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2008 Out Of Your Shell
Published: 2009-01-11 23:16:10 +0000 UTC; Views: 14908; Favourites: 644; Downloads: 194
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Here it FINALLY is: My 4th year film!! I was hesitant about putting it up on YouTube because, well, YouTube as we all know is not that well protected. I'm so happy Deviant Art has this professional film submitting option now! ^_^The only parts of this film I DIDN'T do was the dancing crab clean-up, and 2 of the voices and obviously the music.
Enjoy!
(c) SilverSkye aka Trisha Hartnett 2008
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My budgie went crazy when he heard the birds twittering in the forest!
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hahahah! oopsie!! Hopefully you got him calmed down again haha!
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No preob!
I just have to play my flute that alwahs calms him down
And no prob!
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Nothing better than some adorable dancing Hermit Crabs X3 So cute!
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Awe thanks so much!! Basically when making this film, I knew I wasn't by any means the strongest animator, storyteller, drawer etc. so I was like "How do I make my film memorable if not for a certain type of talent??" and somehow I came up with dancing hermit crabs!!
Glad you enjoyed it!! Thanks for your comment! (and sorry for my late reply! ^_^*)
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No that's quite alright XD but the dancing hermit crabs make this absolutely adorable! And you are so welcome! I think you did an amazing job
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Thanks so much for the comment!
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SO Cute and I love how you made the hermit crab sound like.
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Thanks! Actually hermit crabs do make a sound similar to this believe it or not! Although it doesn't come from their mouths, but from their inner legs rubbing their shell (kinda like a cricket, but sounds like... well... a less intonationed version of what I did here haha)
Thanks for the comment!
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Cute, little, jamming hermit crabs! I love it! This is such an adorable idea, and it rightly deserved the DD it got.
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Thanks for watching!
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Wow, this is a gorgeous little film!! From the characters to the colors, to the style, to the music, to the narrative... I love it!!
I also really love that it's about hermit crabs, because that helps me see a piece of you in it!
So so so cute... And very very well done, I think!!
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(Sorry; I didn't think the first comment sent, so I had to type it again! Lol...)
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Oh my gosh, this is a gorgeous little film... 
So so so cute!! Well done, and it certainly is memorable.
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AWEEE thanx so much Chivi! hahaha omg I am so sick of it now but I am glad you can see it with fresh eyes!
ANOTHER FUN FACT: the crowd of kids? They are power rangers (the red one has the diamonds on his shirt) b/c that is just how cool I am. ^_^
For a much better show, check out FISH HOOKS - that is what I am working on now! It's silly fun!! (obvious plug) ^_^*
Thanx again!!!!!!!
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Hahaha you are welcome!
And that's so hilarious! I will have to watch it again and see... That's awesome.
And I will definitely check out fish hooks as soon as possible! Plug away- you're allowed.
<3
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wonderful short film, i especially love the animation of the hermit crab
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Thank you so much!! I was recently asked where I got the idea for this film, and I was like "WELLL...." hahaha! Lots of randomness basically!
Glad you liked the dancing crabs! Thanx so much for taking the time to watch, and for the comment!
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hey theres nothing wrong with randomness, if you dont mind me asking how long did it take, from like beginning to first pencil test?
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Not a problem at all!
Hm... well it depends on what you mean by 'begining.' The school year started in September, and I'd minus a week for getting settled in and all that...
Then there was thinking up the story, character, layout, and color design, storyboarding it out...
I started animating in January of '08.
So I'd say from the start of pre-production to the first pencil test... :: counts on fingers:: probably a little over 4 months? (I'm thinking about 16 or more weeks?) And I only had 1 class each semester so really, I was working on this the whole time! (even weekends! 
Looking back, I can't believe I did that!
Then I was animating (along with scanning, coloring, cleanup, compiling, painting the layouts) from January until April. And after that... I slept a VERY VERY LONG TIME!
