David, Beth and Esteban Bravo, directors. In a Heartbeat. Ringling College of Art and Design, 31 July 2017.
Design
What made this animation particularly amazing was the many principles of design they included into the project. The balance was great, nothing was too ark or too bright or too busy. Everytihng was layed out very nicely and it didn't overcrowd for example in the beginning when one of the characters is in the tree, nothing took away from that moment. It was layed out nicely to not draw attetion to unneeded things. The movement was also very good. It flowed smoothly from one scene to the next and no one was left wondering or confused. The Unity was also very good, the colors and aniamtion in general was very pleasing to the eye for example, when the two meet in the center of screen with the slight contrasting colors canceld eachother and the nothing was too eyedrawing, the whole piece is very balanced.
Story
The story was very easy to follow, a boy who has a crush is scared to make any contact or talk to his crush but then his heart leads him around, making descions for him leading the two boys to met for the first time. The boy with the crush becomes very flustered and tries to ru away, leaving a piece of his broken heart but after a while the other boy finds him and he helps the main boy to heal his broken heart, bringing them togther in the end. A classic, Dsiney romance. The tale was to share the commiunty f the LGBTQ and make everyone a bit more aware and accepting. They also hoped to inspidre young kids to do whatever they want and et their heart take control to do what they love. The animation team did a great job with their overall look, it is very pleasing to watch with the fluid movemnet and great artwork. They also did a great job at bringing up important issues (LGBTQ equality) and turning it soft for everyone to recongize it. It brought up awreness for a now common occourance.
Improvemnt
An element I could take from this animated short is definitly cleaning up my work and making it look better. This short was well organized and the art looks amazing so maybe if I start working t prove my skills at digital art, weather that be 3D or 2D my projects might start looking a little more professional. The throuhgness this flim has compared to my work is also very unbeliveibble. My work is ok, but there are usually many errors that I make and that I don't go back and fix so possibly trying to fix most mistakes wiol help again with the profesional feel. Something both my work and the short film is probably the time taken. It took me way too long to create my animation and the In a heartbeat probably took at least a year. But we also share the process so storyboarding and then concepting then eventually creation. The process for every animator is silimalr in that sense. To me, the overall animation was pretty good, there are probably ittle mistakes here and there but the story is very creative and differenct. Plus the animation is pretty amazing. The story could get better by adding o to it. Possily showing the characters after they realise they share feelings or maybe a little from the ther boy's point of veiw.
Overall I think this animation is truley a work of art. I may not be a part of the LGBTQ community but it is important for any group to represented. Hopefully this hsort will open up people's eyes more and create and more accepting envirnment for anyone and everyone.
Until next time,
SophietheFirst
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