Making Films in Less than a week - The benefits

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Animators and film makers! Trying to find an excuse for finishing a film quickly? 48 hour films to atleast a week, here is why making a short film in such a small amount of time can be good for you.
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  • @lawgx9819
    @lawgx98194 жыл бұрын

    I have no intention being an animator yet i watched this

  • @Losjo4093

    @Losjo4093

    Жыл бұрын

    It will be AWESOME. Being an animator is really fun but takes so long to master

  • @KulFox
    @KulFox4 жыл бұрын

    It’s hard for me to let go of my perfectionist nature, but that might make this a perfect goal for me, especially trying to get back into animation! Thanks so much for sharing this (and your other videos and advice) !!

  • @TonikoPantoja

    @TonikoPantoja

    4 жыл бұрын

    I also try to be a perfectionist most of the time, but I learned that being able to move forward is having to let go sometimes :/

  • @Califragistico

    @Califragistico

    4 жыл бұрын

    go for it! then come back we want to see!

  • @HoangHuyHa
    @HoangHuyHa4 жыл бұрын

    When I was in school at the Academy of Art University, I used to take part in a contest called 24-hour animation, which since has become one of the biggest animation competition in the US (I think, because it's getting a lot of supports and sponsor from big names like Disney, Laika, Dreamworks, Toonboom, TVPaint, Sony, Wacom, etc). The holder gives out a topic at the beginning of the contest, and every team of 5 has 24 hour to finish a 30 second animated film and turn it in. When I first joined it, there were less than 100 teams from colleges and highschools in the US, but since then it's become much bigger, like this year's competition had around 200 plus teams around the world and not just the US anymore. It's a great practice for you to experience a full production in making an animated film from start to finish, learn how to work in a team, learn priceless experience in balancing quality and quantity in your production, for me personally the last competition taught me leadership skills since I had to lead my team, and there were so many challenges that nothing else can teach you. So I agree with you, doing something in such a short time has a lot of unexpected benefits.

  • @kreempa.i.8349
    @kreempa.i.83494 жыл бұрын

    I made a fully colored animation in 8 hours Although it was only 4 seconds long

  • @korratheaustralianshepherd5804

    @korratheaustralianshepherd5804

    2 жыл бұрын

    that's still huge! Hope you enjoyed the process :)

  • @bxnny0374

    @bxnny0374

    2 жыл бұрын

    4 seconds of full color in 8 hours?!? As a beginner animator, I seriously envy your skills

  • @YondaMoegi
    @YondaMoegi4 жыл бұрын

    The bits with dancing dudes were so fun and lighthearted! I want to see the full short

  • @distantforest2481
    @distantforest24814 жыл бұрын

    "Crunching may happen in big productions" No! Crunching WILL happen in big productions! haha

  • @Thesmus

    @Thesmus

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's inevitable xD

  • @Red-yb1my

    @Red-yb1my

    3 жыл бұрын

    I love your profile picture!

  • @James-pb8xu
    @James-pb8xu4 жыл бұрын

    There's something about this that very familiar to me, and very interesting. It's like gesture drawing, but for films.

  • @princessthyemis
    @princessthyemis3 жыл бұрын

    This is so inspiring even though it'll be ages until I can do something like this! I just started using blender 1 week ago!

  • @OldRaspy
    @OldRaspy4 жыл бұрын

    I would like to see those films

  • @CopyCatMotionDesign

    @CopyCatMotionDesign

    4 жыл бұрын

    Same!! Is anyone has a link that would be great :)

  • @jesus84380
    @jesus843804 жыл бұрын

    Soon I will study digital animation and your channel has helped me a lot

  • @Tanto_lulu

    @Tanto_lulu

    4 жыл бұрын

    have fun!

