New Five Second Project “Fast Food”

Written by The Gorilla on October 5, 2009 and filed in Five Second Projects

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UPDATE:
This theme is closed. Stay tuned on wednesday to see the winners.

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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 “Fast Food” to make a five second motion piece and link it in the comments of this blog post. Please be sure to post a link in this post’s comments to ensure me seeing it.


Photographers, use the theme, “Fast Food” 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 19th



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 19th



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 by using text “Fast Food” on the screen in text. Use the theme to create a concept. Take control of your creative output and Make Cool Shit!



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  1. dan marker-moore says:
    October 5, 2009 at 5:23 pm

    nice… i like this one

    Reply
  3. Shawn B says:
    October 5, 2009 at 11:09 pm

    Um, peeps, it’s 5 SECOND projects. How come people have so much trouble keeping them to just 5 seconds. I may be incorrect but I thought Nick’s entire purpose of these being 5 second projects is to have an end result that is awesome.

    I know he talks about how long it takes just to get 5 great seconds of animation, which is why everyone should be editing their content to a strict SOLID 5 seconds only, tired of seeing top finalist coming in with projects over the 5 second mark.

    (Spencerf – your project is 13 seconds?)

    Reply
    • The Gorilla says:
      October 6, 2009 at 12:25 am

      Yeah, I agree about this one. 7 or 8 is OK, but I don’t think I can accept videos longer than ten seconds anymore. I may have to finally make a rules section eh?

      Reply
      • Shawn B says:
        October 6, 2009 at 11:23 pm

        I specifically think I remember you saying, to have 5 great seconds of animation, is to have something that is resolved within that timeframe and is then possible in throwing into a reel as supplementary eye candy if need be or something along those lines… which I agree is totally the purpose, as well as tuning your editing skills to make only what’s necessary happen in a shorter given timeframe, hence the CHALLENGE! I am getting involved on this project.

        Reply
  4. Aleksey says:
    October 6, 2009 at 12:06 am

    sounds cool!

    I think the point is it’s meant o be short. I reckon if you go over to 7 secs its fine, but yeah Spencerf, you really have no reason to go over 5 secs there..

    Reply
  5. Bran says:
    October 6, 2009 at 1:47 am

    What about last project Finalists?

    Reply
  6. nickRouge says:
    October 6, 2009 at 3:34 am

    i already know some people are going to make food move fast in the composition, thinking its clever… that would make me laugh :)

    Reply
    • Anders Hattne says:
      October 6, 2009 at 4:35 am

      that’s just what I’m going to do. I’ve spent 2 hours trying to come up with a clever idea, which felt more than enough. So I’ll do something simple and try hard to make it look good.
      After all I do this to learn technique.. maybe I’m wrong. Is this all about lateral thinking?! Omg The doubts! Nooooooooo!

      Reply
  7. Mike says:
    October 6, 2009 at 6:43 am

    Nick, once i saw website for 5 second project, now i can’t find it. Are you decided to not start this page?

    Reply
  9. nat says:
    October 6, 2009 at 1:09 pm

    why people don’t read???
    when somebody says 5 seconds are 5 seconds… and when the theame is fast food… it doesn’t mean cities!! LOL

    Reply
    • The Gorilla says:
      October 6, 2009 at 1:13 pm

      Yeah, this has been happening more and more. I want to encourage people to make something (anything) for the project, but I may have to start enforcing some rules. Maybe an official announcement will help?

      Reply
      • Matt Frodsham says:
        October 6, 2009 at 5:13 pm

        I’m gonna guess the city one is just a re-used project as it has type specific to something else that I wouldn’t expect came as a result of thinking of fast food

        Reply
  10. PatrikTG says:
    October 6, 2009 at 2:45 pm

    Maybe 5 seconds just isn’t enough time. Maybe it should be 10 seconds or less. You can’t really build up to something and have a “punchline” in just 5 seconds.

    Reply
    • Bran says:
      October 6, 2009 at 3:00 pm

      Actually – You Can…
      but almost in 98% of the time you need a second opinion to see it :)
      If you do it by yourself and judge it – you love all of it. So you won’t see the garbage in there. /opposite to this logic there’s 24h movie, 8h movie and etc…/

      Reply
  11. Adam McKenzie says:
    October 6, 2009 at 8:08 pm

    Hi guys,

    Here’s my vid for Fast Food.

    http://vimeo.com/6937725

    Let me know what you think?

