Great Animated Short
April 7th, 2010

I just stumbled upon this great short film created by 2 talented artists.

Some people might say, "It looks great, especially since 2 people did it with no budget." I say it looks "Great", Period. The music and sound effects are also perfect. I've been out of town this week and the hasty sprinting and frolicking made me miss my 2.5 year old just a bit.

The animation of the eyes is just brilliant, anyone with young kids knows the familiar scanning and investigative stare.

Andrew Kramer
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15 years ago
224 Comments
15 years ago
Goog short! All looks good, but the skin is not detailed enough I think.
cookyy
15 years ago
this looks so awesome!
Shaub Miah
15 years ago
Bravissimo!!!!!!!!!
15 years ago
That's a dangerous place for a little girl her age.

Heavy objects falling down, sharp toolssss.

Where are her parents?

I'm calling Child Protective Services
Abdul Saboor Azizi
15 years ago
Hello, thanks very mush from your great taturials. You are a great, generous and a good teacher for us. You teach us very will. I wish all the best.
jibinpmathew
15 years ago
oho my god!!!!!!!!!!!
Johnfarg
15 years ago
very wonderful work indeed!!!!
p3riko
15 years ago
MOTIONBUILDER AND 3DS MAX?
15 years ago
ereasdf dffffff ddd dadsfsad adfad
Erwin Roossien
15 years ago
WOW! Amazing... this is the best site ever! All i'm missing is a iphone app but then again i now check the mobile version of the site on it on the way.
shans
15 years ago
cg society got making of

http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=5625
ubuntu
15 years ago
oh my god i still use the ae cs3 !no no !!!
Lee Glen
15 years ago
I really enjoyed meline. I noticed it was in every language known to man. All you have to do is fill in with your own imagination. Excellent!
Ryan Orr
15 years ago
FYI for Andrew and the rest of you loyal and faithful VideoCopilot.net followers...cgsociety.org has an article that shows a little behind the scenes about this short animation. Very interesting.

http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=5625&page=1
nfok
15 years ago
Great job! I've been following on twitter the making of along the last 2 years of "Meet Meline". I do think the girl could be more realistic in render terms, but the feeling of the character it's perfect, astonishing.

For those who say things like "it's creepy" or "has bad IK Blending"... I bet you can't do anything 10perCent of the quality of this video, so please, shut up with the blame and enjoy it.

Also love the camera work, it's incredible. You can feel you are there, almost like another little animal through the floor or under the van following her movements.

Hope once I would work as well as they do.
Anthony
15 years ago
All I need to do to get inspired is to come to videocopilot.net and poof right in from of me there it is, always something new and refreshing. I love this short it is awesome. Btw Andrew I also have a 2.5 year old and understood completely.
Frank
15 years ago
Andrew, You mentioned that there were two artist that were responsible for this, yet the credits were riddled with additional names and such. By artists did you simply mean CG animation? I felt as if one day i could climb to this level of proficiency with a 3d program until i saw the ending credits.
15 years ago
Wow! Amazing animation! Great sound design and music!
reni2040
15 years ago
No words can explain this......
15 years ago
I saw someone say something about doing a CS5 tutorial. I'm not getting CS5 until they realize that dropping support for 32 bit plugins was the stupidest thing they ever did. I use normality in almost all of my projects and I'm not getting something that doesn't support it.

Half of the people using After Effects used it because of all the 3rd party plugins. Getting rid of that functionality "leveled the playing field" (Stefan Minning).
15 years ago
Andrew Kramer please tutorial with mocha and if it is possible tutorial using after effect cs 5 new features
Toni
15 years ago
awesome it was really really great...
bobafet1000
15 years ago
awsome love to see the full feature film
Kyle
15 years ago
The start is very similar to Up because if I remember it starts with her in the abandoned house and drawing pictures too.
Marc M.
15 years ago
This looks amazing. The has Pretty animated eyes :p
I wish i could do so amazing things. but i haven't enough practice. maybe in the future but great post andrew
Jacob
15 years ago
Truly moving, but the shaky image was sometimes confusing.
Pach
15 years ago
This is really awesome... no doubt about it...
Pach
15 years ago
Just love the camera movement.. wew..!
15 years ago
Hey Andrew lets see a post! What do you think about CS5???
15 years ago
awsome! u guys are great!
Steely
15 years ago
They did that "AT HOME" and with "ONLY 2 LAPTOPS" (I watched the making) OMG!, I am well into animation and VFX and know that I will never be Hollywood Standard but I though I was ok for an amateur but, this really really puts me to shame and even with my brilliant desktop set-up and software. This is absolutely brilliant. They must win some type of amateur award for this or something. If anyone knows of their work been entered anywhere for a vote, please let me know as I will vote for them as they really deserve every single vote they can get.
Asri
15 years ago
They used Maya right..y say it no budget..(dont understand..)
15 years ago
All I can say is WOW!! The animation, modeling, textures, camera movements, focus, and sound design were of the highest caliber!!

