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!
Check out the entries here or visit the Vimeo Channel or Flickr Group
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74 Comments
nice… i like this one
here’s mine http://vimeo.com/6920344
The Gorilla on October 6th, 2009 said...
Nice modeling Spencer! Cut it down a bit though and repost so I can add it to the channel. It’s a bit long for a five second project. Thanks!!!
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?)
The Gorilla on October 6th, 2009 said...
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?
Shawn B on October 6th, 2009 said...
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.
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..
What about last project Finalists?
The Gorilla on October 6th, 2009 said...
I will put out a best of tonight or tomorrow. There were some great entries!
Bran on October 6th, 2009 said...
Thank…
Will be waiting to see the Best out there
i already know some people are going to make food move fast in the composition, thinking its clever… that would make me laugh
Anders Hattne on October 6th, 2009 said...
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!
Nick, once i saw website for 5 second project, now i can’t find it. Are you decided to not start this page?
The Gorilla on October 7th, 2009 said...
We are debating on if we are going to keep FiveSecondProjects on GSG or move it to it’s own site. Stay tuned.
Nick
bjkid on October 8th, 2009 said...
keep it here
Pedro on October 10th, 2009 said...
I recommend you just make another tab: like the blog, daily photo, about…just add five second project
here`s mine…:-)
http://vimeo.com/6929986
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
The Gorilla on October 6th, 2009 said...
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?
Matt Frodsham on October 6th, 2009 said...
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
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.
Bran on October 6th, 2009 said...
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…/
Hi guys,
Here’s my vid for Fast Food.
http://vimeo.com/6937725
Let me know what you think?
Adam.
Nice topic! I hope they won’t be thousands of mograph 2 tests made with hamburgers this time
again…:-)
http://vimeo.com/6944966
Hiiii guys…
Here’s my vid for Fast Food.
http://www.vimeo.com/6947028
Marccos Chaves on October 7th, 2009 said...
old link error
new link
http://www.vimeo.com/6949465
Hiii, guys
http://www.vimeo.com/6947028
Hey heres my contribution:
http://vimeo.com/6950022
These Competitions are fun and will try to do stuff like this more often
cheers
Shawn Burns on October 7th, 2009 said...
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!
Kingkongkaiser on October 8th, 2009 said...
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
The Gorilla on October 8th, 2009 said...
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.
Kingkongkaiser on October 8th, 2009 said...
maybe there is something between 5 sec. clip and full feature or short film but anyways its fun and a good practice
My first 5 second project entry, been meaning to get in on these for awhile now.
http://www.vimeo.com/6954709
Hey, here is my first entry for the 5 second projects:
http://vimeo.com/6961850
Serge on October 15th, 2009 said...
Ah! You are the carot man….I like the little carot man in the plane…lol…
Hello,
Here’s mine: http://vimeo.com/6968793
Any feedback you could give me on this and my other vid would be Ace!!
Thanks.
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
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…. !!
The Gorilla on October 8th, 2009 said...
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.
perezvila™ on October 8th, 2009 said...
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!
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
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
my photo entry:)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/43386815@N02/3997194111/in/pool-1155044@N24
Here’s my Fast Food animation
http://www.vimeo.com/7000027
Here’s my entry Nick, hope you like it!
http://vimeo.com/7002742
twitter.com/BaronVonBadguy
kiff on October 14th, 2009 said...
Hey Greg, your vid seems to be private – check your vimeo settings
Greg Porter on October 14th, 2009 said...
Try it now, it’s unprivated – Thanks for telling me!
http://vimeo.com/7002742
here you go:
http://vimeo.com/7008305
This is my first time participating in a five second project, let me know what you think
.
http://vimeo.com/7011458
Here’s my entry Nick, Enjoy!
http://vimeo.com/7016893
steinnalex on October 12th, 2009 said...
This one is Brilliant.. nice one phil
Nick, here’s my burger. Five Second Project – fantastic!
http://www.vimeo.com/7018709
here is mine hehe just a little play
http://vimeo.com/7025622
OK…
so here is my (six) second project…
I’m really looking forward to hear/read your comments!
http://vimeo.com/7025872
Here’s the link for mine
http://vimeo.com/7026340
Here is my vimeo video.
http://www.vimeo.com/7027620
Hey all !
Here is my 2nd entry for the five second project !
http://vimeo.com/7031277
Don’t hesitate to comment on it!
OnBoard
Serge on October 15th, 2009 said...
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…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/itsching/4005654931/in/pool-1155044@N24
My second entry for Five Second Projects:
http://vimeo.com/7047138
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
Sup Nick,
Here’s my entry..
http://vimeo.com/7049421
Serge on October 15th, 2009 said...
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…
Greg on October 15th, 2009 said...
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..
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
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
Here’s my link – any comments would be appreciated, hope you like!
http://vimeo.com/7068330
i may have been a a little greedy on the whole 5 seconds. Whats a millisecond here or there?
http://vimeo.com/7080393
http://www.vimeo.com/7095247
My first 6 seconds project
Very first 5 second project.
I would LOVE to get some feedback!
http://vimeo.com/7098049
hello gorilla,
this is my 5sp video
http://www.vimeo.com/7098174
again, thnx for the idea.
cya
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
Howzit.
…here’s mine.
http://www.vimeo.com/7101058
Any comments’d be really appreciated.
–thanks
Andre Peters on October 17th, 2009 said...
Um.
That one was only 4 sec long.
Sorry.
This one’s a bit longer.
http://www.vimeo.com/7110191
Here is my entry:
http://vimeo.com/7108021
Hey Nick. Here’s one.
Thanks
http://www.vimeo.com/7117467
http://www.vimeo.com/7120072
1st animation
sweet! I made mine this afternoon: http://vimeo.com/7122601
A bit of Halloween spirit.
http://vimeo.com/7123000
Hey Nick,
Here is mine submission for the five sec.
http://www.vimeo.com/7125866
Thanks
http://vimeo.com/7125935
Really Fast Food. Here’s my entry for the Five Second Project.
http://vimeo.com/7129861
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
Here’s mine:
http://www.vimeo.com/7132710
hey..here is my chicken burger http://www.vimeo.com/7133368
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
http://vimeo.com/7144397
ENJOY and comment
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
My entry Nick !!
http://www.vimeo.com/7152228
First posting of a 5 sec project and only been using AE CS4 for a few weeks now
http://vimeo.com/7151522
So who was the winner for the fast food 5 sec project? Did we ever hear about the circles and spheres winner?
Daryl on October 19th, 2009 said...
The deadline for “Fast Food”, is October 19th — for all time zones I suspect.
The Gorilla on October 19th, 2009 said...
The winners will be announced on Wednesday. Stay tuned!
Guess, I’m to late. Well, here’s mine anyway:
http://vimeo.com/7154446
Daryl on October 19th, 2009 said...
It is still October 19th in Chicago, IL, USA. The contest is still on in the Gorilla time zone.
here’s mine if not too late
http://vimeo.com/7149610
http://greyscalegorilla.com/blog/2009/10/new-five-second-project-fast-food/
http://vimeo.com/7155042
Its crunch time and here is mine.
http://www.vimeo.com/7156959
I hope I’m not too late.
http://vimeo.com/7156717
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!
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.
its to late i know, but still wanne show you all my work.
Greetings,
Sjoerd
The Netherlands
http://www.vimeo.com/7160897