Into The Door - ID# 141
Wheaton North
Division: AA
Comedic Narrative
Entry Description
Christmas time is near. Time to stay out of trouble and get on the nice list. Well, maybe not for these students. Going into an unknown door? Definitely a way to stir up some trouble. Is it still considered bad if you're stuck in another world? Good grief... I hope not.
Recent Teacher Comments
- 4/24 4:23 pm - The audio was not synced to the animation well. Fun concept. Loved the animation. Moving from animation to real people was interesting. Great work.
- 4/10 10:35 am - Great execution! This was amazing to watch and I commend your team on building this world and crafting the stop animation so well. The audio worked very well as well and definitely added to the piece. Moving forward, the comedy here was a bit lacking, once they got into the world. Stories need to build and surprise us. What would these characters encounter that would surprise them (and us)? Those surprises reveal both the next scene as well as the comedy and drama that builds the story and keeps it going. All in all, you have some great content here, especially with the execution, just keep working on your story building. Keep up the great work!
- 4/2 11:42 am - Into The Door Good animation Kind of cool how you became cartoon characters You are skilled in animation but this was not original enough and not very funny Uses copyrighted music
Judge 1
Positives: Very creative! Nice little animation.
Improvements: I would like to have seen some mouth animation to make it really work.
Judge 2
Positives: This was a wonderfully ambitious and quirky short. I love all the thinking and choices that went into it. I also love that you chose to enter such an iconic animated world rather than a less familiar one. Nice walk cycles! This was one of my favorites ;) Having done a lot of work in animation, I really admire how much work that went into it.
Improvements: Really good stuff here but here's a few notes to consider -- Though the score did the work to establish time of year, maybe a a few more school Christmas decorations in the BG would've driven it home. I so wish the live action door and the animated door matched better in terms of the way it swung open. Okay, not really sure how to articulate this final note but I wanted more! The short just kind of ended, which made narrative feel incomplete. I wanted some kind of pay-off that left me feeling more satisfied. With that said - this was a great little short that really engaged me as a viewer and made me look at it with more critical and professional eye (that's a really good thing!)
Judge 3
Positives: Nice insertion of dialog over bed music....nice voiceovers--very clever and well done
Improvements: Music in the middle was out of place--edit into and out of it was disconcerting
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