  • @jesus84380

    @jesus84380

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Tanto_lulu thanks, I will study animation, video game creation, design and digital art is beautiful

  • @DirdyJoker
    @DirdyJoker4 жыл бұрын

    I went to school for illustration/studio art, because unfortunately, animation wasn't an option. I got to hone my skills but never got to dive into animating up until now, where I decided to learn it on my own. I'm really glad i stumbled across your channel, it's been so helpful. I've gotten started on a couple animations but I haven't finished them because I keep thinking to myself it has to be the best I can make it. So i keep putting it off. I gotta try this exercise you mentioned. It might help me work and learn faster. Thank you Toniko, and good luck to all of you making stuff. Stay creative!

  • @CopyCatMotionDesign
    @CopyCatMotionDesign4 жыл бұрын

    Ooh this is very interesting! Thank you. I've started a channel and the idea of crunching my videos to get better is what I'm heading towards.

  • @CloudyMagpie
    @CloudyMagpie4 жыл бұрын

    I would love to see those short films, they look hilarious!

  • @KoniWorx
    @KoniWorx4 жыл бұрын

    That's cool! Us game developers do the same thing with games.

  • @soniawhispersdreams
    @soniawhispersdreams4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the advice!! I just finished my animation studies and I want to do exercices that make me improve, and this is such a great idea.

  • @denaspringer2929
    @denaspringer29294 жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much for making all these videos, as well as providing a curriculum for everyone! I've been looking around at animation bootcamps and other animation sources, but they're all generally too expensive and streamlined for a specific goal. I appreciate how you break down the technicals of animating, but also how you encourage the audience to complete a personal project by providing your own set of experiences.

  • @THUNGUNS
    @THUNGUNS4 жыл бұрын

    "Shit, that rhymed" You're awesome

  • @keyrae.8058
    @keyrae.80584 жыл бұрын

    What good timing, I’ve been thinking of taking on a short term like this when I finish the project I’m working on. I hadn’t thought of some of these benefits. It would also be so cool to make an event out of it with fellow artists!

  • @Symo_Art
    @Symo_Art4 жыл бұрын

    Funnily enough, I originally found this channel through your aerobics 48hr film.Still remains as one of my favourites ♪

  • @mathildamerafina2992
    @mathildamerafina29924 жыл бұрын

    not to be dramatic but you're like one of the top channels on KZread dude

  • @lbrtvlldr
    @lbrtvlldr4 жыл бұрын

    Good advice, man. You're putting together a great channel. Keep it up!

  • @ThinkCreativeThoughts
    @ThinkCreativeThoughts4 жыл бұрын

    So inspiring! Vids like these take me back to my days at media school. I think I've been experiencing the benefits you outlined in making 48 hour films, so I guess the only thing left to do is make a few 😁

  • @wingbutler
    @wingbutler4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a bunch, Toniko. I always love your vids. Hope to make my own short soon.

  • @eliucrespo6442
    @eliucrespo64424 жыл бұрын

    I shot a commercial in less than a week, so I know this is possible. Might have been easier just to animate it. Onion skin and knowing gesture-drawing will be a big help.

  • @dirge7459
    @dirge74594 жыл бұрын

    I'd love to see your 48hr animations Toniko

  • @caroodraws
    @caroodraws4 жыл бұрын

    I love this idea, cuz it seems like a good way to learn programs and tools fast and be forced to get creative with them. I’d love to see some of your films!!

  • @kamiko8021
    @kamiko80214 жыл бұрын

    i would like to watch the film with those three dancing dudes on blue😂😂

  • @Crevettola
    @Crevettola4 жыл бұрын

    Now I want to organize this at my school hahaha. I'm quite sad we are in our final year, making our demo reel shorts, because it sounds like quite a lot of fun!

  • @filmbyvictor
    @filmbyvictor4 жыл бұрын

    That’s the topic I needed to hear. Thanks Toniko

  • @somebum4087
    @somebum4087 Жыл бұрын

    As an aspiring animator, watching this video took a huge weight off my shoulders. Thank you so much for this! ❤

  • @carmelpaints313
    @carmelpaints3134 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic video! I think this is the approach I need to have towards making comics. Thanks! Oh - and yea I want to see the shorts!

