Here is an E.T inspired animation from the 11 second club. This entry came in the top 11 in its respective month. It seems nicely rendered but the first thing that I noticed with this animation is that the lighting seem to be too intense to the ppoint that it causes visual errors and distortion to the characters' faces. The dialogue may not actually come from an alien based quote but the animator has put some thought into setting the scene for the viewer to see a coherent story. The li syncing could be better and I see some issues on the alien's lips, most notably for me, when he says, "I really appreciate it." The animation on the alien's grin, however, is smooth as well and the squash an stretch motion is visible throughout it's movement.
There is some nice subtlety and secondary action where the man takes the leaf out of the air, something that I didn't notice on my first couple of viewings. The other subtleties here, such as the movements of the eyes and head work very nicely and are smooth with the overall character thought processes. A well animated piece that got the point across straight away with a very simple concept, with the movements working very well to tell the story and give depth and characterisation to two characters that the viewer has only just met. There is a sense like you know the characters and what they have been through from just a few simple lines of dialogue. This goes to show how powerful the animator's role can be in the storytelling process and here, the animator was successfull in getting those plot points across.
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