I hope they win many awards!!
15 years ago
this is beautifull!!!


disney/pixar this clip please!
15 years ago
hello andrew about the very good video is beautiful and I loved it as you were saying the animation of the eyes is very good and very tender greetings from the end of the world

saludos desde ushuaia
FredM
15 years ago
Un-be-lievable!
CineDirector
15 years ago
Oh my god! It's cinematographic orgasm. excellent!!!
15 years ago
Meet Meline is testimony to the power of both the talent and the superb animation tools we are so lucky to have available to us right at home. Finally we are seeing the beginning of the end of the corporate-owned movie industry.
15 years ago
@Ian: incredible video! Really great morfing and graphical style too!
Nox
15 years ago
At the beginning i thought it was live action until the girl came into the picture. Absolutely sick. Wonder what software they used to create this.
15 years ago
just Amazing....

ammazing camara movement..
i don't have an award but have a
salute to the artist....

just Awesome ...
bob
15 years ago
bring something new!!!
Danny Mckibbin
15 years ago
Wow, if they made that about 30x longer that would make them a lot of money and give them a lot of recognition
15 years ago
This was so Epic !!
Ian
15 years ago
Try this one two...awesome morfing effects...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmR0V6s3NKk&feature=fvw

cool
oliver
15 years ago
OMG i cant take it anymore hurry up with the new ledge tutorial!!!!! im going mad refreshing the page every half an hour!!!!!!!
Rob
15 years ago
WOW, thats an amazing short movie. perfect animation and sound.... It goes to show, all of us are capable of producing movie quality animations, you don't have to be a profession to do it. I watched the making of the movie, i expected them to say they used Houdini or Maya or 3DS Max & After effects, but i haven't heard of the program they used... prevas? prevus? or something, anyone know?
15 years ago
SOOO detailed ;O

I especially liked the way how the camera moves trough the scene, and the depth of field.
15 years ago
Totally unrelated -but I swear Optical Flares has been used in the brand new Deftones Video for Diamond Eyes. Awesome Song, and sick video.

Check it out, the use of flares is so sweet...

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=104264416
issamlestar
15 years ago
nice animation
i wich that some days i will mak like this
Xbsr
15 years ago
Gorgeous work. That's the french touch.
Et ma fille s'appelle Méline en plus.
Thanks Andrew.
15 years ago
Very nice short! Simple storytelling, but done in a unique fasion

If you want to see more great work, I just saw this short the other day and think its pretty good too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NcZEf8eaT4
15 years ago
Other talented artists here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hACsA1t0YoE&feature=player_embedded
For me: GENIUS!
tsoomoo
15 years ago
woooooowwwww.. Amazing...
Anthony Herrington
15 years ago
Getting antsy for the next Tutorial, AK!
15 years ago
that was beautifully done. and the story was touching. amazing stuff. thanks for sharing it andrew.
arpan
15 years ago
just saw ur work,truly inspiring
15 years ago
this is extraordinary.but you need a devlloped the focus of the camera.is very fantastic.
cariaga
15 years ago
maybe the budget doset matter its the
talent,skills,determination, perseverance,time management and creativity that really matters

god bless them and all
Gabriel
15 years ago
Were are you ANDREW?
Please,just make a post!
tesa
15 years ago
very nice, thanks for sharing. have you all seen The third and the Seventh? a work of a sensitive artist, beautiful: http://vimeo.com/7809605

tesa
DoG_of_WaR
15 years ago
5* for creativity 6* for execution

briliant work 2 more troppers for the multemedia army

greatings from Portugal
martygras9
15 years ago
Amazing visuals. I can't sing the filmmakers' praises enough. However, everyone seems a bit too preoccupied with the glitz and ignoring the complete lack of story.
Brian
15 years ago
...regarding my last post... the link has been taken down by user so never mind.
Brian
15 years ago
Thanks for sharing that Andrew...I feel...humbled. Haha! My friend sent me this link and I'm wondering if this is all AE? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcXtT3rZcqg
Tim
15 years ago
Super cool. The behavior of the girl is spot on. She actually looks like my daughter. Brilliant!
selvarajan
15 years ago
Hello when is over the ledge tutorial coming?
15 years ago
i love making shorts like this