  • @demonchickenwithrice6492
    @demonchickenwithrice64924 жыл бұрын

    This is so inspiring. And yes, please upload your 48 hour films

  • @wisdoom9153
    @wisdoom91534 жыл бұрын

    THE MAGIC OF PRESSURE!!!

  • @bdeleeuwe
    @bdeleeuwe4 жыл бұрын

    great advise! Thank you.

  • @leilavlog3380
    @leilavlog33804 жыл бұрын

    Woud be great to see your animation too. Your work is always great :-)

  • @xEternalSoul
    @xEternalSoul4 жыл бұрын

    honestly I've done a game jam (which is basically the same thing with video games and in teams) and positioned myself as the illustator and designer for my team with no previous video game experience and I learned a ton in that short weekend! I would totally recommend doing a crunch event whether you just started or have 10 years of experience. I didnt know this existed for animation and now I'm excited to check out if theres any in my area~

  • @sora.yeji.
    @sora.yeji.4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much, i feel sooo motivated after watching this !!! Im not taking animation classes yet but I already did 2 projects that took each 3months, so i really felt demotivated to continue on my 3rd project because it seems to be sooo much work and therefore takes in a lot of time, but seeing it is actually possible to just do it in a short amount of time, i dont feel so much pressure by thinking it might be a waste of a lot of time.

  • @fallingheadphones
    @fallingheadphones6 ай бұрын

    Your sentence about “it’s gonna be bad, just accept it” has single handedly helped me out of my funk and inspired me to finish this piece I have been working on for our mid-point film festival. I’ll get it done, itll be bad and that’s ok!!! Thank you, sincerly

  • @robotech-animaion8185
    @robotech-animaion81854 жыл бұрын

    In school my animation classes I'm taking we have a week to do our assignments and to tell you the truth I hate that. I love the fact that we have a week to complete the assignment but animation takes time I realize that the hard way when life gets in the way or your other classes do. my animations in my opinion are terrible but done in a week less than 2 hours a day trying to finish the assignment yeah it's not fun. So maybe in the future when I had more experience and time maybe I'll take this challenge but now oh hell no.

  • @OddlyAnimated1203
    @OddlyAnimated1203 Жыл бұрын

    This seems fun! As someone who can't just for their life complete a short film, this is really helful.

  • @CanalDrakenGames
    @CanalDrakenGames4 жыл бұрын

    oh man... wish i could afford your complete course of 2D animation

  • @M32_722
    @M32_7222 жыл бұрын

    This was nice :)

  • @TsubasaAnimations
    @TsubasaAnimations4 жыл бұрын

    Can we get links to the animations shown in the video?

  • @littleravendesigns5587
    @littleravendesigns55874 жыл бұрын

    Yes please share them!!

  • @Snowmon89
    @Snowmon894 жыл бұрын

    I like to think of it like the 24 hour comic challenge. I think it's a great exersize to really challenge yourself to improve your speed, just as much as the other points you make here. However, when it comes to animation, I really wish that we could spend far more time on a single project than I did in college. Every month was a new project that you had to start from scratch on. It sucked. Going to (extracted name of online school here) really hindered me far more than it helped me. This was not the fault of the teachers, it was the fault of how the school itself worked. The worse assignement that I ever received was presented to us as "design a 3D character". I went in knowing what my skill set was (aka super crappy) and knowing where my faults were and what I wanted to push myself to improve upon. So because I was a very poor modeler, I wanted to create my own Digimon (mind you an original one of my own design). Something that looked (AT LEAST) like they did in Digimon World 3. Something simple too. That way I could focuse on technique, so that I could move on to more complicated models later down the road. Well, week 2 came around and PSYCH!!! You have to trade projects with a random student. And the assignment I got was designing a… Steampunk Valkerie.... WTF!?! Let me run this by you again. An extremely complicated STEAMPUNK Humanoid VALKERIE..... I can't even model a five fingered human right at this point. I like a challenge, because that's how we learn. But I need my slow times too or else I'll burnout and hit walls that I can't possibly get around with my current skill set. This however, was like taking a weak swimmer and throwing them into the middle of the Mississippi River. Sure, not as bad as the ocean, but a horrible way to learn how to swim. Needless to say, I did my best and the guy liked the designs that I drew up at least.... But the 3D model itself SUCKED big time.... And I didn't even have the heart to tell the guy working on my digimon that he did a horrific job on it too. (He made it realistic and exagerated alll of the wrong parts. I wanted to cry.)

