Nicely done, very silly Well thought out too - hiding the line of chickens behind the 'main' chicken is just the kind of simple trick most people seem to miss.

I hope at some point in time that Tom Cruise does watch this and takes heed! The time is near, Tom Cruise! Oops it was Tom Cruz. My mistake.
Seriously though that was another excellent video. Thanks for the English subtitles. You are getting better and better at this, and you say it does not take you much time at all to create these. Wow. Thanks for spending your time so wisely and entertaining us.

tonyob67 wrote:

if they both meet the requirement of being started and finished within the 30 day contest window, then yes, you can submit them both. I have no way of knowing when you started these, so I have to depend on the honor system. .. and I trust that nobody would value their personal integrity low enough that they'd risk it it for a contest prize.

tonyob67 wrote:

Pat's got a competition going with great prizes if you want to enter something: http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5867-pat-marrs-contest--entries-due-by-sept-15.aspx

I've taken the great advice from ziggy72, and re-rendered the opening 4 minutes with camera blur. I've added several scenes to the end and sweetened the audio with some effects and foley. I appreciate the comments from Clayster; it gives me the resolve to push ahead and finish the film. It's funny, when I posted the clip on facebook and asked my friends to give me constructive criticism - I got very little. But I really want solid critiques of the work so I can improve the story, animation - whatever I can do, so please don't be shy with your comments - I appreciate the feedback, especially criticism on how you think it could be better. Thanks again.
Bob

It looked great to me! I read excited the way that Tony spelled it and could not figure out what all the other excitement was about. It took me a long time to discover the word.

Tony, just keep animating and we do not need to focus on a language barrier. Right? Es verdad, no?

tonyob67 wrote:


Aw...come back! We need all the people we can get :P

Well here it is, finally, and on time. The video got a lot longer with the final credits that is why I had to make sure before loading it. 20 seconds goes by really fast. I hope everyone enjoys this video. Thanks for hosting the contest MDW13.



I used Hit Film 4 Pro for all of the editing and title credits. Everything in Muvizu was made in short segments in layers and saved as image sequences.

you can use a photo of a bedroom, put it on a backdrop, then position your characters in front of it.

If you need to position your characters INSIDE the bedroom (with some furniture in front of them) then use two identical photos of the bedroom, but edit one of them so that everything but the foreground furniture is transparent.

Put both images on backdrops and separate the backdrops so there's space between them. Put your character between the backdrops

align the camera and size the backdrops so the two images merge together into the same visual space... you'll be bale to see your character through the transparent part of the foreground image, and it will look like he/she is standing between elements of furniture in the same bedroom

Unless you need to pan the camera during the shot, this is a very quick way to accomplish what you want.

However, if panning is required, then you need a 3d room full of 3d objects

Every scene in my 20 second contest entry is done this way.