I recently made one, but i dont do animations

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UEHk3p7VDY
Shane
15 years ago
The cinematography is insane, along with the picture and lighting. Animation wasn't perfect, but nothing is. Thanks for the post!
David Guardado Pablos
15 years ago
que bien, perfecto los movimientos de camara los sonidos, todo muy bien, wuaaa, te dan ganas de seguir en esto, saludos
sajmon
15 years ago
I think the girl's face looks too old, but in general the film is a great work
15 years ago
@Ragnar Borsheim
that's one of the coolest vfx sequences ever. this animation is the best full CG ever, but that's some amazing compositing.

I lol'd at all the game references.
Rick
15 years ago
Beautiful animation just loving it
keep on the great work
BIGGMAGAZINE
15 years ago
EXCELLENCE AT ITS BEST.....NOW LETS TRY A HUMAN LIKE THIS
JuanSul
15 years ago
I love how camera moves. Great shortfilm!
jo
15 years ago
oh my goooood ;_;
amazing moving..

so girl so cute ~!
15 years ago
you have to check this out... its call PIVOT... pretty dope action animation
http://vimeo.com/9178331
15 years ago
vive la France !
15 years ago
AMAZING the talent coming out of the world with what we've been given, people just need a medium, something to get their idea out there... Spectacular work
15 years ago
Wow, your daughters already 2.5? I remember when you first blogged about her being born. Great video too by the way. They have some really amazing CG.
15 years ago
Amazing....!!!!
Antonio
15 years ago
Awesome. I think they should work on a longer version now the worlds knows them. Can anybody tell me which tools are used in this animation (it's shown in the making of), i detect maya and premiere pro. Thank u all.
MattexFilms
15 years ago
From what i can see from the behind the scenes they used autodesk maya. Oh and it is the most brilliant peice of work i have ever seen made by two people!
CD
15 years ago
Ur little one's already 2.5 yrs old? Wow ... time passes really fast !
iCandy
15 years ago
Wow amazing! Meline really reminds me to my girlfriends litle sister (2 years old), recently we found a wounded bird and she kept stroking it and wanted to care for it because she had never seen it before.

Truely fantastic animation!
Vizion
15 years ago
Wow this is extraordinary. The amount of effort put in this is probably out of this world. They even capture the dust particles that are reflected in the sun in some few instances. The attention to detail is just amazing.
Caleb Ward
15 years ago
This is why animation is so great... To think that two guys are able to dream up something so elaborate with no budget is really inspiring to me. Keep posting stuff like this! Your the best Andrew... you and people just like you have inspired me to take up a career in digital art. Thanks for sticking up for the little guys.
Jonathan
15 years ago
That was great! Thanks Andrew! I did notice more than 2 artist on the credits though.
Mukesh Gandhi
15 years ago
Amazing !!! Thanks Kramer
15 years ago
Oh... My... God... !!!!!
Amazing job
Superkiro
15 years ago
rly awesome ,im dreaming to make an animation like this 1 but im jus 16 years old and egyptian , and having alot of studies >>NICE POST<<
15 years ago
Thank you very much Andrew and I wish you could make part of the video for tutorials Animation
Thank you very much
Nate
15 years ago
You guys HAVE to see this - you too, Andrew

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcv6dv_pixels-by-patrick-jean_creation
Ruuj
15 years ago
WOW!! Great Find!!
Punuth Lasanka
15 years ago
Oh.........I have no words to thank you Andrew.when we can see your another tutorial.....Hey you are a great man...
Sean
15 years ago
I just watched the Making Of as well. Quite inspiring.
Here's the link for anyone interested:
http://www.vimeo.com/7708580
EgViAgN
15 years ago
Humm, Yeah that's really awesome. I watched the "Making Of" and this thing was made on LAP TOPS!! They would have to be pretty stout Lap Tops to do that.
If they don't have jobs in the animation field yet they probably will, really soon.
kenahn
15 years ago
just saw you on G4!
They were talking about videocopilot!
Nick
15 years ago
WOW!

