"The Suitcase" First pass

This is what I started while taking some time off the swing so my head didn't explode.

I wanted to do a short acting piece based on Alex's suitcase idea. Instead I did a 30 second one because I'm a big, dumb idiot. But I liked the idea.

First pass, "The Suitcase" from Ryan D on Vimeo.

(SPOILER ALERT/WATCH THE VIDEO BEFORE READING FURTHER!!!!)

I had all kinds of idea for gimmicks in this one. He sets down the gun, forgets it, gets shot in the back? Something in the suitcase eats him? It contains Marcellus Wallace's soul? Then I though, gimmicks are kind of cliche. How about an armed robbery and a murder? I like to think of this as a shady deal has gone sour and Goon wants that suitcase full of... well, something very valuable apparently. The Goon is Cicilian mobster and the victim (Norman; temp animation obviously) is another underworld goon. They're both bad people, so the shooting isn't so bad, right?

updated demoreel

I made a few changes with the cut and scene selection.
Also I would love to get some feedback on the acting scene in the middle.
It's the same post as before.
Thanks guys!

You know...

Other people can post on this too, right? Or are you slackers just not animating? :P

Ping me if you need to be set up as an author.

3rd pass of the Swing

Swing exercise, 3rd pass from Ryan D on Vimeo.

More tweaking, mostly with the first jump, the jump-down to swing and the landing. Thanks for the feedback, guys.

Diego, I see what you mean about the action being difficult and I agree but it's too far done to change it now; I'm going to have to accept a little bit of superheroics on Monkey Norman's part here.

It's close to the point now where I'll have to accept that this isn't the piece that's going to get me into Pixar :P I'm going to take a few days off from it but please, if you see any remaining, easy fixes, please let me know.

New version of the swing

Feedback integrated plus my own nitpicks from looking at it 10000 times. Camera has also been redone for better staging and less drastic movement.

Swing exercise, 2nd pass from Ryan D on Vimeo.

rough demoreel

Hi guys!! I'm putting a demoreel together with some stuff I have. It was really weird because it's all over the place, I like doing everything, so it's really hard to focus. But I'm trying hard.
What do  you like and what you dislike?  Thanks a lot!


rough cut - demoreel 2010

Minor updates

Doled out some "author" invitations added links to blogs from some classmates. Ping me if you want to be linked and I missed you (or if you don't want to be linked). Or if you want author rights.

If this catches on outside our class, I'll make a separate list for other contributors.