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Mat the Demented Rabbit
Published: 2008-09-17 11:19:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 24344; 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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Well, I drew the frames on animation paper first, and then scanned them into Photoshop where I coloured them in.
I pieced the frames together in layers with Adobe After Effects (I actually used Flash to do this at first, which still did the trick though it really isn't meant for editing bitmap video).
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Woah, that must've taken some time if you drew everything on paper!! o__o
but thats what i thought. you're really impressive! i could never do something so good xD
and the sound? were they recorded by you? was it hard to syncronize it? xD you can tell me if im annoying lol i bet i am xD
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No, don't feel you're annoying ^^
Sounds were generally added after the animation was done. However, voices had to be synchronised, so they were done before the animation. The sound of the words were marked down on a timeline on paper to help decide when a mouth movement needed to be drawn.
You know what? Maybe I should make a FAQ journal since you might not be the only one to ask questions 
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Aaaah no problem! Another question -shot- xDD
how many hours/time did you spent on that? did you want to give up at some point?
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I was at university 5 days a week, and perhaps worked on the animation for an average of 5 hours a week (including lazy time xD). It's a very specific question which I really don't know the answer to.
Giving up was not an option. I had no intention of failing the course by not finishing my film. So I was determined to finish it no matter what.
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awesome! thank you for your time c:
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Wow, I remember this from youtube from so long ago. And I'm still amazed by it <3
Great work, I especially loved the animation, it looks so professional
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Thankyou. I wanted to make it like those American cartoons from TV I used to watch in the 1990s
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So... why are they chasing him again?
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You find out at the end (...psst, because he has a bomb in his head)
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But those doctors appeared to not know
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True, true. The way the police see it, they only need to do their job, and that's to catch that rabbit! xD
I should really work more on storywriting
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don't worry mat, everyone else understood the animation. xD
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I don't know how to express my admiration 
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Wow 
Thankyou so much for your words, and taking the time to see it
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Great job on this. I still love it. :3
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Thankyou, for continuing to take the time to see this movie
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lol, that's the result of being beaten senseless and being put on medication xD
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Yeah, I remember this movie
It really nice well done and full of action and priceless jokes
Keep on!
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I admit the sound was something I experimented with, and it's not really my field. It's true that the sound could've been done better
I consider the film itself an experiment of techniques. I'm happy you like the humour.
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