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its really impressive, kudos for doing it in only 4 months, any tips for a beginner trying to do such an impossible task? lol
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Well, it was a bit unreasonable (aka NOT like real, more sane life 
You are going to make a film too?? AWESOME!! Hm... tips...
I guess, definatly set a time limit for yourself. I saw a lot of people get really excited in the begining, and really motivated to do a 5+ minute film!! But I think that is too long to hold your attention to in order to complete, because it gets a lot tougher as your getting into production and you see what a crazy amount of work that would be!! Then you'll just end up feeling bummed when your motivation and/or time runs out to finish it...
Start with a reasonable time... like 1 - 2 and a half minutes; it might seem like a drag (or hard to fit a story into such a short time!) but such limitation can often yield better stories and films since you have to work hard in the begining to make your story clear and concise, ya know? AND you have more of a chance of finishing it (whether fully or line animation) and you'll feel a lot happier in the end! ^_^
Also, in my opinion you don't want to get too epic with the story line right away... again, for motivation purposes. And it's hard to tell a really complicated story that the audience will understand in such a short time. There were a few of my classmates too, that tried this and it just ended up confusing...
But often people have very involved stories in their minds, and they think "but I love this story!! How can I explain it all?" If you really look at it, you can pic a part of that long epic story that would stand GREAT on it's own! And you may know that Sally is Josie's cousin, whose sister stole Sally's boyfriend in an alternate universe... but are such details REALLY important to what you are trying to say? Often times you can have Sally and Josie relate as they would with this situation in mind, but NOT have to let the viewer know! Having such background information on characters is AWESOME and makes the character all the more rich! But don't get too carried away trying to EXPLAIN everything, ya know?
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haha thanks so much, yeah im learning animation too, ill let you know if i by some miracle make anything cool lol, i definetly know what you mean about getting overly ambitious, ive been guilty of that once or twice, thanks for taking the time to talk to me though ^_^
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Adorable! I love the use of crabs! and the style you chose to do the piece in.
<3 Keep it up!
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lols... my friends is OBSESSED about this video... GOOD JOB~
she ha 9 hermit crabs~
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA really?????? :blushing: OMG I feel so... giddy!
9 hermies??? Wow!! I have 3 right now, but usually I try to keep 4 at a time.
Thanx so much for all your comments!! They are so hyper and happy!
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OMG THIS IS SSSUUUCCCHHHHH A CUTE MOVIE!!! EXCELLENT JOB~!
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THE PAIN WAS WORTH IT FOR YOUR NICE WORDS!!!
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you shouldn't hate it!!!!!!!! it's REALLY good!!!!
my friend LITERALLY watches it MILLIONS of times at one go!!! she loves it SSOOO much, but as do i!!!
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Hee hee!! I'm glad you got the joke! I was not responsible for that idea, it was a good friend of mine. He was cracking himself up when he thought of it. KUDOS TO
Thanx for the comments!
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GAHHH 
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Hahahaha, thank you!! Good ol' swinging crabs! Very good for scene transitions!
Thanx for watching!
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Thank you!
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Dude, this is one of the BEST short animated films I've seen. I'd most definitively love to see more of this. When I saw the lil' crabs in their piramids I felt great to see them there, in their own pre-hispanic world untouched by any nastyness.
Although I loved the mayan references, my gut -my mexican heritage I mean- tells me that they're inacurate in use of colours and glyphs but then I think "oh, what the heck, this is fun and sends a loving message so why not just drop it". So as a mexican with deep native roots I tell you: this is great, don't listen if anyone b*tches about it not being true or too colorful or stuff like that.
And keep 'em coming!
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GAHHH you are too nice!!
Hahaha, yeah... I kinda... well, no not kinda... REALLY took liberties with the Mayan reference.
Did you catch the main crab's shell pattern? I decided to do that based on the Mayan symbol for 'shell' 
Thanx so much for watching, and leaving such an honest and heartfelt comment!! I am so happy you enjoyed it, and thanx for the encouragment!!
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