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Mat the Demented Rabbit
Published: 2008-09-17 11:19:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 24343; Favourites: 678; Downloads: 0
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Mat the Demented RabbitHere is a short film I made from September 2006 to May 2007 for my BA Hons animation degree - "Mat the Demented Rabbit".
The story involves Mat, a rabbit on the run from the relentless cops of Deco City. It is not until the end that you find out why.
Yeah, I know. The sound ain't the best and the story is, well...but I consider this film an experiment, to see what I could and couldn't do. But most of all, it was my chance to have fun and make my very own movie, with my own characters.
If you would like to know more about my film, like 'what software I used', then visit my Mat the Demented Rabbit FAQ here - [link] Go here for the Mat the Demented Rabbit poster I hope you like it
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CREDITS
Direction, Concept and Character Design - Mat Kelman
Story - Mat Kelman and Calum MacAskill
Main Animation, Colouring, Sounds and Backgrounds - Mat Kelman
Additional Animation - Laura Whyte, Ross Carrie, Neil MacDonald
Additional Colouring - Elizabeth Burton, Mike Kelman Snr., Katy Kelman, Marc Kelman
Additional Backgrounds - Kevin Adams and Reza Dolatabadi
Music - Tom Foster, Mat Kelman, Gordon Crawford, Andrew Tulloch
Voices - Calum MacAskill, Mat Kelman, Gordon Crawford, Asuna Ikeshima, Reinhard Behrens, Wayne Thomas
(c) 2003-2007 Mat Kelman/MATIU* (*Machu)
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Comments: 473
Well, good luck when you make your films, and have fun
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Thanks! And yeah if it isn't fun I won't even bother doing it
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Ohh, I'm so glad you posted it<3
I think this deserves a daily deviation or something C:
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Aww ^^
But I'm glad you can now see the film here on DeviantArt.
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Krystal: I love this thing 
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Yeah xD
And I made it, but I got some help with parts.
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Like animating 3 or 4 shots, doing a few of the backgrounds, colouring a couple of shots, some of the music and the voices.
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Krystal: ah XD well we all need help every once in a while XD DUDE! I AM GONNA GET YOU MORE WATCHERS! PEOPLE ARE OBVIOUSLY BLIND NOT TO SEE YOUR PAGE D:<
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Haha, I remember this!
Still good. (:
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"So, hows business?"
Lol, I remember this being one of the very deviations that caught my eye about your skill. Still quite entertaining too.
Really great movie with a good amount of humor, awesome job Machu!
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Thankyou Vaedrian
So you also like that quote
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Machu this film is so amazing, i still adore it to peices.
Such a smooth animation, and inspiration. (:
Mat is such an amazing character, i love the scene at the end where he's rocking back and forth in his chair.
Awesome work.
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Thankyou very much, and again for watching it again
And I'm glad you like Mat so much, and the part where he is stupidfied and rocks in his chair
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Wow!
Such expression.
I love the extreme anxiety close ups, and that explosion at the end ruled!
This has all the visual panache of a high budget TV show.
-Awesome!
How long did it take you?
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Thankyou for your comments and your time in seeing this. I was aiming to make it look like something from television, particuarly after researching American action cartoons from the 1990s.
To answer your question, I spent almost a year making this film (including dawdling time 
Scanning a pile of frames took a whole day, and colouring them was just as bad if not worse. One piece of advice I can give you - NEVER leave stuff until the last minute (which is what I did...last week actually, but still). I hope that answers your question.
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Oh yes.
Good advice.
Eight months. Yikes. That must have felt a bit discouraging at times. What got you through it; kept you interested?
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The thought of having my own film kept me going. I had no intention of failing the course by having no film or finished work, so I pressed on. After all, I did so much work on it, I wasn't about to give up.
There were parts of my film I could have done better, but that's what happens. I doubt I'd go back and change anything; I'd rather learn from this film, because I consider it an experiment of techniques. And if I did tweak it, I'd be up to version 5 or something. I'm sure I'll make other good episodes/films anyway
I have to admit I was kind of lazy 
I'm glad you found my advice useful
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sweety!! <3
I like this!! 8D OMG!!
you're great!!!
I like when Brixie beat it and he explodes!! XDD YAY!! 8D
nice!! <3 is how the works of Cartoon Network! xDDD
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Aww, thankyou. It'd be cool to see some of my stuff on Cartoon Network
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yeah!! <3
and why you don't try that at the future? ^^
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One thing I can say about this is that it's a very professional looking movie! =3
It's as if you ripped it straight from a saturday morning cartoon show.
Really!
When I saw the toon, I immediatly thought: "This can't be real".
But it is!! ^_^
That's how good you (and your team) did this piece.
BRAVO!
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Wow, thankyou. I'm so happy to hear that. I wanted it to look like a television cartoon. *^^*
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well... you did a great job! ^_^
And you're welcome!
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I'm so glad that DA now lets their Subscribers put on short films
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I had to fill out an application and get permission before I could submit films. Of course, you can still post Flash films without it. This was for AVI, WMV , MPEG and similar formats.
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As soon as I saw this was on DA, I just knew I had to 
Lovely stuff
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Thanks again for your support, my friend
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-huggles-
You finally uploaded it!
^^
I still love it.
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Aww -huggles back-
Thanks ^^
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Glad you finally posted it here on DA! I still think it's great, and you did a fantastic job!
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Thankyou ZBot. You're pretty good at animation yourself
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I remember this! 
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Thankyou. It's great to know you feel that way when you watch this film
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"So, how's business?" xD
A lot of people like that part for some reason. I wonder why that is.
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idk.. but uh there's not to musch text in the movie, so there aren't many to quote 8xD>
also.. mat is all "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH"
and then the sudden calm 8XD>
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Ah, now I understand.
I purposely added that out-of-con text calmness, to make it seem more random xD
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WOAH. WOAH.
WHUT?! WHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT?!?! HOW COME YOU'RE SO GOOD AT ANIMATING MOVIES?! HOW COME I DIDN'T KNOW?! DDDDD8
this is AMAZING, Machu!! I love it ;___;
*admiration all over*
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Well, I studied animation at university for about 4 years, and dabbled in it before that.
Cartoons have been something I loved as a kid, and I always wanted to make my own. Thankyou for taking the time to see it. I appreciate it
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I've watched it 3 times this morning, it really started my day hehe
im curious, what media did you use to make this?
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