  • @YumegakaMurakumo
    @YumegakaMurakumo3 жыл бұрын

    You'd think the animation teachers would encourage this type of creativity and imagination in their students. This video sums up why animation students SHOULD do these short films. It's great experience in all aspects concerning animation projects.

  • @mariakahkaack9888
    @mariakahkaack98883 жыл бұрын

    thank you thank you thank you

  • @allanredhill8682
    @allanredhill86823 жыл бұрын

    pls tell me there is a place we can watch all these shorts you guys made lmao, some of them you showed looked actually pretty good especially for the timeframe

  • @surphmespicy1598
    @surphmespicy15984 жыл бұрын

    please upload those!! id love to see your 48 hour films :,00

  • @WorldAquariumSingapore
    @WorldAquariumSingapore2 жыл бұрын

    Yes i did a few animation projects but not sure are they considered as short film, i might call them short advertisement projects maybe , i did for product or services animations all in 2D and its really super fun i totally love making animation and over coming the challenges of animations if u all know what i mean, cause diff requirements need some sort of a work around in animation to create or produce the effects which a requester or a customer needs so i kind of learn and grow with every new animation project and wow its fun, once after i saw some one did a one punch man animation, i did the same animation as well its pretty cool, :D so for those who animates or thinks of animating cheers to you and keep on animating and most importantly is to haveeeeeeeeeeeeee tons of fun doing it

  • @prasannagandre3495
    @prasannagandre34954 жыл бұрын

    Really helpful...

  • @ScorpionsFatality
    @ScorpionsFatality4 жыл бұрын

    Oh wait, this is a thing? XD I always do short animations to help improve. I call them testers. I'm a perfectionist, but i still adore short films!

  • @MetaAF
    @MetaAF4 жыл бұрын

    I did a 24 hour film in a group of 4 other people and it was one of the best learning experiences I had while at college. Not just to test my own limits but to also see how my team members came up with solutions and learn from them.

  • @applesauce.6011
    @applesauce.6011 Жыл бұрын

    Literally never drawn in my life but decided i want to animate. Its been 3 weeks and i can draw figures better than i used to now im going on the animation part.

  • @nathanishungryanimations7206
    @nathanishungryanimations72063 жыл бұрын

    Never seen his avatar before, just the other characters. Very cool.

  • @kdvr766
    @kdvr7664 жыл бұрын

    Best channel for animators in yt☝️

  • @prasannagandre3495
    @prasannagandre34954 жыл бұрын

    Thank u

  • @nadianadia4867
    @nadianadia48674 жыл бұрын

    I cannot help but replay the intro with Bonbon again and again

  • @strlke
    @strlke2 жыл бұрын

    I've been overwork my 3d animations to the point I'm seek of working and done nothing, literally nothing Tysm for this advice, to not overwork and just have fun

  • @DarkAngelEU
    @DarkAngelEU4 жыл бұрын

    I'm doing the same thing to get myself off the idea of "this massive romance" that I have to write. Just writing small things, and sometimes bigger ideas come up. It's great :D

  • @kakao-katze
    @kakao-katze4 жыл бұрын

    If you can't work that easy with a constraining time constraint, try this instead. Put your work into segments that you must do in a time limit. Say you give yourself a week or a day to create the concept and designs. The next to create a script. Next to animate, colour and create backgrounds (I have never shot a film before, so I don't know how that works and can't really tell how much time you'll need for that). And finally edit within a reasonable time.

