What Are Five Second Projects?
We all want to make cool shit for our reel right? Sometimes you just need a theme to get you started… Some rules to fight against. Use the theme “Circles and Spheres” to make a five second motion piece and link it in the comments of this blog post. “Shout Box” submissions will not be found and will not be added to the channel. Please be sure to post a link in this post’s comments to ensure me seeing it.
Photographers, use the theme, “Circles and Spheres” to go shoot a photo. Link it in the Flickr group.
Why Should You Enter? Check out the video…
How Do I Enter my Video?
- 1. Create a five second animation based on the theme.
- 2. Upload your video to Vimeo. Don’t forget to add a link back to this blog post.
- 3. Post a link to this posts comment thread and I will add it to the Channel.
- 4. Deadline is October 5th
How Do I Enter my Photo?
- 1. Take a photo based on the theme. Photos only please. Designs and illustrations are not allowed.
- 2. Upload your photo to flickr and add it to the group. Don’t forget to add a link back to this blog post.
- 4. Deadline is October 5th
It’s really great to see so much participation. Tell a friend about the five second projects and get them involved too. Don’t forget to push yourself to try something new every week. What about a new piece of software or technique you have wanted to try? One more thing, try to tell your story without just putting “Circles and Spheres” on the screen in text. Use the theme to create a concept. Take control of your creative output and Make Cool Shit!
Check out the entries here or visit the Vimeo Channel or Flickr Group
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97 Comments
So… hundreds of mograph 2 test entries then haha
Yeah, that’s kinda what I’m secretly hoping!!!!!
brandon thomas on September 21st, 2009 said...
i think you’ll get your wish..
http://www.vimeo.com/6690507
No Mograph 2 – Really need to start playing around with the new cinema.
I’m unfarmiliar with the term ’shout box’. Could you please explain that?
Pierre Hageman on September 22nd, 2009 said...
I guess the shout box is the chat thingy on the vimeo channel page. So post your link here and not on vimeo.
Kyle on September 23rd, 2009 said...
Ok, gotcha.
Here’s my first attempt:
http://www.vimeo.com/6707072
here’s my entry http://vimeo.com/6711346
thought I’d make an attempt
http://vimeo.com/6712541
Here’s mine, should be finished uploading in a bit, I really need to get a Plus account. lol.
http://www.vimeo.com/6721444
http://vimeo.com/6725600
http://vimeo.com/6726113
Here’s mine. Mograph 2 test it is indeed
http://vimeo.com/6722903
Here’s mine. I’m a newbie to motion graphics, so nothing too crazy.
http://vimeo.com/6727676
Hi! Here’s mine: http://vimeo.com/6729960
Here’s a picture, the first one on greyscale….
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rastarossa/3949254888/in/pool-1155044@N24
thx the gorilla to share all of this.
Here’s mine
http://www.vimeo.com/6735058
Diggin’ the 5sec projects – gave me a kick up the arse to try out some cool new shit! Your site is a breath of fresh air
Here’s something I’ve knocked up – http://vimeo.com/6734864
It’s not 5 seconds, but hey, just watch 5 seconds and then maybe 15 more seconds after that?
Mike Y. on September 24th, 2009 said...
Really cool there Andy
woo to the hoo!! Here ya go!
http://vimeo.com/6737876
my camouflage sphere
http://www.vimeo.com/6739573
My contribution:
http://vimeo.com/6741548
What do you think about the caustics?
http://vimeo.com/6743187
My little contribution
I’m working on an other one…
thank you Gorilla for this great idea !
http://vimeo.com/6740311
First Entry, long time visitor.
Planning on entering every week.
here’s mine – http://vimeo.com/6747398
Circles and Spheres indeed, My first entry to the world of 5 Second Projects, Cheers GSG
http://www.vimeo.com/6738088
1st try with this short projects, have to say it rocked! =)
http://www.vimeo.com/6749778
When is the deadline for this project ?
Read at the top, october 5th.
A3 on September 25th, 2009 said...
ups, hehe. Thanks
My first 5 second project :
http://vimeo.com/6757446
First time in Cinema 4d too – yeesh.
Anthony Morrelle on September 30th, 2009 said...