    Adam.

    Reply
  12. Davide Frusteri says:
    October 7, 2009 at 4:47 am

    Nice topic! I hope they won’t be thousands of mograph 2 tests made with hamburgers this time :D

    Reply
  14. Marccos Chaves says:
    October 7, 2009 at 11:06 am

    Hiiii guys…

    Here’s my vid for Fast Food.

    http://www.vimeo.com/6947028

    Reply
  16. Kingkongkaiser says:
    October 7, 2009 at 2:06 pm

    Hey heres my contribution:
    http://vimeo.com/6950022
    These Competitions are fun and will try to do stuff like this more often

    cheers

    Reply
    • Shawn Burns says:
      October 7, 2009 at 5:54 pm

      This is what I’m talkin about! Excellent 5 second project, look at all that happened in this one (i know it’s 6 seconds, but it could happen in 5!) This is intriguing and resolving itself all in 5 seconds! So Well Done!

      Reply
      • Kingkongkaiser says:
        October 8, 2009 at 9:26 am

        merci monsieur

        but i was really having a hard time, trying to fit everything in such a short timeline, personally i would prefer a 8 or 10 second compettition, sice this would make possible to create some sort of narration

        Reply
        • The Gorilla says:
          October 8, 2009 at 9:52 am

          Yeah, five seconds is short, but it’s concept is to fill out your demo reel and allow you to try out new things. For longer pieces, you could try to submit to a film festival.

          Reply
        • Kingkongkaiser says:
          October 8, 2009 at 10:33 am

          maybe there is something between 5 sec. clip and full feature or short film but anyways its fun and a good practice

          Reply
  17. Zachary Nichols says:
    October 7, 2009 at 6:19 pm

    My first 5 second project entry, been meaning to get in on these for awhile now.

    http://www.vimeo.com/6954709

    Reply
  18. Lucas says:
    October 8, 2009 at 6:02 am

    Hey, here is my first entry for the 5 second projects:

    http://vimeo.com/6961850

    Reply
  19. Ry says:
    October 8, 2009 at 1:59 pm

    Hello,

    Here’s mine: http://vimeo.com/6968793

    Any feedback you could give me on this and my other vid would be Ace!!

    Thanks.

    Reply
  20. Drew says:
    October 8, 2009 at 4:55 pm

    Five seconds. That’s the name of the contest and should be the instantaneous cut-off for entries. Why on earth is there any debate about this, or talk of ‘no more than ten seconds’?

    To allow anyone to ‘sneak in’ even an extra second is absurd. Whatever the content of the piece — from brilliant to mundane — for the creative to take liberty in the length of the timeline is not only presumptive, it’s downright rude. (Not to mention unfair to those of us who’ve strived to maintain the integrity of the contest, as set out in the ground rules.)

    That’s my two cents, and I’m stickin’ to it.

    – Drew

    Reply
  21. perezvila™ says:
    October 8, 2009 at 5:16 pm

    I love the idea of this being just FIVE seconds… it makes me feel like this is a contest i can take part in!

    Does a stop motion fit in? becouse i only see graphin animation…
    however, i loved enough the idea i came up with, to star it right now.. i hope it fits! and finish it soon to share it.

    Total congratulations for your work here in the blog Nick! i totally love it…. !!

    Reply
    • The Gorilla says:
      October 8, 2009 at 5:33 pm

      Stop motion is totally accepted. The tentative rules list is, Animated, Five Seconds, and has something to do with the theme. That’s all it takes to enter. I can’t wait to see it.

      Reply
      • perezvila™ says:
        October 8, 2009 at 5:39 pm

        now i’m re reading my own post… god will punish me hard for all the misspelled words (and i dont know how to write misspelled… fuck!!)

        i’m having total fun in my kitchen right now!! best regards!

        Reply
  22. Hugo Larsson says:
    October 9, 2009 at 11:01 am

    I love the idea of making small projects like this and I’m still kind of new to the whole motion scene, so this is a perfect way of practicing for me!

