Re: Archimedes
It's not a trailer for a real movie. 
(Though I wish it was.)
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It's not a trailer for a real movie. (Though I wish it was.)
Very nice! The mix of stopmotion and CGI was well done and the CGI looked fantastic.
I'd love to see more of this!
Way to give away the plot Leo 
I'm not fond of mixing whole CG shots with animation, but I couldnt find anything wrong with any of the shots, and I dont think the CG shots could have been done better with animation.
9/10
-MRB
Last edited by Max Butcher (April 19, 2009 (01:01am))
...and I dont think the CG shots could have been done better with animation.
It was definitely tricky to pick CG or stop-mo for each of the shots. I think some of the shots could have looked better in stop-motion instead of CG, but overall it worked out.
- Leo
Hmm, it didn't really work for me. The music sounded too much like pop to me and didn't really capture the scale of some of the shots. I felt the pacing could have been better, and though the CGI generally looked good, a lot of it was too bland for me.
I'm quite impressed with the fact that you managed to make this in such a short timespan, especially because I know that I probably never could. And whilst the CGI was good, everything looked and felt rather empty. Whilst I understand that you can't do that much with limited time, it still looks strange to have massive plains with not a single hill or shrub, and a huge courtyard after an epic battle, and only three dead bodies, not to mention catapults that required teams of people to operate them and there's not a single person (or fig if you prefer) in sight. One thing I did really like however, was the map and the catapult designs.
So...yeah. I feel like there was something else I wanted to say, but I've forgotten it now...
-Kim
...everything looked and felt rather empty.
I know exactly what you mean, and it bugs the guts out of me. 
The catapults firing with no one standing there gets on my nerves every time I watch it. That's partially my fault. I had 36 hours, but I'd never done a timed competition before, so I underestimated how long it would take me and rushed through the whole thing in 12 hours. Of course by then I was foolish enough to instantly upload and submit it before thinking that I should probably use the extra time to make changes.
In short, you're not the only one who noticed.
- Leo
In retrospect, The amount of dead bodies was a bit low, but one person at the catault didn't bug me
cool, good animation and storyline.
despite its wonderful quality, the music was a little corny at times.
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