Reviewing 11 Second Club Entries.

Reviewing 11 Second Club Entries.

http://www.11secondclub.com/competitions/june16/winner

First of all I am going to review the winner from June competition


I find that the animation is very fluid and portrays the dialogue through most of the animation however the female voice coming from the man at the start is a little distracting.  The scene transition when it switches to the other character is a very fluid and unusual it creates a nice touch to the style of animation which seems to be more abstract like a cartoon. The body language of the two characters has both greatly exaggerated and subtle mannerisms. The way the character flicks his nails at  53 is a nice subtle gesture that is synced up well to the sound clip it also shows an anticipation before the next key pose. "we need you to do"  at 70 has some nice subtle gestures with hands and fingers. On the word "accent" it is nicely exaggerated and the body language is readable. The overall clip is well animated however the story could have been staged a little better. This is noticeable in the backgrounds. Adding a more readable environment would add to the animation.

Next I am going to review two different videos from the same competion from November

http://www.11secondclub.com/competitions/november14/winner

The first that won has good animation however the story seems not very interesting. They went for the principle confronting a student in his office which works well as a concept but the execution comes across not very interesting to watch.

Also at the end when he reveals a firework, it doesn't have enough context. Therefore doesn't gain my attention. The scene overall needs to be staged better and needs more focus on why the kid is brought into the office. Jason suggested the little boy could have a black eye then when the principle pulls out an object

 it could be something more to do with the boys actions that is more plausible, e.g he stole something off someone and got in a fight. overall this type of concept would make the story make more sense to the viewer. Another way would be to make the pack of fireworks more recognizable. shape them like a rocket for example.
One last problem is the calm relaxed tone of the voice doesn't fit with telling off a student. especially at the end of the animation when the headmaster shows an angry confined gesture.


http://www.11secondclub.com/competitions/november14/entry/o6al20




The second entry however creates a much better idea for the dialogue and makes more sense. However even though the story concept is better it is still quite awkward considering when the other character is revealed the conflict for the squirrel isn't very plausible considering he tried to get the acorn from a mouse. The problem is this ruins the story concept. Also the expressions of the secondary character of the squirrel are not very dramatic for what has happened. He should react more and show more emotion adding more exaggeration.

The acting of the animation on the tortoise however does fit more with the relaxed narration of the track. The story is more engaging but falls flat on believabilty. through the concept. maybe changing the characters to another two animals may have fit more, However the tortoise does fit a chilled relaxed voice and fits with his overall character.