That was really amazing! The artwork was fantastic and The detail in the enviroment was just stunning.
NM2007
15 years ago
Great Movie!!!how old is this girl ) she looks like my daughter 2.5 year LOL

Thanx for posting it!
Sondre
15 years ago
What program did they use instead of After effects?
They used my favorite 3d-application; Autodesk Maya!
Jordan
15 years ago
This took two years to make.
It lasts 6 minutes.
It created over 800,000 files.
And it took up 1.2 Terabytes of space.

Amazing.

Thank AK for sharing this one with us.
Rich
15 years ago
Wow, stunning and inspiring. Thanks for posting. The "making of" video is good too.
Tarrizzzzzzzzz
15 years ago
This is THE most realistic looking camera movement I EVER saw. Exclamation mark. That's all I've got to say. Period.
Marcelo
15 years ago
It reminds me of Chucky, the killer Good Guy. Creepy.
15 years ago
~Staggering~

!!!
15 years ago
Thanks for posting this Andrew. It really inspired me to do more, and when I found the making of, it made it all the better.

Thanks again,
-mith
15 years ago
MASTERPICE.
Incredibly beautiful and touching.

thank for sharing.
This short made me happy.
Ante
15 years ago
nice...no comment
Dave Starr
15 years ago
GREAT ! ... no other words.... just ... GREAT ! Thanks Andrew for sharing this ... masterpiece !
Brad Gillespie
15 years ago
cool, the making of this was actually posted in the "inspirational works" forum awhile back.
Kevin C
15 years ago
Amazing! That was a great video.
TJ
15 years ago
Wow, that was really incredible. To think of all the work that went into making that. Wow.
Byrd
15 years ago
you should teach something on 3D animation :]
syaf
15 years ago
im not a 3d artist, so...all of this knowledge of theirs making me envy..how bout you mr kramer..are you into detail 3d too? bones, rigging, collision scripting and vla vla...as for me, its just too much for me to focus on..
15 years ago
wow those two people must feel proud becuase that was incredible.
Oliver
15 years ago
looks brilliant, love the butterfly!
15 years ago
NICCCCCCCCCCCCCEEEEE!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UEHk3p7VDY
15 years ago
Oh my god... That may be one of (if not) the best shorts I've ever seen. It's just... perfect.

"The animation of the eyes is just brilliant, anyone with young kids knows the familiar scanning and investigative stare."
I really agree there. The whole thing made me think of my baby sister (13 months).

Awesome post. I like your awesome after effects creations, but I think this is your best post in a long time.
Dan
15 years ago
Whoaa, that was truly awesome work and i give over 100 thumbs up to the guys who made it!
Heres another video (all CGI) thats also very nice and i really think you should watch.
http://vimeo.com/7809605
its very cool!
Azez
15 years ago
wwwoooow !!

how creative they are !!!

really creative !
15 years ago
Impressive! Details everywhere! Illumination is incredible and music so delicate! An impressive work on every single frame! Bravi Virginie and Sebastien! BRAVISSIMI!
15 years ago
I thought everything technical about it was amazing, and so was the music, but the basic story was boring. Everything else was good.
Conor
15 years ago
wow, pretty impressive- the music reminds me of the music from Forrest Gump!
gANGSTA
15 years ago
@ Eric

To create 3d models they used maya.
15 years ago
Lighting in these scenes deserve a perfect 10. truly amazing. What is more amazing is that it being done by just two people with no budget. I simply love the camera movement, just because its so different. best shorts i've seen in a long time. thank you for posting. This sure is better than Logorama.
m0Nte
15 years ago
thats amazing .. Sebastien and Virginie are fantastic artists... i dont believe in this animation
15 years ago
Great! This was nearly photorealistic. It looked really good! Especially since 2 peop....Nah just kidding

About all parts of this are good. I think perhaps the little girls face had some parts that was a little too mature though. In some way, she seemed a little older than her body implied.
Eric
15 years ago
Beautiful animation. What software did they use? It looks so real!!

I smell an Oscar nomination!
Dan
15 years ago
This is obviously a work of passion by some very taleneted artists. Their love for the craft is visible in the details. Very well done.
Trevor
15 years ago
Beautiful! The sound design and music were great! I too felt like it was live action in the very beginning. Very well done.

