Fighting Horses 1998

I just found my student film on Vimeo! I had this idea of a painting coming to life and chose James Wards "Fighting Horses". He painted it in 1808, and it looks like I animated it in 1808. Oh well it was a fun time, I remember thinking I knew it all when in fact I knew nothing.

Fighting Horses (1998) from ATRiuM Animation Archives on Vimeo.

10 comments:

Matt Jones said...

Nice find! The film I worked on is up there too. 'Fighting Horses' was part of your brooding, serious period!

Matthew Cruickshank said...

It's pretty horrible to see it now-but you gotta' start somewhere.

Oscar Grillo said...

LOOOOOOOVE IT!!!!!!!!!Reminiscent of Joanna Quinn, and that's a compliment!

Oscar Grillo said...

I think it is very, very impressive! And you were just starting?
A big hug from Buenos Aires,
Patricia

Matthew Cruickshank said...

Very kind of you Oscar!

There's lumps and bumps all over the place, some of them are in the right positions anatomically, some aren't!

Yes I was just starting. There's 3 things I like about my student film:

1. It's short. Most student films I see are way too long and too difficult to achieve within a small space of time.

2. It's 1 shot. There was no editing involved, I shot it under the rostrum camera in 1 take. It's essentially 1 scene with the camera moves drawn in. That felt like quite an achievement for me at the time.

3. I was 7 years old when I made it.


Hey, come back soon-London is sunny and misses you. Maybe we can sit in your garden of botanical splendour and drink the Argentinian liquor that makes us hallucinate.

andres casciani said...

really good work! don't be so hard with yourself!!!

Elliot Cowan said...

TERRIFIC!!!!

Owen Williams said...

This was by far one of the best GCADT films. I remember seeing it at their open day years ago and it certainly helped me choose to study animation there. I went to the Glammies 2 years back to present an award for best student film and I have to say yours still holds up, comparing it to what I've seen since. Great stuff!

Anonymous said...

Wow, really well-animated student film Matt. The course seems so different now to what it was back then. Pete

Petyo said...

Well, I for one, aside from a few places find the animation simply superb.