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The Hobbit animated
by MrHat Wed Nov 26, 2014 11:46 pm
Chapter 1 is out!
you can see it here:
http://vimeo.com/112708326
its interesting, abit awkward, but fun
you can see it here:
http://vimeo.com/112708326
its interesting, abit awkward, but fun
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Re: The Hobbit animated
by MrHat Wed Nov 26, 2014 11:47 pm
Oops sorry, just realized there is already a thread for this 
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Re: The Hobbit animated
by bungobaggins Thu Nov 27, 2014 12:20 am
You're right, it is a little awkward! I wish the facial animation was a little more...animated, but I suppose it could be either for stylistic or efficiency reasons. It will be fun to watch the story unfold episodically. 
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Re: The Hobbit animated
by Forest Shepherd Thu Nov 27, 2014 11:33 am
Well that was terrible. Their voices reminded me of Magica more than anything else, and they all sucked at voice-acting.
The reduction of the number of dwarves was meaningless, the invented ability of the dwarves to teleport inside Bag End weird, and the rapist-hobbit at the very beginning disturbing.
The reduction of the number of dwarves was meaningless, the invented ability of the dwarves to teleport inside Bag End weird, and the rapist-hobbit at the very beginning disturbing.
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Re: The Hobbit animated
by bungobaggins Thu Nov 27, 2014 11:40 am
No one can do this story right. The closest anyone has come was Rankin Bass.
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Re: The Hobbit animated
by Ringdrotten Thu Nov 27, 2014 11:57 am
Too soon to say whether it's good, okay or crap, but I hope the next chapters are better 
I don't know if it's coincidental or not, but there were quite a few similarities with AUJ there - Dwalin and the way they're all seated around the table. Didn't like that, and I hope it doesn't continue.
Forest - it seems to me like they went in through the window, Bombur was just too fat to get in. I don't see the point, though. Why knock, then jump in through the window? Are they eight year old pranksters? And I completely agree about the dwarves. Even Jackson managed to get together 13 dwarves. Perhaps it became too much to animate, but still, you don't just remove half of the dwarves from TH
Kind of looking forward to the next one in spite of all this, though, much more than Bot5A at least
I don't know if it's coincidental or not, but there were quite a few similarities with AUJ there - Dwalin and the way they're all seated around the table. Didn't like that, and I hope it doesn't continue. Forest - it seems to me like they went in through the window, Bombur was just too fat to get in. I don't see the point, though. Why knock, then jump in through the window? Are they eight year old pranksters? And I completely agree about the dwarves. Even Jackson managed to get together 13 dwarves. Perhaps it became too much to animate, but still, you don't just remove half of the dwarves from TH
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Re: The Hobbit animated
by malickfan Thu Nov 27, 2014 12:08 pm
The Good:
-The motion graphic idea worked well enough, the movement looked mostly convincing and the lip synching was very well done, If someone put together a professional budget and script I wouldn't be opposed to a proper remake in this sort of style.
-The designs and colour scheme, though hardly detailed, were bold and effective enough I suppose, reminded me of the Graphic Novel-the pinnacle by which I measure all Hobbit adaptations
-The music was kinda funky and catchy, though It would probably get annoying if they continue to play it the whole way through
-Good on them for adapting The Hobbit with no appendices malarkey so far
The Bad:
-Switching from BW to colour at the start didn't work for me
-Some of the framing/designs seem inspired by AUJ
-What's with the rapey eyes? Gandalf looks like someone's been touching him in his special place, Bilbo looks either confused or mildly drunk, The Dwarves look like hairy blank eyed farmers, and the quick shots of the other two hobbits were mildy creepy not reassuring.
-If I were new to the story I'd be thoroughly confused, very little detail or explanation is given about the how or whys, names or places, admittedly it's a only the first short episode and we don't know how big the budget or length is, but it isn't exactly the most thrilling of openings.
-Only 5 dwarves? Who can apparently teleport through thing air, no need for a Burglar then...
-Weak voice acting, sounded like someone doing a impersonation of a skyrim impersonation
-Bilbo didn't look 50 (though +1 point for not going the Armitage route on Thorin)
I'll keep an open mind depending on what they do with the rest of the story.