And @MC, I don't believe it was supposed to be a squirrel. I think that's the reason you never fully see it because it's supposed to be left to your imagination what it is. An alien creature of some kind? Some undiscovered species. They don't let you see it because what it is isn't the story. Her discovery of it is.
Mani
15 years ago
It is a great film. I really enjoyed it ... Attention to the details is excellent ... Thanks Andrew for the share
Mina Ihab
15 years ago
woooow that???s really awesome i love it
hey andrew which software did they used?
and btw i love your tutr. keep the good working....
greetings from EGYPT..........
Mina Ihab
15 years ago
woooow that's really awesome i love it
hey andrew which software did they used?
and btw i love your tutr. keep the good working
Caives
15 years ago
Wooow!! Amazing work! The "Making of-video" was really interesting.

Awesome post, Andrew!
Stoyan
15 years ago
Magnificent! It's amazing what you can accomplish by putting your mind and passion to it. I believe those guys aren't professional and even so this piece looked great.

For those of you who asked for the software, used to create this video:

Maya, Photoshop, Combustion

No idea about the Pre-Viz and the final editing was probably done in Premiere.
Marv
15 years ago
Very nice and very talented!!!
Thanks Andrew!

+1 very interesting video:
http://vimeo.com/10775596

P.S.: Hy from Ukraine!
Aleksandr (Marv) Lysenko
MC
15 years ago
Totally fake ... baby squirrels are born all pink & hairless.
FISH
15 years ago
...I can't believe your baby is 2.5 years old already! That means I have been following you over the past 3 years !!!! Wow, time really does fly.

*No Comment on the vimeo post - I'm sure it's cool but I can't see vimeo feeds from work as they are blocked. Shhh, Kramer don't tell my work - thx! hee hee
15 years ago
Wow, beautiful... Thanks for sharing.

Let's see, Thursday, the 8th.. we should see a tutorial on that using just Blender by the 9th. Thanks! j/k of course.

It does show me how much digital artistry I really DON'T know and much of what I probably never will but the added desire to learn more.
filipe3x
15 years ago
I'm not gay, but I miss Sam Loya...
vanvelvet
15 years ago
environment, compositing, and effects are really nice. but the character, uf, don`t like the animation, and design, is half human and doll, the face is like young girl in a child body, looks like too much realistic and could not be real because is not.
Art, compo & fx really nice!
Raul
15 years ago
I think is the best camera work I have seen in 3D.
15 years ago
that is some amazing animation work. This blows away Pixar animation. I love the realistic movements of her facial expressions. Awesome video.
15 years ago
Loved it.
Everything is so well done. Loved the eyes
Oded
15 years ago
in the spirit of beautiful shorts, here's a great one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qASf5DEN_c4&feature=youtu.be&a
Martin
15 years ago
I really enjoyed this little short. Almost everything was perfect. The music, the scenery and the voice and movements of the little girl were spot-on. The whole thing made me think of 'Boo" from "Monsters Inc." Then I saw her face, and I thought that it looked like something from one of the Final Fantasy movies. I couldn't justify in my head the combination of the two. The design of the little animal also gave it too much of a 'manga' feel for me to completely love the short.
Shrek2
15 years ago
Beautiful animation, and also good directing and camera work, though the story wasn't astonishing.
15 years ago
Wow, simply wow. Such talent in this world. Phenomenal job. Great find Andrew.
El_Zoido
15 years ago
Very nice find.
The work on the atmosphere was wonderful. The change to the rather dark/scary scene at the end worked very well for me. Got totally immersed...

Thanks for sharing, Andrew!
iacere
15 years ago
This is so nice
15 years ago
looks like the rig of that girl got some IK Blending problems...
15 years ago
WOW!!! Awesome! film to watch
Eric
15 years ago
stunning...
its so vital, not like these robotic-like animations of humans.
impressive how much detail they put in the facial expressions.
Peter
15 years ago
beautiful! great job!
15 years ago
WOW!!! At first I thought it was a movie! AMAZING!
james
15 years ago
That was amazing I watched the making of it as well.I would love to make a film, in fact I'm going to try and see how it goes. I wish I could used 3D software to make projects like that. It was just amazing. And I agree it was a great find and the music well, I cant't describe it. Amazing!
15 years ago
Fantastic short. Thanks for posting it. I'll have to go to the 'making of' to learn more about it. On a parenting note - I would never leave my six year old alone to chase rodents in a barn full of sharp falling objects
15 years ago
Amazing. The making-of is brilliant too. Much respect to those two. Sound FX and music are brilliant too.
Looks like Nuke for compositing? What did they use for Pre-vis?
Z.B
15 years ago
Very talented artists and an extraodenary animation, specielaly when it's made by 2 artist.
Kevin
15 years ago
wOw how do they made this it's so awesome the video quality is very awesome totally like it
15 years ago
Geat Color Corection in this short film
Adrew look at my shot film i hafe manny learn from you

