Five Second Project – “FAIL”

Written by The Gorilla on January 18, 2010 and filed in Five Second Projects

What Are Five Second Projects?
We all want to make cool shit for our demo reel right? Sometimes you just need a theme to get you started… Some rules to fight against. Use the theme “Fail” 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. If your new to five second projects, why not check out the Five Second Projects Archive to watch all of the past themes.

Rules

1. Submissions must be Five Seconds Long!
2. Only animation is accepted. Video only submissions will not.
3. The animations has to do with the theme in some way.
4. Original Work only. Don’t cut out 5 seconds of already made work.
5. Link back to GSG on your Vimeo Post

Why Should You Enter?

1. Try new techniques or software
2. Limitations help get the mind working.
3. Make short, awesome pieces for your reel.
4. Get critique from your peers.
5. Promote yourself.

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 Sunday January 31st

Watch the videos here, at the vimeo channel, or at the FiveSecondProjects Archive

202 people have commented on this post. You should too!

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  1. Christopher Harrell says:
    January 29, 2010 at 6:09 pm

    This one’s for you Stanley (my entry):

    http://vimeo.com/9078319

    Reply
  2. Sam Rivers says:
    January 29, 2010 at 6:26 pm

    Well, here’s another one from me… though I’m not sure if it’s worth sumbitting or not

    http://www.vimeo.com/9078681

    Reply
  4. jean says:
    January 30, 2010 at 2:01 am

    There you go! Kaboom!!
    Credits to Django Reinhardt’s mashed-up MIDI track.

    http://vimeo.com/9083671

    Reply
  5. arleksey says:
    January 30, 2010 at 5:56 am

    Good day! Dodn`t judge me hard, i work with C4D only 10 days.

    http://vimeo.com/9085558 (should be converted in 2 hours)

    Reply
  7. Mehmet Kutlay Dede says:
    January 30, 2010 at 11:46 am

    Here is my second post.
    http://vimeo.com/9088213

    Reply
  8. Tony Andreana says:
    January 30, 2010 at 2:50 pm

    Thanks again for the opportunity. Here’s my crack.
    http://www.vimeo.com/9091069

    Reply
  11. Jason says:
    January 30, 2010 at 9:12 pm

    Here’s my first entry ever! http://vimeo.com/9097258

    Reply
  12. Mike Regelean says:
    January 31, 2010 at 12:57 am

    First entry to this blog. Hope I fail.

    http://vimeo.com/9095686

    Reply
  13. Jack Hamilton says:
    January 31, 2010 at 1:22 am

    Hey, this is my first entry to the 5 second project as well.

    http://vimeo.com/9100154

    Reply
  14. Mediengestalt says:
    January 31, 2010 at 6:24 am

    Hey Nick, love your blog, thx for sharing your knowledge.

    My first entry:
    heads or tails… fails…
    http://vimeo.com/9102378

    Reply
  15. Florent Bizec says:
    January 31, 2010 at 6:58 am

    Hi everyone!

    Here is my entry to this project : http://vimeo.com/9102765

    See ya!

    Reply
  19. Teb says:
    January 31, 2010 at 11:09 am

    Hey Nick and guys. Here’s my entry http://vimeo.com/9105122

    Comments and critiques are more than welcome :)

    Reply
  20. Mark Dickie says:
    January 31, 2010 at 11:26 am

    Here’s my fail:
    http://vimeo.com/9106208

    Reply
  21. giancarlo says:
    January 31, 2010 at 11:31 am

    here is my entry.i hope not too late.
    http://www.vimeo.com/9103612

    Reply
  23. Fran Power says:
    January 31, 2010 at 1:04 pm

    Hi guys, here’s my 5 second project.
    Cheers

    http://www.vimeo.com/9107819

    Reply
  24. Loïc says:
    January 31, 2010 at 1:17 pm

    and my first entry to a five second project. (and my first animation with after effects)

    http://www.vimeo.com/9109174

    Reply
  26. Martyn Morris says:
    January 31, 2010 at 2:01 pm

    Hi there,
    here is a quick last minuet fail.

    http://vimeo.com/9108700

    Reply
  28. Kim Petersen says:
    January 31, 2010 at 4:26 pm

    Here’s my entry, one that we’ve all experienced once.

    http://www.vimeo.com/9113074

    Reply
  29. Joel Knutson says:
    January 31, 2010 at 4:39 pm

    My 5 second fail:

    Dedicated to the trolls:

    http://www.vimeo.com/9112441

    Reply
  30. Stephanie says:
    January 31, 2010 at 6:20 pm

    A 5 second fail can be found here:

    http://www.vimeo.com/9113967

    Cheers!

    Reply
  31. Barry Chapman says:
    January 31, 2010 at 7:06 pm

    Hi Y’all

    Here’s my entry:

    http://www.vimeo.com/9115071

    Cheers

    Reply
  33. Jake Williams says:
    January 31, 2010 at 8:32 pm

    http://vimeo.com/9111411

    That’s a lot of 1′s!

