I am an animator for the series and we would like your input on the series.
You can even give a few suggestions on anything
Episodes:
Stumped Episode 1
Stumped Episode 2
Stumped Episode 3
The forth episode is being worked on.
Stumped Playlist get's updated with the new releases.
We will also be starting some 3D animations a bit later.
Anyone?
Oh right GenCon and Weekend bad mix for posts.
Let's try this again.
Anyone?
We need feedback on the series,
if we get enough feedback and support we can start working on a few more series.
Interesting. Some of the humor reminds me of "Celebrity Jeopardy" from Saturday Night Light.
I don't think the huge real-picture bobbleheads on cartoon bodies works. Jib-Jab makes it work by blending it in to animation so it seems quasi-real.
What animation there is seems stiff. The effect comes off as just throwing up a still picture of a celebrities face when the impersonator speaks.
What I would do is get rid of the photograph faces. The whole thing should be done with a traditional animation look (Futurama, Venture Brothers, etc) There needs to be better flow and more action.
The impersonations need a little more work. Colbert doesn't sound right at all. Dana Carvey once said that the secret is not in imitating the voice but the personality. You do a decent job with Connery, Bush, and Schwarzenegger but you need to get into their character more.
The jokes have some nice ideas but the timing is a little off. Celebrity Jeopardy worked by being snappy and played against Trebek as the straight man. I don't think Colbert is really the right choice for this.
Interesting. Some of the humor reminds me of "Celebrity Jeopardy" from Saturday Night Light.
I don't think the huge real-picture bobbleheads on cartoon bodies works. Jib-Jab makes it work by blending it in to animation so it seems quasi-real.
What animation there is seems stiff. The effect comes off as just throwing up a still picture of a celebrities face when the impersonator speaks.
What I would do is get rid of the photograph faces. The whole thing should be done with a traditional animation look (Futurama, Venture Brothers, etc) There needs to be better flow and more action.
The impersonations need a little more work. Colbert doesn't sound right at all. Dana Carvey once said that the secret is not in imitating the voice but the personality. You do a decent job with Connery, Bush, and Schwarzenegger but you need to get into their character more.
The jokes have some nice ideas but the timing is a little off. Celebrity Jeopardy worked by being snappy and played against Trebek as the straight man. I don't think Colbert is really the right choice for this.
Thank you for your feedback,
Jots notes
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youtube is blocked at the office - will take a gander when I get home in the evening
We hope you "Like" the series,
and post some comments
The bodies of the characters used in those videos are not cartoon, but real-life images, hence the real-life heads.
Definitely got a Celebrity Jeopardy vibe - especially since Sean Connery was a staple for that sketch back in the day. Not necessarily a bad thing, but might be something to bear in mind. That being said, the voices were all pretty good.
Colbert's lines had me laughing the most often (especially the crack about steroids being the leading cause of scottish women growing beards - that line in particular was gold), but each of the celebrities got me chuckling at least once too.
The other suggestions and the 3 notes you jotted down up above are good ideas to keep in mind. Wish you guys the best of luck and hope you have a lot of success with these!
We were aiming for a SNL - Celebrity Jeopardy feel, good to know we got that done well.
I know after we get the 4th episode up, we'll be toying with other styles; cartoon and 3D.
I do know that the next comedic series (after the 4th ep) will have some new faces, and a 007 of a host.
Provided we have enough of a viewer ship to warrant it.
Now I ask;
"Who do you look up to?"
We are still looking for more feedback.
And we want as much of it as possible.
We are nearly finished episode four.
Episode four just needs some post-production work and it'll be up.
Episode four is looking more animated than the previous episodes.
Does that mean it's up? I'll check it out this weekend.
Post-production work is still needed,
after a quick review of the whole production,
I found a few odd animation errors and Obama was lacking some animation.
I forgot to put a few things back to their original position after animating certain parts and looked bad after the camera zoomed back.
Ahh - the classic facepalm! lol
If you like the series please show it around.
If I get some time,
I'll take a screen shot of an in the works demo I'm working on
Friday is the last day we'll accept ideas for our demo videos
Forth episode is in Post-Production.
There is a third Character in the demo scene and it's in a Campaign setting book.
The first demo is done working on the second one.
The first three demos will go up at the same time.
Here's a quick peek at one of the early demos
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