Story in Process

elbramtsol · Post by **elbramtsol** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 9:51 am

Hello, I’m writing a little story and animating at the same time. Practically I have finished the first “chapter” (I need the title and a few more details).
Sorry for the bad quality (56k sucks…) here is the video: http://www.zippyvideos.com/147183042438695.html

Feel free to tell me comments, ask questions even critics are welcome.

BA · Post by BA » Fri Jun 17, 2005 9:54 am

looks good, great lighting effects!

how did you do the flickering light on the characters around the fire?

nobudget · Post by **nobudget** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 9:59 am

Really good, the atmosphere is perfect. The only critisism I can think of; it's too short! The character design is simple but it's an original style and it works very well here. How long will the total animation be and is there going to be dialogue?

Reindert.
www.nobudgetvideo.com

Toontoonz · Post by **Toontoonz** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 10:05 am

Is it all made and composed and edited together in Moho or what other programs did you use?

Looks real nice!

elbramtsol · Post by **elbramtsol** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 10:47 am

Thanks for all the comments!!

...how did you do the flickering light on the characters around the fire?
I made the effect in my video editing software, but is easy to make in Moho, try this…
1. Make a new layer and put it on top of all the layers.
2. Change the layer blending to hue.
3. Choose and animate the colors that you want.

…How long will the total animation be and is there going to be dialogue?
I don’t know, because I’m still writing the story, but I’m trying to do it without dialog… (anyway I think that a story with dialog has to be shown with the animation and not with the dialog).

…Is it all made and composed and edited together in Moho or what other programs did you use?
No, the backgrounds are made with a freeware painting program called artrage and edited in PSP, the water effects are made in this program: sqilz water reflections (freeware) and the music is made in fruity loops (by me).

Thanks!!

jorgy · Post by **jorgy** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 11:17 am

WOW.

There is so much to like here - the music, the mood, the animation. I really liked all of these aspects, especially the attention to detail: the way the drum sounds are synced up with the drum animation, for example.

It is interesting (I want to find out what the deal with the bracelet is) and inspiring (which is why I come to this forum!). Thank you for sharing.

jorgy

p.s. MORE MORE MORE!

mr. blaaa · Post by **mr. blaaa** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 5:25 pm

delicious! i'd like to see more of ur work

elbramtsol · Post by **elbramtsol** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 5:53 pm

Thank you but unfortunately I had a problem with my computer (a virus

) and I lost everything including this work, so I think that this is the end of this project (until now). But thanks again!!

red hamster · Post by **red hamster** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 7:06 pm

I used squirz too: i made ad avi and used it as a layer .
http://www.zippyvideos.com/131364237910885.html

edit: i saw the video. Cool! Looks like a professional job !

jorgy · Post by **jorgy** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 7:24 pm

How did you do the water effect? Is that the avi that you imported? Thanks.

mr. blaaa · Post by **mr. blaaa** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 11:22 am

to elbramtsol:
anyway PLEASE keep on creating movies!
u r talented and i think u r able to recreate many parts of your work manually.

PLEASE divide your Harddisk into at least TWO partitions, keep the windows data lets say on (C:) partition and store your PROJECTS on (D:).

This will provide you a little more security because if u have to REINSTALL WINDOWS u can install it on (C:) and let your data UNTOUCHED at (D:).

You can improve this security by installing a second harddisk.

It MAY be a bit work BUT in the end you will keep your projects data in future if you have trouble like crashes, viruses etc.

bluedeviltron · Post by **bluedeviltron** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 8:38 pm

Bravo man, BRAVO! I'm just beginning animating, and I can't imagine myself creating something that complex. Keep up the good work man. I'm sorry to hear about your loss-- the same thing happened to me last year with a short film I was working on. Really sucks.

But, like I am at filmmaking, you're a natural at animation. It'll all come back to you.

ulrik · Post by **ulrik** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 12:15 am

Beautiful work!!
Great atmosphere with the music synced to the flute player and drummers, I really enjoyed the lightning effects you came up with.
I'm sorry 'bout the computer crash but I hope you will continue working with animation anyway and it would be a pleasure to see the whole story when it's finished.
What was your workflow, did you have the music and made the animation to it or vice versa?

Ulrik

elbramtsol · Post by **elbramtsol** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 9:28 pm

ulrik wrote:Beautiful work!!
Great atmosphere with the music synced to the flute player and drummers, I really enjoyed the lightning effects you came up with.
I'm sorry 'bout the computer crash but I hope you will continue working with animation anyway and it would be a pleasure to see the whole story when it's finished.
What was your workflow, did you have the music and made the animation to it or vice versa?

Ulrik

Thanks!

I made the song first, but I had to change things while doing the animation because I was "improvising".

jorgy · Post by **jorgy** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 9:16 pm

Hey,

Have you done any more on this lately???

Anxiously awaiting....