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Joshua Eton:
I feel as if my entry stands out the most for its sheer simplicity and attention to details. When I made this story, I wanted to tell something special with the character being insignificant. So the choice of a boy who has family issues seems super relatable in troubling times of puberty for young men. I focused on the fun of the animation and the story to tell something that not only follows the criteria but also can recapture the results of a boy who can’t speak out due to people or other things like a simple rat problem getting his parents to act neglectful. It’s powerful the way I translated this dynamic poses of art into true animation magic. I love it when I was able to figure ways of getting the boy to point at something with a bunch of squash and stretch principles to imply the difficulty of getting his mother to react to the rat problem. It’s a process that takes a lot of work within a few hours, making it feel like 30 hours all together. I especially love adding smears (like when the lady moves her arms and legs) and the incorporation of doubles (when she points to her son - neglecting him). It’s the power of limited animation at its finest. I even blend in Some colors to give out an abstraction to the art style as a way to show a cutting edge perspective you’d get from Saturday morning TV shows. No matter what people say, l always my animations are the best and I can tell they’ll get better as I learn and accept the feedback that is necessary. Honestly, any animation I’ve made seems perfectly simple in a great way. I can take feedback but that doesn’t mean I won’t acknowledge this as a potential masterpiece and that my art has to apply the feedback. Every genius knows what to believe and what is not to be trusted. I trust myself In knowing this animation is perfect in every way because I can love my own work in the U.S. I wanted to tell a story that resonates with all audiences and I can tell the sheer wackiness and storyline is clear throughout every frame.
Moses Justin Ginaba:
Couldn't have a hint of their secret
Richard Clark:
I have no idea what is going on here. The staging is so unorthodox that it's hard to register some things... especially with the female walking through the shot. What is that thing behind her? It cuts so quickly, it's hard to tell what I'm looking at.
Animator: Joshua Eton
Description: A teenage boy tries to warn his busy mother about a sudden rat occurrence but she completely ignores him and continues acting oblivious to the clues as the rat steals the cheese from her refrigerator.
Experience: 3 years
Time taken: 3 days or less