Comments on: Descendants by Heiko van der Scherm

By: yelis cordona

yelis cordona — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 23:54:53 +0000

watching this while stoned is extremely satisfactory, it was life changing.

By: neo

neo — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 05:03:11 +0000

we dont want people like “Tim” in humanities gene pool !

By: neo

neo — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 04:58:33 +0000

wow Tim- I cant disagree more – you must be the most unpleasantly unintelligent person I have ever come across – how dare you judge such beautiful artful mastery! I am embarrassed and ashamed for you.

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By: favian

favian — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 08:16:12 +0000

I was wondering where could i see more amazing videos like this i had seen this 1 and other videos on kqed 9 on tv and wanted to see them again but i wasnt able to find them

By: Douglas Carrel

Douglas Carrel — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:25:40 +0000

A truly delightful little film. I found it completely compelling. Loved the characters, their designs, the quality and subtlety of the animation, the forest settings… heck, I even loved the sap-sucking bug things. It seems evident to me that a whole heap of thought, imagination and love went into this production. A doffing of my dusty old hat and a sweeping bow to all who were involved in its creation. Five twinkling little stars from me.

By: 5tephanie

5tephanie — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:34:55 +0000

While the film moved slowly, the pace was obviously a part of the story, as in nature works in its own measured way, and so did this. I rather enjoyed the unraveling of the story which is how it felt, it was a nice experience. The dialog presented challenges for me in that it did not match the beauty of the scenery, to me, it did not have the same depth as the aesthetic. All in all I really enjoyed this, fully realizing it could be “better” viewed in a cinematic context. I look forward to more works.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:06:11 +0000

I appreciated Tim’s criticism far more than the short.

There is nothing more boring to me than a string of comments that all say “great job.” I gave up on CGTalk because of that.

Yeah, you step on the stage and do your best. No guarantees.

By: Schoenberger

Schoenberger — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:01:37 +0000

About the “criticism”:
I disagree with Makkes “a criticism always has to contain something constructive”. And I agree with Tim “cannot critique something if I don’t have the capacity to do it”.
(But this does not mean that I agree with Tim first thread at all)
For example I can criticise our animators when I feel that the animation does not look naturally. But I am not an animator, so I cannot fix it.
But Makkes, you are right, a good criticism includes at least a way how to fix it. I also do not like people who criticise everything because they just did not like it.

One thing I have learned about watching the short with others was that you need to be relaxed, take your time for it and you really need to understand the English very good. Otherwise you do not get a lot of messages in the end. (like the poison…)
A lot of people do not get the whole story the first time they see it.

Again about the light:
It was *forbidden* to get direct light on the characters. And the clearing had to be in the full bright colorful sun.
That was the difficulty, which was not easy to solve. (I only allowed a tiny bit of less-intense direct light at night or as rim in the morning)
Yes, the faces are dark, especially the red one, but there was less you can do about it.
You have you watch it fullscreen in a dark room and if the gamma of your screen is not right, it is even harder to see the facials.