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vj6EDy3E80
15 years ago
Its is really awesome. I really want to appreciate for the work done.. Thanks for sharing. Keep it up.
Phillip
15 years ago
Thanks Andrew. This was just a wonderful way to spend 6 minutes. And to Jerry who said, "...Am i the only one that was kinda creeped out by the little girl..."?

As the father of one little girl (now 31) and the grand father of another little girl (almost 3) I will say they nailed the character, actions and looks. Energy that splashes out every which way leaving a trail of destruction behind it as it goes forth to learn and experience.

DELIGHTFUL.
Wizzra
15 years ago
It was also posted here: http://www.animdesk.com/blog/
a while ago.
Great Animation Production
Samantha
15 years ago
When I grow up and become a real adult, I want to be able to do this! LOL Amazing!
Gregor
15 years ago
Wow... everytime i see something like this i feel very small!!!

Please Andrew you have to take a look at this (dont know if you know it) http://vimeo.com/7809605 its created just by one Person... at the most time you cant figure out if its real or not...
ayal
15 years ago
wow!!!
i just saw the clip and after that the making of...it is so beautiful...i can't believe only 2 people made the animation...
that is definitely one of the best short clips i'v seen..
thnx for showing
Izzan
15 years ago
Really awesome.... greater than final fantasy..gud work!!
orhan
15 years ago
Was really good in your labor health....
Djemba
15 years ago
really nice everything is perfect, I like it
Lewis
15 years ago
Fyi guys. It took 2 years for the 6 minute short film.
1.2 terabytes of files.
15 years ago
I saw this last week for more about meet-meline
the making of and much more
http://mohamedahmos.com/2010/04/meet-meline/
15 years ago
wow it's just amazing to hear that 2 people can create something so beautiful. I wonder how long it took them?
bairav
15 years ago
nice film to watch
T-Blade
15 years ago
It remember me on a Final Fantasy Movie, it is a really nice clip
Klas
15 years ago
WOW! Sweet story and great production.
lucas
15 years ago
ET OUI LES FRANçAIS SONT LES MEILLEURS !!! ^^
15 years ago
Hey,

agree. Perfect done.

Here, look at this: http://www.gimei.de/2010/03/antoinette/
xombee
15 years ago
I also watched the making of MELINE and its PERFECT, INSPIRING!!!
Fawaz
15 years ago
Andrew check this guy out, he does all his work with 3ds max and aftereffects. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHD8Xf5Rnvo
Ken
15 years ago
Thanks Andrew,
Absolutely incredible. The detail was awesome, and I loved the different camera angles used. Beautiful use of tension and discovery. I can only desire to have have that kind of talent.
Peter Kent
15 years ago
One word.... Brilliant. I was engrossed with the story and the animation right from the start.Andrew you ar right. the eyes got it for me. But congratulations to the film makers on an absolutly outstanding piece of work and creativity
Jerry
15 years ago
Am i the only one that was kinda creeped out by the little girl...the rest of the animation was beautiful. But the little girl just kinda weirded me out for some reason...the uncanny valley effect perhaps?
15 years ago
That was such a beautiful, poetic piece of work, I loved it. Got to see the "making of" too.
Dan Smith
15 years ago
Agreed with many comments above, amazing animation and the camera moves had a very realistic feel that sets this apart from many CGI films I've come across! Lovely music too. Very nice post AK...
zullee
15 years ago
great detail, andrew do you what kind of system and software that they use to create the short movie..
Josh Scott
15 years ago
Remarkable.
I love the camera work and the hand held feel.
15 years ago
I saw this last week. Amazing work done on this.
Nicolas
15 years ago
Verdaderamente fabulosa la textura y animacion del corto es increible la animacion
los movimientos serteros
mi pregunta es ¿como se hara? y ¿con que?


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Ramzes
15 years ago
Beautiful job...! no comments about it.. what program they've used, who knows?
eathan28
15 years ago
absolutely fantastic!
OlympiaLogger
15 years ago
Wow... That piece has real heart.