    Reply
  34. John DeSensi says:
    January 31, 2010 at 8:47 pm

    Hi nick heres my 5 second Fail
    http://vimeo.com/9117226

    Reply
  35. Agent L.C says:
    January 31, 2010 at 9:32 pm

    Here is my 5 second “Space Fail” :

    http://www.vimeo.com/9113530

    Reply
  36. Spenser says:
    January 31, 2010 at 10:44 pm

    Got a late start to GSG 5sec project, but this is what i came up with. Again i learned a lot!

    http://vimeo.com/9119268

    Reply
  37. Anthony Morrelle says:
    January 31, 2010 at 11:02 pm

    Here is my entry to the fabulous five second projects.

    http://vimeo.com/9119203

    Reply
  38. Idil Gozde says:
    January 31, 2010 at 11:51 pm

    Here is my (1st) entry!
    Thanks for the opportunity and inspiration.

    http://vimeo.com/9120641

    Reply
  39. .\\ eblivious //. says:
    January 31, 2010 at 11:54 pm

    Here’s my 5SP “PPV Fail”:

    http://www.vimeo.com/9121379

    Reply
  40. eyedesyn says:
    January 31, 2010 at 11:56 pm

    BAM! right before deadline.

    enjoy, and please critique the hell out of me! im here to learn and improve, so let er rip!

    Reply
  41. Katie Lauffenburger says:
    February 1, 2010 at 12:30 am

    Hey Nick,

    Here’s my entry. Great theme!

    http://www.vimeo.com/9121866

    Long line for conversion on Vimeo!

    Reply
  42. Manson Floyd says:
    February 1, 2010 at 12:35 am

    Was ill this week and hope the project gets uploaded today before it becomes tomorrow :)

    http://www.vimeo.com/9121224

    Funny this took longer than Five Second to do.

    Reply
  43. Spenser says:
    February 1, 2010 at 1:03 am

    I posted my original before the deadline, but here is my real version that looks much better in HD on vimeo..

    http://vimeo.com/9121651

    thanks!

    Reply
  44. Tim Stotz says:
    February 1, 2010 at 2:12 am

    Hi, Nick. It’s still deadline time on the west coast. Vimeo is taking forever to convert that puppy, but it is here:

    http://vimeo.com/9123282

    Reply
  45. Idil Gozde says:
    February 1, 2010 at 3:02 pm

    I have removed my video from the fail channel on vimeo by mistake…
    Could you re-add it?

    http://vimeo.com/9120641

    Thanks!

    Sorry about that…

    Reply
  46. Rens Wegerif says:
    February 1, 2010 at 6:14 pm

    Hey Nick,

    check out my attempt:

    http://www.vimeo.com/9137183

    Reply
  47. Jon Malkemus says:
    February 2, 2010 at 3:31 am

    5 Second Fail….Didnt realize the deadline was a few days ago. i guess i fail. ;)

    http://www.vimeo.com/9150240

    Reply
  48. Fran Power says:
    February 2, 2010 at 9:31 am

    Did anyone else’s video come out much darker than it should have from the vimeo upload? Mine did, thats strange…..

    Reply
    • Mediengestalt says:
      February 2, 2010 at 2:18 pm

      coming from Mac and used QT Mov for upload?

      If so search ‘Quicktime Gamma Shift’ for the phenomenon, many linux and win based encoders try to ignore the MacOS 1.8 Gamma (Snow Leo uses 2.2 now) or even make it worse.

      Reply
  49. E. Oro says:
    February 2, 2010 at 2:33 pm

    Hy Nick, i know that the deadline is already crossed…but it takes too long to render the scene.

    Here is my short animation…
    http://vimeo.com/9157375

    Reply
  50. Sam Rivers says:
    February 2, 2010 at 6:33 pm

    Guys, please, could anyone say something about this piece of mine? That’s my first animation and I’d like to hear some constructive critisism, like was the melting effect okay for the first time etc

    http://www.vimeo.com/9076128

    pls, tell me!
    both good and bad comments are welcome!
    cheers

    Reply
  51. polerx says:
    February 3, 2010 at 2:00 pm

    i think the winner should recieve your photoshop training for free. :)

    Reply
  52. a.kulig says:
    February 5, 2010 at 2:47 pm

    sorry for the dealine…just want to try this 5SP : )
    Her is my video : http://vimeo.com/9236805

    Reply
  53. Marcos Silva says:
    February 5, 2010 at 7:48 pm

    here is mine! i hope the 5sec. project still running http://vimeo.com/9240626

    Reply

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  55. jean says:
    February 6, 2010 at 11:23 pm

    Can’t wait for the god damn results !!
    Any idea when this might be?!

    Reply

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  59. ema says:
    March 11, 2010 at 4:26 pm

    when’s next 5secproj going to start?

    Reply

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