    Here’s my entry: http://vimeo.com/6981499

    Enjoy :)

    Reply

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  24. Johannes Matsson says:
    October 10, 2009 at 5:26 am

    This is only my second attempt at a motion piece, tried out the 3D spaces in AE and some camera movement. First time I contribute to the gorilla but expect more, got a lot of inspiration from this. Great stuff!

    http://vimeo.com/6985161

    Any feedback is welcome but bear in mind that I’m completely new to AE and animation :P

    Reply
  27. Greg Porter says:
    October 10, 2009 at 8:03 pm

    Here’s my entry Nick, hope you like it!

    http://vimeo.com/7002742

    twitter.com/BaronVonBadguy

    Reply
  29. Florian says:
    October 11, 2009 at 2:21 pm

    This is my first time participating in a five second project, let me know what you think :) .

    http://vimeo.com/7011458

    Reply
  31. Kenneth Lee says:
    October 11, 2009 at 11:00 pm

    Nick, here’s my burger. Five Second Project – fantastic!
    http://www.vimeo.com/7018709

    Reply
  33. perezvila™ says:
    October 12, 2009 at 11:11 am

    OK…
    so here is my (six) second project…
    I’m really looking forward to hear/read your comments!

    http://vimeo.com/7025872

    Reply
  34. kiff says:
    October 12, 2009 at 11:31 am

    Here’s the link for mine :)

    http://vimeo.com/7026340

    Reply
  36. OnBoard says:
    October 12, 2009 at 3:53 pm

    Hey all !

    Here is my 2nd entry for the five second project !

    http://vimeo.com/7031277

    Don’t hesitate to comment on it!

    OnBoard

    Reply
    • Serge says:
      October 15, 2009 at 6:22 am

      Great job, I like everything about it. The soundtrack supports the action very nicely and the hand at the end is very well done…

      Very nice…

      Reply
  38. sivupersoona says:
    October 13, 2009 at 12:48 pm

    My second entry for Five Second Projects:
    http://vimeo.com/7047138

    Reply
  39. Dan W says:
    October 13, 2009 at 1:49 pm

    OK so I had a lot of time and wanted to continue experimenting, so I made a second one for this project…Let me know what you think

    http://www.vimeo.com/7047995

    Reply
    • Serge says:
      October 15, 2009 at 6:27 am

      Great job dude, I love the banana…the eye movement is great…you have to watch it a couple of times, there is alot happening in this 5 seconds…

      Reply
    • Greg says:
      October 15, 2009 at 9:10 am

      Thanks Serge,

      I try to add a lot of little nuance and detail to as much as I can, especially when we only have 5 seconds to work within.

      I even puppeted the banana’s Chucks to bend with each step..

      Reply
  41. Grant Osborne says:
    October 13, 2009 at 11:50 pm

    Hey Nick (and others), here’s my entry… “Double Cheese” Painstakingly made in c4d! all hand modelled and animated. Flames and smoke from Action Essentials 2 from video-copilot (thanks Andrew!) Trying to squeeze this into 5secs was a challenge in its self. Hope you guys like this one!

    http://vimeo.com/7057893

    Reply
  42. perezvila™ says:
    October 14, 2009 at 7:34 am

    hey. every one some of this videos i like a lot…
    i love the one of the pucking guy in the end (i’ve seen so many i cant remember who uploaded it!!) hehe

    best regards to every one

    Reply
  43. Peta Kyle says:
    October 14, 2009 at 4:28 pm

    Here’s my link – any comments would be appreciated, hope you like!

    http://vimeo.com/7068330

    Reply
  44. Michael Kane says:
    October 15, 2009 at 7:12 am

    i may have been a a little greedy on the whole 5 seconds. Whats a millisecond here or there?

    http://vimeo.com/7080393

    Reply
  46. Anders Bäckman says:
    October 16, 2009 at 7:51 am

    Very first 5 second project.
    I would LOVE to get some feedback! :)

    http://vimeo.com/7098049

    Reply
  47. fabian lerche says:
    October 16, 2009 at 11:25 am

    hello gorilla,
    this is my 5sp video

    http://www.vimeo.com/7098174

    again, thnx for the idea.
    cya

    Reply
  48. Ray Houghton says:
    October 16, 2009 at 3:05 pm

    I’ve been a lurker for awhile, getting ideas from everyone else… but had to enter this one.