It makes me miss living on a ranch with a barn.
City slicers have no idea how magic they can be for a 6 year olds.

That's were the fresh milk comes from.
That's where you find new kittens.
That's where you can jump from the loft into loose hay.
That's where the fireflys explode into the air when you walk through after dark.
That's where you can re-stack hay bales into big forts with long tunnels.
That's where your favorite Welsh pony waits for you to come out and give him a flake of hay and a can full of grain...

Can't find that in the city!
15 years ago
I really enjoyed this! Thanks for sharing.
Ari Lieb ben Avraham
15 years ago
THIS is what I am aiming for to achieve!! Thanks Andrew! Now to just learn HOW to make animations like this... still learning how to model people... ugh
15 years ago
Nice.
Very impressive. Love the environment especially! The eyes are very expressive, yes. Maybe a little more work on facials to match but whatever. Nominal aspect compared to the project as a whole. This short still emulates award winning talent. There were about a dozen people who worked on this (though the bulk was done by the couple). Sound foley and editing, among others, were not the two modelers/animators. I hope this accelerates the group to more bright and fruitful endeavors. Bravo!

Thanks for sharing Andrew.

~MAH~
Snakethoot
15 years ago
Whoa... my perception of life just changed!

Thanks Andrew!
Hadi
15 years ago
Asolutely impressive.
MorpheusStudio
15 years ago
Vraiment merveilleux, merci Andrew pour cette merveille.
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zuza
15 years ago
Very nice, and yea, I know that look hehe
John Carter
15 years ago
No one thinks that little girl looks creepy?
Divinemizery
15 years ago
Very creative and awe inspiring.
V
15 years ago
Very good stuff. Check out the "making of" it's pretty cool too.
15 years ago
Budget or no, the time they put into that paid off. Gold star.
Omar Romero
15 years ago
it's terrific, BUT!..

hahaha. what's happend with the projected shadow of the creature, i mean, with the fur texture or fur shadow, an the sillouette animation is not respected

but in general, was amazing, the credits and the music, lovely..
Brett Perry
15 years ago
Fantastic work, the realism in the background work was better than any animated film I've seen since the old Fleisher Brothers Popeye cartoons. The lighting with it's simulated volumetric look was what really caught my eye. great inspiration piece. Thanks for sharing, Andrew.
Darren
15 years ago
My comment was too short, so I'm going to say something useful.
Very Nice!
Sav
15 years ago
That was beautiful!
Daniel
15 years ago
Really awesome. Specially they didnt use any king of motion traking! Right?
Jo
15 years ago
Woow.. this was really impresive..
What software did they used?
wick
15 years ago
wow hat looks awesome, period!
Just imagine what 2 people can do basically on their own computers nowadays!
The world of multimedia is getting some really creative people now.
Plus having the facilities to practice, train and work from home prepares them for the industry as well.

Nice post!
15 years ago
Très Cool, et je crois que tu pourras aussi fait mieux?
bob
15 years ago
wow it is so Detailed
15 years ago
Wouuaa Amazing movie!
Thanls for the link!

Yves
15 years ago
When I saw the grass I was thinking "This has to be live action" and then when I saw the girl I was just speechless. Amazing work.
Joel Eade
15 years ago
Absolutely stunning. Thanks Andrew.

When will we get to see Sam Loya again? I miss his wild and crazy antics, like that time he got hit by the SUV or when he changed into an alien that resembled me after a day in the office. Ah, good times

Cheers from Melbourne, Australia
Diego
15 years ago
Very, very...

NICE!!!

This is a good creation!!!

Wohooooooo!!!
15 years ago
wow, this was realy great!

andrew, i found a very interesting video
check it out
http://vimeo.com/3831318
aurélien vayente
15 years ago
WAO, Impressive !! I love ! And it's french ! This is the making of ! http://vimeo.com/7708580

J'adore, je connais bien lyon en plus et c'est WAO !
15 years ago
Very nice. It is reminiscent of another short, "Big Buck Bunny" that was done w/ Blender 3D and the CG Animation is quite impressive. http://www.vimeo.com/1084537
Patrick Norman
15 years ago
this is extraordinary.
oliver
15 years ago
when is that computer ledge tutorial coming Andy!!! keep up the amazing work
all the best from england
tom
15 years ago
Awesome!! Great post!