Comments on: Mon Chinois by Cédric Villain

By: vzk

vzk — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:43:23 +0000

Thinking about it, those stereotypes are pretty inoffensive compared to the ones Japanese nationalists have against Chinese and Koreans. There were a few mangas bashing those groups of people that became all-time bestsellers at Amazon Japan. They are on par with the racist depictions of Japanese in American WWII cartoons.

By: Mitch Kennedy

Mitch Kennedy — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:44:28 +0000

They left out Cape Breton and PEI from their North American map!!

By: PJ

PJ — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:57:05 +0000

I really liked it, I’m just not sure how I feel about lumping Tiananmen Square in with a bunch of stereotypes. To me, that’s something that deserves to be addressed in a different way than the rest of the content presented in the short.

Maybe this is my perspective, but that event isn’t really indicative of how Westerners view the Chinese–that event is a pretty big mess all its own, especially considering the lengths the Chinese government has gone to forbid the topic from its own people. You can’t easily–or legally or safely–find information on it in mainland China. To me, that just makes it a different instance than the other topics Cedric touches on.

That said, you did a magnificent job Cedric. Excellent use of the medium, and as a graphic designer I really appreciate how much you achieved with such a conservative, minimalist style. I especially liked the way you used the background negative space to create shapes in your characters throughout the piece. And the typography was beautiful. Bravo!

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By: red pill junkie

red pill junkie — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:23:46 +0000

“That kind of stereotyping is never seen anymore.”

Well, what did you expect… from a French Villain? ;-)

Great short.

By: Cédric Villain

Cédric Villain — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:26:03 +0000

Steve, the short is done in Flash (animation) and After Effects (compositing), the multiplane effect is simply a layer animation in Flash.

By: Half

Half — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:28:28 +0000

A concise telling of an honest idea. Very nice work and congratulations, Cedric.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:14:47 +0000

Cédric, what did you use to get the multiplane effects? 3:57 4:04 I don’t know an easy way to do it with flash. Toon Boom?

By: Tim Drage

Tim Drage — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:48:39 +0000

God! hate this kind of crap.
Maybe you should stop posting it then?