Ahhh self-reply… I reworked this animation. I wasn’t happy with the first one I did so after 16 hours of rendering (man I forgot how long 3d renders take) I present this: http://vimeo.com/6832383
Its a little more fluid and the camera doesn’t get blocked.
Btw – Nick, I love your site and the work you do! Next time you are in Andersonville or Uptown you need to stop by Kopi and have a “slush buzz” with my wife and I.
Kinda focused on the circle but…..http://www.vimeo.com/6760866
Here is my entry! My first one since the “old video games” project.
I see that the 5 second projects entries are getting better and better, it´s becoming kind of intimidating now. But seeing so many excellent projects makes me want to improve my level too.
PS: Vimeo says it´s going to start converting my video in 25 minutes.. But I´ll post the link now so you can insert it can be inserted in the Vimeo Channel when it´s done.
Link-> http://vimeo.com/6762496
Damn… vimeo compressed it like shit!!
Which codec are you using to get the video looking good in vimeo? I used quicktime H.264
Lysander on September 26th, 2009 said...
I encoded my quicktime movie with the quicktimeplayer itself to H.264. In AE it doesn’t always do the job well, according to my experience.
A3 on September 28th, 2009 said...
If I play the video file in my computer it looks fine, the problem appears once I upload it to vimeo and it compresses it.
http://www.vimeo.com/6760866
here’s mine – http://vimeo.com/6767440
here´s my tron like version, the compression and colors are kinda bad ,but anyway here´s the link : http://vimeo.com/6772041
My first 5-sec project:
http://www.vimeo.com/6774176
And thanks GSC for all the hard work you’re doing, that’s really awesome.
Here is mine, circles and sphere teleportation
http://www.vimeo.com/6760449
Reminds me of the wierd machine in “The time trap” comic http://www.blakeetmortimer.com/spip.php?article27
Here is mine ==> http://vimeo.com/6779431
A little update…my video was set on private before…
A little long but i like this music tension:)
you can watch it here – http://vimeo.com/6767440
Enjoy!
I am on a “back-to-the-roots” trip lately, so here a simple cel-animation. By the way..I don´t know if that´s the right place to ask questions like this but I would love to know if you guys still using cel animation in your projects? at work? (I mean the old way..hand drawn on celluloid and then filmed or scannend) or is it too expensive and time consuming?(ok I know now that it is..and I was dreaming about circles the whole night, but it´s fun!)Thanks Nick for the 5 sec projects and the tutorials, it´s all great! http://vimeo.com/6782709
here’s my first participation http://vimeo.com/6786878
thank you Gorilla for this great idea !
an experimentation using animation in AVID’s Marquee:
http://www.vimeo.com/6789286
Hey Guys! My first 5 sec project: http://www.vimeo.com/6786822
Nick, great initiative!
new in the 5 sec, but really enjoy it! thanks!
http://vimeo.com/6792511
Heres mine -
http://vimeo.com/6795290
No mograph2 yet but I did apply a bunch of the lighting/material tricks I’ve learned from recent greyscale tuts.
Here it goes mine: http://www.vimeo.com/6800395
C&C are welcome
Thanks!
heres mine:
http://vimeo.com/6805601
http://vimeo.com/6807140
Haven’t done this in awhile. Here you go Nick.
http://vimeo.com/6809388
Didn’t have a ton of time. But I like the feel of it. Perhaps I’ll flesh it out a little more.
scaryBasement on September 29th, 2009 said...
Man, I need to get a better computer. Look at all these Mograph entries.
http://www.vimeo.com/6803731 My contribution to the Circles and Spheres 5 Second Project
I just did a quick entry. I still do some changes every now and then – but the last one seems to have gone missing in compression!!
It’s been a good reason to try some things I’ve needed to try out for ages.
http://vimeo.com/6812646
After I finished I saw it said “Deadline is Sept 7th” on vimeo. Still got to practise though!
Here is the link : http://www.vimeo.com/6816914
The video will be visible in about 20 minutes.
here is my entry…
http://www.vimeo.com/6822733
First entry !
http://vimeo.com/6836688 (available in a little while)
btw: I’ve been reading your blog for few months by now and I just wanted to tell you that I really like what you’re doing !
thx !