    I decided to celebrate fast food: http://www.vimeo.com/7104193

    cheers

    Reply
  49. Andre Peters says:
    October 16, 2009 at 4:20 pm

    Howzit.

    …here’s mine.

    http://www.vimeo.com/7101058

    Any comments’d be really appreciated.

    –thanks

    Reply
  50. Sascha Ronge says:
    October 16, 2009 at 7:43 pm

    Here is my entry:

    http://vimeo.com/7108021

    Reply
  51. Trevor says:
    October 17, 2009 at 4:57 pm

    Hey Nick. Here’s one.

    Thanks

    http://www.vimeo.com/7117467

    Reply
  53. monstro says:
    October 17, 2009 at 11:28 pm

    sweet! I made mine this afternoon: http://vimeo.com/7122601

    Reply
  54. CM says:
    October 18, 2009 at 12:56 am

    A bit of Halloween spirit.

    http://vimeo.com/7123000

    Reply
  55. Mark says:
    October 18, 2009 at 8:56 am

    Hey Nick,

    Here is mine submission for the five sec.

    http://www.vimeo.com/7125866

    Thanks

    Reply
  57. Daryl A. Bernard says:
    October 18, 2009 at 1:42 pm

    Really Fast Food. Here’s my entry for the Five Second Project.

    http://vimeo.com/7129861

    Reply
  58. Ryan Divine says:
    October 18, 2009 at 5:28 pm

    This is my first entry. Just heard about this site friday, so i hauled hiney to whip something together. Lemme know what y’all think!

    http://www.vimeo.com/7132832

    rock!
    RD

    Reply
  60. Magda says:
    October 18, 2009 at 6:19 pm

    hey..here is my chicken burger http://www.vimeo.com/7133368

    Reply
  61. Tia L. Bradford says:
    October 18, 2009 at 8:43 pm

    This is my first time doing a 5 second project. I’m a beginner after effects user. Hope it doesn’t suck too much. Thought I would give it a try.

    http://www.vimeo.com/7135249

    Reply
  63. nico banisch says:
    October 19, 2009 at 12:08 pm

    i hope it´s not tooooo late…. here my 5 seconds….
    http://vimeo.com/7146128

    and i also hope it´s understandable … : )

    greetings from berlin/germany
    nico

    Reply
  65. Chris says:
    October 19, 2009 at 5:07 pm

    First posting of a 5 sec project and only been using AE CS4 for a few weeks now
    http://vimeo.com/7151522

    Reply
  66. Kyle says:
    October 19, 2009 at 6:44 pm

    So who was the winner for the fast food 5 sec project? Did we ever hear about the circles and spheres winner?

    Reply
  67. henryk says:
    October 19, 2009 at 7:23 pm

    Guess, I’m to late. Well, here’s mine anyway:
    http://vimeo.com/7154446

    Reply
  71. Glauco says:
    October 19, 2009 at 10:15 pm

    Its crunch time and here is mine.
    http://www.vimeo.com/7156959

    Reply
  72. space says:
    October 19, 2009 at 10:40 pm

    I hope I’m not too late.

    http://vimeo.com/7156717

    Reply
  73. dannorton says:
    October 19, 2009 at 10:46 pm

    http://vimeo.com/7156950

    kinda lame, but I did enjoy another C4D challenge. I was out of a computer for the weekend, so most of this was the last 2 nights, right in the nick of time!

    Reply
  74. Mathias Erixon says:
    October 20, 2009 at 3:05 am

    Sorry. I put the link on the Vimeo Channel yesterday. I guess I shoulsd have put it here. Am I to late??

    vimeo.com/7145757

    This is my take.

    Reply
  75. Sjoerd Wijn says:
    October 20, 2009 at 4:21 am

    its to late i know, but still wanne show you all my work.
    Greetings,
    Sjoerd
    The Netherlands

    http://www.vimeo.com/7160897

    Reply

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  78. Michael says:
    June 1, 2010 at 10:01 am

    Hi, can you make a tutorial
    of how he made the text animation
    in this video?
    http://vimeo.com/7152228
    It’s from Romain Loubersanes

    Thanks!

    Michael

    Reply

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