-The motion graphic idea worked well enough, the movement looked mostly convincing and the lip synching was very well done, If someone put together a professional budget and script I wouldn't be opposed to a proper remake in this sort of style.
-The designs and colour scheme, though hardly detailed, were bold and effective enough I suppose, reminded me of the Graphic Novel-the pinnacle by which I measure all Hobbit adaptations
-The music was kinda funky and catchy, though It would probably get annoying if they continue to play it the whole way through
-Good on them for adapting The Hobbit with no appendices malarkey so far
The Bad:
-Switching from BW to colour at the start didn't work for me
-Some of the framing/designs seem inspired by AUJ
-What's with the rapey eyes? Gandalf looks like someone's been touching him in his special place, Bilbo looks either confused or mildly drunk, The Dwarves look like hairy blank eyed farmers, and the quick shots of the other two hobbits were mildy creepy not reassuring.
-If I were new to the story I'd be thoroughly confused, very little detail or explanation is given about the how or whys, names or places, admittedly it's a only the first short episode and we don't know how big the budget or length is, but it isn't exactly the most thrilling of openings.
-Only 5 dwarves? Who can apparently teleport through thing air, no need for a Burglar then...
-Weak voice acting, sounded like someone doing a impersonation of a skyrim impersonation
-Bilbo didn't look 50 (though +1 point for not going the Armitage route on Thorin)
I'll keep an open mind depending on what they do with the rest of the story.
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Re: The Hobbit animated
by Forest Shepherd Thu Nov 27, 2014 12:17 pm
The voice-acting was definitely the worst part of it. It's a British story, so give them British accents. And if you're from Brussels or something weird and you literally can't find any actors that speak English without a weird-sounding accent, then translate the bloody thing into Dutch or whatever.
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Re: The Hobbit animated
by malickfan Thu Nov 27, 2014 12:21 pm
Forest Shepherd wrote:The voice-acting was definitely the worst part of it. It's a British story, so give them British accents. And if you're from Brussels or something weird and you literally can't find any actors that speak English without a weird-sounding accent, then translate the bloody thing into Dutch or whatever.
I have a soft spot for John Huston's Gandalf
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Re: The Hobbit animated
by Mrs Figg Thu Nov 27, 2014 12:34 pm
well I just begged the guys from Hunt for Gollum to remake The Hobbit. 
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Re: The Hobbit animated
by Forest Shepherd Thu Nov 27, 2014 12:38 pm
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Re: The Hobbit animated
by Eldorion Thu Nov 27, 2014 2:48 pm
I respect the amount of work that undoubtedly went into this thing, but yeah. Not really feeling it. Limited animation is a reasonable cost-cutting measure, but I'd have hoped the savings might have allowed them to not truncate the story so much. And I agree that it would have sounded better in Dutch with subtitles, though that probably would have meant a much smaller audience from the largely English-centric Internet.
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Re: The Hobbit animated
by parzival Fri Nov 28, 2014 4:58 pm
Mrs Figg wrote:we could do it better.
Could we?
I'd say this is a good effort but it's not really my style. The constant camera drift seems like a trick to mask the simplicity of the animation. Simplicity itself isn't bad so long as the goal is to do something more akin to a "moving illustration". I do like the music though, and the design is interesting.
For my part, I'm falling back on my editorial/audio skills to see if I can make something of an epic fan edit that stays firmly planted on Bilbo and excises the more idiotic moments/sequences.
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Re: The Hobbit animated
by malickfan Fri Nov 28, 2014 5:12 pm
parzival wrote:Mrs Figg wrote:we could do it better.
Could we?
I'd say this is a good effort but it's not really my styleI liked the designs, but a little too simplistic for me. The constant camera drift seems like a trick to mask the simplicity of the animationyeah it seemed a bit...jittery. Simplicity itself isn't bad so long as the goal is to do something more akin to a "moving illustration"I think a more illustrative style of animation is better suited to The Hobbit personally, at least if you adapt it as a stand alone novel, it's never quite felt in the same universe as Sil or LOTR to me, there is something rather quaint and Victorian about the book. I do like the music thoughyeah it was catchy but constant!!!, and the design is interesting.
