant film shown in class. The simple story and beautiful art style was almost a great example of what a small group can do together. I must say that I look the plastic look that the artist put into this video. Like Leeper said, the plastic look is the easiest look for 3D animation, so it was a great choice on their part

Speaking of great choices, I really thought that this film shows the whole idea of simple ideas going far. For instance the ocean was all a hard surface of plastic. This resulted in the animators not needing to animate water, which from my understanding would have been a huge pain in the butt. Another great choice on the animator's part was that the mice didn't really move that much, they merely bounced around, while keeping their body stationary. Yet another way that they spent their time and resources wisely. One last example of great choices was that there was no words. I know it sounds obvious now, but I hadn't put much thought int o it before. Without real words, there is nothing to sync up to in the animation, thus resulting in an easier time.

The stories that are shown in these short independent films are usually some of the most touching stories, because there is only the end resulting emotion that we really have time to feel. For this film it was laughter. In my private studies, I have lately been feeling sadness coming from the films. It makes you wander what emotion you will show the most in your works.

I think I learned alot about smart choices and how to apply them. Immediately after class I personally was thinking up some simple short animations. Hopefully someday one of them will come to life.