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#209442
This is a project that I have been working on for my mother. She does a Master Gardener video series for the local news station back home in Wyoming, and wanted a new intro clip for this year.

The keyframing is really rough, so the timing is WAY off, but this is just a concept clip. As each plant lands on the wall, they'll have little comic voices saying the title of the show.

What I think I may do is have the last plant land solidly on the sign, then as it starts saying "Up.." the sign collapses so the voice ends up doing the old 'falling off a cliff' fade. My brother is going to do all of the sound effects - he's got to make some use out of that music degree........

The pan to the right at the end will be sped up and lengthened as well so they can do a fade/wipe into the video. The blank space at the bottom is there so they can overlay the sponsor's name. I have to increase the size of the brick mapping too - it's scaled to small here.

Let me know what you think - I'm open to any suggestions... :)

http://www.divshare.com/download/119784-b2f

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By Hervé
#209450
he he, pretty cool idea Michael... but poor last plant...

:idea: the last plant could fall (forget the sign), then against the wall, the plant that just fell starts to growlike a snake to form >> the title of the show..
PS, I don't know the english name, but in French it is called "lierre".. just an idea.. and I think it is better to show the plant coming back (the one who fell) even stonger... as long as you take care of the plant, they don't die.. and in your idea, the plant who falls kinda die.. no..?

Regards,
Chance Gardner
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By acquiesse
#209462
I keep watching it and smiling... This should be issued to people with depression :D...
By JCAddy
#209519
Pretty funny animation. The bounce of the plants is pretty nice, but add some squash to them once they land. It will definitely give them more character. Also, the camera placement should be looking a bit higher as well, right now you see too much of the wall and the top of the plants are being cut off.

Well done so far.
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By 3dtrialpractice
#209581
well great to see you posting this animaiton. .after seeing so many of your wonderful still art its cool to see the movment..



I had to watch it a few times to understand what happened to the last plant- .. the audience probably wont have time to view it a few times (in a realtime tv show viewing) it will be neccesary for them to grasp that the plant is overshooting the ledge and revealing the sign.. so I have a suggestion. .I think there will be more character and better "timing" for the audience to realise what is happening if the last plant first lands on the ledge. .maybe on the edge/ half on half off.. and tries to balance/pause and then falls.. this will give a pause to the action for a sec. giving the audience time to recongnise that the plant is about to fall over the ledge. .and then the plant falls off -reveals the sign...

you can time it out in 3 beats. .beat 1- the first plants land on the ledge--beat 2 the last plant lands on the edge of the ledge - and beat 3 the plant falls- revealing the sign..


hope to see more progress form this movie..
well done --simple yet funny idea.. thats the way to go..

So, is this a known issue?