Another 11 Second club analysis

http://www.11secondclub.com/competitions/july07/winner

Animation from the 11 second club: July 2007


         This animation is interesting, although simplistic, it contains a lot of nice subtle movements in the hands and eyes. It is well timed, such as when the letter is opened and contains real characterisation. The use of the letterbox is nice to think about as the addition of a prop, something for the characters to intewract with other than themselves is something that can add a lot to a scene. The animator has clearly put a lot of thought into the little things here and the secondary action is incredible. I would really like to see this animation rendered out properly though. Looking at it again, there seems to be some small issues when the character on the right is moving towards the other character but it is mostly unnoticeable due to the well animated expressions on the character's faces which draw the viewer in.

         The movement of the lips themselves could be better as I feel that the synchronisation of audio to action is slightly off. The story is clear and looking at the other principles of animation, it is clear that squash and stretch are present on the character's faces as they speak, allowing for a higher and better sense of realism. The use of arcs is great as well as the characters move fluidly when turning and rotating their heads, arms and uperbodies. One final criticism that I have would be that the character on the right seems to have some movements and facial expressions that conflict the tone of voice making it seem slightly strange. I noticed this mainly around frame 20 with the character on the left. The character should possibly be slightly less calm about the situation when he says, "We have to."  
       Overall though, it is a nice, well timed animation in both body and face that was worthy of winning the competition that month.