For my part, I'm falling back on my editorial/audio skills to see if I can make something of an epic fan edit that stays firmly planted on Bilbo and excises the more idiotic moments/sequences[b]If you are editing Jackson's film that's going to be a very brutal edit.../b].
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by parzival Fri Nov 28, 2014 5:18 pm
I'd love to know more about this script. Any drafts floating around?
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by malickfan Fri Nov 28, 2014 5:27 pm
parzival wrote:I'd love to know more about this script. Any drafts floating around?
Sinister only mentioned it the other day as a project he might be tempted to do, I'm not sure if he was serious or not. He is recovering from serious surgery at the moment and has lots of free time on his hands, but the idea has been floated around here from time to time, It could be quite a fun thing to do, maybe even a forum project (Not that I'm volunteering straight away, Jackson may have issues with scripts, but I'd probably be worse...), if you look around the net you'll probably find a few fan scripts.
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Re: The Hobbit animated
by parzival Fri Nov 28, 2014 5:44 pm
Happy to hear he's recovering and hope he's well.malickfan wrote:
Sinister only mentioned it the other day as a project he might be tempted to do, I'm not sure if he was serious or not. He is recovering from serious surgery at the moment and has lots of free time on his hands,
I'll look around for sure. In the litany of problems the films have, I don't think Jackson's script is the #1 culprit though.malickfan wrote:but the idea has been floated around here from time to time, It could be quite a fun thing to do, maybe even a forum project (Not that I'm volunteering straight away, Jackson may have issues with scripts, but I'd probably be worse...), if you look around the net you'll probably find a few fan scripts.
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by Mrs Figg Fri Nov 28, 2014 6:21 pm
I think the number one problem is sexy Dwarves. 
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by Eldorion Fri Nov 28, 2014 6:24 pm
I'm reluctant to claim that I could do something better when I have no experience with filmmaking whatsoever. Unless you have some cinematic work to your name (fan film or professional) it feels like an empty boast. 
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Re: The Hobbit animated
by Pettytyrant101 Sun Nov 30, 2014 6:55 am
For my part, I'm falling back on my editorial/audio skills to see if I can make something of an epic fan edit that stays firmly planted on Bilbo and excises the more idiotic moments/sequences. - parzival
Have you seen my purist edits because that exactly what they do.
Have you seen my purist edits because that exactly what they do.
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Re: The Hobbit animated
by parzival Sun Nov 30, 2014 9:41 pm
Pettytyrant101 wrote:For my part, I'm falling back on my editorial/audio skills to see if I can make something of an epic fan edit that stays firmly planted on Bilbo and excises the more idiotic moments/sequences. - parzival
Have you seen my purist edits because that exactly what they do.
No, I'd love to. How did you make them? I'd be interested to know how you handled certain aspects of it.
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Re: The Hobbit animated
by Pettytyrant101 Mon Dec 01, 2014 12:38 am
Just send me a pm parzival and I can give you access to my online drive and then you can either download or just watch the stream.
I edit mainly on Adobe Premiere pro CS6. I use Audacity if I need to do any soundtrack editing. And Adobe After Effects for colour correction and the like.
Heres the first hour of my FotR purist edit (although this version is out of date now)
I edit mainly on Adobe Premiere pro CS6. I use Audacity if I need to do any soundtrack editing. And Adobe After Effects for colour correction and the like.
Heres the first hour of my FotR purist edit (although this version is out of date now)
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Re: The Hobbit animated
by parzival Mon Dec 01, 2014 12:57 am
Pettytyrant101 wrote:Just send me a pm parzival and I can give you access to my online drive and then you can either download or just watch the stream.
I edit mainly on Adobe Premiere pro CS6. I use Audacity if I need to do any soundtrack editing. And Adobe After Effects for colour correction and the like.
Heres the first hour of my FotR purist edit (although this version is out of date now)
Whoaaaaaaaaa. Is that Michael Hordern from the BBC adaptation at the beginning? Man, you're going deep IMMEDIATELY.
I'll PM you, thanks!
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