Here’s mine : http://www.vimeo.com/6837344
enjoy
Here’s mine. Please critique
http://vimeo.com/6838045
Hi Nick!
This is my 5 sec “love” story C&S:)
http://vimeo.com/6838650
here are my two entries:
http://vimeo.com/6839139
http://vimeo.com/6839464
Thanks for any input!
Here’s my entry: http://vimeo.com/6845546
First contribution :
http://vimeo.com/6840515
Hi, my contribution :
http://vimeo.com/6848232
Here is mine…few keyframes, basic shapes, and deformers.
http://www.vimeo.com/6845642
Hello Nick !
Here is my video :
http://vimeo.com/6849781
http://vimeo.com/6840673
This is my first time entering, looking forward to more challenges though.
Great thing you’re doing here NICK.
Hi, here is my entry.
http://www.vimeo.com/6850941
Thanks for the motivation!
Freaky circles !
http://www.vimeo.com/6855458
Hi Nick! Keep up the good work.
Here is my 5 seconds.
http://www.vimeo.com/6843486
http://vimeo.com/6859825
Hi !
Here is my first participation !
http://www.vimeo.com/6856520
Here is my entry
http://vimeo.com/6870241
Better late than never
http://www.vimeo.com/6870657
still converting, should be up in an hour or so..
Mine : http://www.vimeo.com/6870663
Without Mograph Dynamics 2 !
My video
http://vimeo.com/6871750
http://www.vimeo.com/6873232
First time entry!
http://www.vimeo.com/6876997
http://vimeo.com/6880102
My 1st entry. Thanks for all the knowledge Nick. Just learning C4D and your site is awesome!
Here is my first 5 seconds project!
http://www.vimeo.com/6890804
Here is my entry, quite cheap but I just had an inspiration this morning to go on a more “cartoonish” way…
http://vimeo.com/6892306
I used this project to get a better understanding for Pre-Comps, Keyframes & Masks.
http://vimeo.com/6893732
I am ready! Check it out:
http://vimeo.com/6896737
Hein on October 5th, 2009 said...
It’s on private Rachel! make it public
My third FSP contribution:
http://www.vimeo.com/6896889
Take a look and let me know what you think
cheers
here’s my link…
http://vimeo.com/6900092
ryan on October 7th, 2009 said...
hey nick, did i get overlooked? or are you still adding to the channel?
The Gorilla on October 7th, 2009 said...
Not sure how I missed that. Sorry Ryan. Nice work.
Ready to go: http://www.vimeo.com/6900814
Great forum. Really having fun with these.
http://www.vimeo.com/6901205
Hein on October 5th, 2009 said...
It’s on private! I can’t see it
T And on October 5th, 2009 said...
It’s been updated. Thanks.
An other great subject! Thanks a lot!
This is my post:
http://www.vimeo.com/6904644
http://vimeo.com/6905024
here is my link
http://www.vimeo.com/6908879
http://www.flickr.com/photos/37729151@N06/3983613195/in/pool-1155044@N24
Tinderbox on October 5th, 2009 said...
Hey Bran, nice picture!
howdy folks. not the best work but it was fun. thnx for the 5SP idea.
http://www.vimeo.com/6911094
hey folks, here’s my try made within the short sparetime i had. video is just bout to get converted
http://www.vimeo.com/6914758
best wishes from germany
Hi Nick, this is the first time I participate. Hope I made it on time cause I see you already anounced the new theme. thanks for this Idea Nick. The video is waiting on vimeo to get converted, sorry for that.
http://www.vimeo.com/6917027
Mine’s here:
http://www.vimeo.com/6916704
Thanks!
My Video Nasty
http://www.vimeo.com/6917200
Circle. Sphere. Groovy.
http://vimeo.com/6921279
I know I’m late (remembered the deadline wrong) but here’s mine:
http://www.vimeo.com/6927487
Next time I’ll be on time!
Hi CSG5SP!
I loose the deadline!!
Anyway: http://www.vimeo.com/6939167
Thanks!
Hey Nick !
What about the best of ?
http://vimeo.com/7198427