  • @marcosvalverde5668
    @marcosvalverde56684 жыл бұрын

    Hola!!!!!! Hablo español :v Si también los latinoamericanos ven tus videos wey.:v

  • @cloe674

    @cloe674

    4 жыл бұрын

    XD ojalá lea

  • @thechinocorp007

    @thechinocorp007

    2 жыл бұрын

    Jajaja ese wey

  • @MrEmilable
    @MrEmilable3 жыл бұрын

    Less Then a Week Sounds Freakin Burtal for a 3D Artist like me, especially when im currently im trying to Get More Used to a New Workflow i came up with useing something i like to Call Storyboard animations BUT, the Idea of haveing a Project in a Time frame like that Sounds like a Really Fun idea, might wanna give myself a challenge after the Currnet project im working on.

  • @the_toast_princess571
    @the_toast_princess5714 жыл бұрын

    I'm attempting to make a short film for class in under a month, we didn't have to make a full animated short but I wanted to push myself. This gave me hope that I might actually finish it even if the last few shots look like garbage 😅

  • @catherinedrummond
    @catherinedrummond8 ай бұрын

    This is a great idea! I totally will try this when I get my new animation software (I’m waiting for procreate dreams). On the other hand, Was that WES ANDERSON at 9:44?

  • @derpydogz0259
    @derpydogz02592 жыл бұрын

    How do I go about finishing and setting up a film or short film from idea to final product. I’ve struggled with this as an animator who knows how to make simple scenes but not how to gl about combining it to making a full short or animation

  • @Lukz243
    @Lukz2434 жыл бұрын

    maybe I'll set it up as a summer project :O

  • @Lukz243

    @Lukz243

    4 жыл бұрын

    or winter in northern hemisphere

  • @samlicskingdom262
    @samlicskingdom2622 жыл бұрын

    I'm not good with drawing stuff but still wanna be an animator

  • @zaranimates2416
    @zaranimates24162 жыл бұрын

    I actually did this it was SO motivating I made a 4 min short film in 1 week.

  • @MaryArts
    @MaryArts3 жыл бұрын

    "No point of trying to impress people" Impresses me with the shown animations

  • @fantasytraveler
    @fantasytraveler4 жыл бұрын

    When will you post the challeneg videos?

  • @default853
    @default853 Жыл бұрын

    I overprocastinated this project for school, it’s like a mandatory project to graduate called “Capstone.” I was wondering if I could finish like a 2 minute and 30 seconds 2D animation with like 3D effects (blender) of 30 seconds in less than 3 weeks, so I could go to the next step. It’s a film that consists of many fluidity like running, and fight animations. Like you said, “let go of your ego” and personally as a perfectionist in the art industry I find that easier said than done. So I’m unsure if 3 weeks is enough to make something look serious and achieving at the same time. It’s due in June and I have only started 15 seconds of the animation, I think I’m fucked and currently stressing. The problem I’m currently faced with is commitment. How do I commit to sitting down and drawing for hours daily, because I’m stressing and procrastinating.

  • @Jeff_artsN
    @Jeff_artsN4 жыл бұрын

    What software do you use and is it free or if not do you know a free alternative??

  • @bertoonz
    @bertoonz2 жыл бұрын

    Ang ganda talaga nung tatlong taong sumasayaw. May video ba yun dito sa yt mo?

  • @valentinpictures7412
    @valentinpictures74124 жыл бұрын

    Please put these films online!

  • @lazy-gyal0077
    @lazy-gyal00774 жыл бұрын

    Where can I find his moonrise kingdom tribute? 2:26 8:13

  • @edubomb6215
    @edubomb62153 жыл бұрын

    Hey what do use to crate animations?

