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NEST
Published: 2012-06-27 16:13:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 15302; Favourites: 963; Downloads: 341
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Here's my newest animated short, NEST.It's a story about facing adversity, overcoming obstacles and location, location, location.
Animated in Adobe Flash CS3.
Here's the Youtube link: [link]
And here's Vimeo: [link]
NEST © Michael J. Ruocco (aka ME) 2012
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Comments: 164
Loved it! The movements were so fluent and I really liked the way some of the straws of the nest fell down when the bird let it fall onto the post. the expressions were great as well!
May I asked how long it took you?
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That was so cute! I thought it was a straw at first!
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Wow! So awesome! And cute :3
it must have taken you so long to do this!
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So cute and funny! Poor bird xD
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So cute and funny! Poor bird, hopefully he'll find another place to nest in
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Hopefully it won't be another train post. XD
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Yeah. Tell the bird to find a tree instead XD
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Great! It's funny, made me laugh so hard 
very cool! congrats
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<- My face.
The movements of the bird were really smooth, and it was great how you could get so much emotion (from it looking surprised to frazzled and then somewhat miffed in the end) with so few lines
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That was cute! Very nicely done. The animation was very smooth. Great job!
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I feel kind of bad for the cute bird.
Very nice animation, I really had to smile while watching this.
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I loved it! You captured the expression on the bird very well and it truly made me laugh! Very well done.
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Hahahahahahahaha!!!! OMG! I laughed so hard when the barrier moved and when the bird came back up all "WTF!" 
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Zomgggggg the animation is so smooth and awesoooome!
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I love it! Very cute animation
Only one thing that bothers me is the sound when the bird hits the ramp: It's a bit too strong, sounds like it could have injured itself. Maybe some softer sound.
Anyway, congratulations on your DD for this wonderful animation!
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Hahaha! That was really cute! Certainly unexpected, and I got a good kick out of it. Thanks for sharing!
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I'm curious, what program did you use to animate this? and cute story!
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This was all done in Adobe Flash CS3.
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Thank you for sharing!
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Brilliant! You got me here...I thought it was a straw.
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I literally did a double take when I saw your short pop up on Cartoon Brew, I've seen you mentioned on there before but this was different for some reason.
Fantastic sense of timing and great, expressive animation! Bravo!
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Brilliant! Everything is so well acted and timed! Absolutely perfect! Well done!
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This is great! very cute idea for a complicated topic
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The Short Answer: With a lot of patience.
The Technical Answer: I animated it completely in three passes (emotion pass, rough tie-downs and clean up) in Adobe Flash CS3 at HD resolution (1920x1080). Then did a little bit of effects (aka adding a slight motion blur to the train) by bringing it into AfterEffects, then exported a smaller version of the film, which I brought into GarageBand so I could edit the audio to the film. Using some sounds I pre-recorded (train sounds), sounds from my digital library (mechanical and impact sounds) and foley that I recorded on the fly (wing flaps using washcloths, the nest using shredded printer paper and plastic bags, and various creaks and misc. sounds using my mouth), I assembled the audio, exported it, brought it and an HD version of the animation back into AfterEffects and composited the final version as you see here!
Phew!
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Wow !!
That's a lot of work !
But it really paid off .
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