Monday October 31st 2005, 7:15 pm . Filed under: Illustration Friday

Back on Illustration Friday again ! yey!

Thought i’d put up some of my ‘work in progress’ animation frames from my short – ‘gifted’. The film centred around the idea of ‘broken’ and the ‘act of breaking’, therefore it seemed appropriate to pull out a few frames from one of the scenes where my character is actively engaged in the realization that his toy is now ‘broken’ :(
(scroll down to read more and watch the animation)

Synopsis of ‘Gifted’
Gifted is an unusual story about a boy and his toys. He is gifted and he therefore makes a few playful adjustments to his toys – What are these adjustments? Why he makes them? And what method lies behind his madness – waits to be seen.

Watch the film here

Comments? Critiques ? Kudos ? :P — all accepted in good humour!

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

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sketches and movie conceptualized,designed and directed by Amritraj Gupta for RMIT University Grad Programme

Amritraj Gupta

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11 Comments

http://www.blogger.com/profile/13093554 Holly

A definite pleasure to watch. He is very clever and a great problem solver. The removable foot was a hoot!
Really excellent work! Well done.
http://www.blogger.com/profile/1656984 panoptican

That was great! The little guy is hilarious.
http://www.blogger.com/profile/5439280 Tony

Very nice–ingenious little boy.
http://www.blogger.com/profile/9600835 Pim

Wonderful!! Thank You for sharing this!
http://www.blogger.com/profile/4539603 Keefieboy

Very nice!
http://www.blogger.com/profile/12916887 The Devil’s Advocate

So glad I found this site. Nice job.

Forgive me my critcism:

Kid isn’t very cute.
http://www.publiksquare.com Anjali

Hi Goru,
Loved the animation. Was very very touching. The thing about such stories that I appreciate most, is that more than the animation, the story or message itself stays with you. But thats the beauty of animation, it supports such simple stories so well, etching them in our minds. And I loved the surprise element, when the boy unscrews his leg..was like huh!!.. that worked very well.. Keep going, hope to see more soon!
http://www.blogger.com/profile/7890751 ViperJazz

Very unusual theme, was this a brief driven project or something you just wanted to do?
Good job!
http://www.blogger.com/profile/1743733 Amrit(raj)

hey viperjazz

Thanks for visiting :D .. The brief: write, direct, animate and produce an animated film in the next 5 months

Its unusual theme is born from a long desire to embed dark metaphors in a rather happy environment. :)
http://www.blogger.com/profile/10506030 शक्ती

one of the best uae design sites ive visited. i hope you’re not wasted out here! really impressive.
http://www.bilalmadre.tk Bilal Madre

Hey Dude
I would like to put this Video on my Space/Blog on sits…
Its wonderful video u made with excellent concept.
Hats off to you Man.
Would u allow me to put this video on my spaces/Blogs like WAYN, NEtlog etc
If you do send me mail with permission thank you