  • @lunab541
    @lunab5414 жыл бұрын

    Are these supposed to be group projects or individual projects?

  • @mobi8046
    @mobi80464 жыл бұрын

    Do u draw storyboard for a 1 week film?

  • @fatwaaminrais1454
    @fatwaaminrais14544 жыл бұрын

    Me in reallusion Animation Award on June XD It's pretty interesting i would say, 48 hours make a freaking 3d animation. But i think i don't want experience it agains, once is enough XD

  • @trigestigro4707
    @trigestigro47073 жыл бұрын

    I do storyboards in 16 hours every other daybut they are 1/3 of my drawing habilities thats already not high. Any way i can improve?

  • @shakeemwinn3647
    @shakeemwinn36472 жыл бұрын

    You can do anything you want in my opinion. There are no rules when it comes to filmmaking.

  • @caroodraws
    @caroodraws4 жыл бұрын

    ASDFKLh I want to do this!!!!!!!

  • @oatmealpecheneg2907
    @oatmealpecheneg29074 жыл бұрын

    I have no art education so yeah, lets do this shit

  • @ravioliravioii5474
    @ravioliravioii54743 жыл бұрын

    Ok so an animator game jam

  • @AnimGhost
    @AnimGhost3 жыл бұрын

    some one give a theme please I can't start anything because I never decide about a theme aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

  • @alexadraws123
    @alexadraws1232 жыл бұрын

    Me who’s only animated once: let’s do this

  • @nebulaknp7974
    @nebulaknp79743 жыл бұрын

    This week ny class had to make a script and story board within a couple days and I hate being a perfectionist when it comes to short timing 😖😅 edit: I never thought it would be so hard to make a couple min film .

  • @giuseppefiorenza5077
    @giuseppefiorenza50774 жыл бұрын

    My dream is to make animations. But I can't draw and I don't know ehere to start. Yet, I will make it. I don't know how. Bit I will.

  • @Schwa_

    @Schwa_

    4 жыл бұрын

    Giuseppe Fiorenza Yes ✊ Yes ✊ You will ✊✊✊

  • @giuseppefiorenza5077

    @giuseppefiorenza5077

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Schwa_ Thanks! Much appreciated! 🔥

  • @pnr2736
    @pnr27362 жыл бұрын

    Yo

  • @robrobusa
    @robrobusa4 жыл бұрын

    In 2020, seeing these crowded rooms makes me want to wear a mask. Nice films, tho! :)

  • @kdvr766
    @kdvr7664 жыл бұрын

    Less than a week? 😳🤯

  • @davidroddick91
    @davidroddick913 жыл бұрын

    And who's to say that one of your 48-hour films won't inspire a more finished production later on?

  • @minired1015
    @minired10154 жыл бұрын

    Lol my university made us do this in 24 hours o.o

  • @nathanishungryanimations7206
    @nathanishungryanimations72064 жыл бұрын

    Cons: IT WAS AWFULL AND I HATE IT Pros: I have now an excuse to do nothing, hate myself, cry and isolate myself. (This was a satirical joke. I have not in anyway done any of this.)

  • @julienossola
    @julienossola4 жыл бұрын

    This isn't an option to people that have fulltime jobs and bills to pay, people to take care of and adult's life responsabilities. Yeah, I know how it sounds, but it's true. Art is not easy, it's not intuitive and takes A LOT OF TIME. Works well if you have parents backing you up. I think its important always point this out, because A LOT of artists just can't spend all the time that is needed to conclude a short animation for practical reasons and videos like this almost says that if you can't do it, so its your fault. And this isn't true. If you have time to spend with animation without worrying with food, energy bills, family and other stuff like that, you're privileged. Ironically, this kinda of stuff is the real practice, and fundamental to develop urself to work with it fulltime, and turning art or animation your real career.

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