Comments on: Heart String Marionette, animated movie by M dot Strange http://boingboing.net/2012/06/15/heart-string-marionette-anima.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 02:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Dashiell Johnson http://boingboing.net/2012/06/15/heart-string-marionette-anima.html#comment-1452818 Dashiell Johnson Mon, 18 Jun 2012 22:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165618#comment-1452818  kinda be cool if there was a hat for every head an not just for all the mature adults on the mountain  kinda be cool if there was a hat for every head an not just for all the mature adults on the mountain

]]> By: Dashiell Johnson http://boingboing.net/2012/06/15/heart-string-marionette-anima.html#comment-1452652 Dashiell Johnson Mon, 18 Jun 2012 20:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165618#comment-1452652 Just order it an see whats up. HSM is grand Just order it an see whats up. HSM is grand

]]> By: Dashiell Johnson http://boingboing.net/2012/06/15/heart-string-marionette-anima.html#comment-1452402 Dashiell Johnson Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165618#comment-1452402 I understand, most previews speak politely like grown ups while pushing their product, torture porn,  and their other various agendas. Pixar already has the family market covered M Dot just doesnt care hes finding his own audience  that have grown weary of the hum drum norm. There should be a hat for every head. I understand, most previews speak politely like grown ups while pushing their product, torture porn,  and their other various agendas. Pixar already has the family market covered M Dot just doesnt care hes finding his own audience  that have grown weary of the hum drum norm. There should be a hat for every head.

]]> By: OtherMichael http://boingboing.net/2012/06/15/heart-string-marionette-anima.html#comment-1452374 OtherMichael Mon, 18 Jun 2012 15:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165618#comment-1452374 the graphics look cool, and while I did find the trailer annoying -- and tantalizing for what it did show -- I would have found it less annoying with ONLY the voiceover, no text (repeating the graphics). Still tantalizing -- perhaps even moreso, because I wouldn't have been focused on "aaaargh, more text!" the graphics look cool, and while I did find the trailer annoying — and tantalizing for what it did show — I would have found it less annoying with ONLY the voiceover, no text (repeating the graphics). Still tantalizing — perhaps even moreso, because I wouldn’t have been focused on “aaaargh, more text!”

]]> By: petite poubelle http://boingboing.net/2012/06/15/heart-string-marionette-anima.html#comment-1451984 petite poubelle Sun, 17 Jun 2012 19:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165618#comment-1451984  I appreciate the fact that you have taken your time to show up in this thread and answer questions and face criticisms and do so in a civil way.  That earns you high marks in my book. I will indeed check it out because I'm a fan of unusual/creepy/weird animation.  I'm sure if there was no voiceover in the trailer, I would have signed up already.  Opinions/assholes, etc.  I appreciate the fact that you have taken your time to show up in this thread and answer questions and face criticisms and do so in a civil way.  That earns you high marks in my book.

I will indeed check it out because I’m a fan of unusual/creepy/weird animation.  I’m sure if there was no voiceover in the trailer, I would have signed up already.  Opinions/assholes, etc.

]]> By: Kial Natale http://boingboing.net/2012/06/15/heart-string-marionette-anima.html#comment-1451448 Kial Natale Sat, 16 Jun 2012 19:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165618#comment-1451448 I just bought this last night: it's like the price of a coffee and doughnut, and I have to say, after watching it I can safely say that I have gotten so much more enjoyment out of the film than I would have out of any pastry/beverage (and much less fat, too).  It's really rare to see such a personal film on an epic level: the hero was badass!  I will be thinking of this film for years to come.  Thank you M Dot! I just bought this last night: it’s like the price of a coffee and doughnut, and I have to say, after watching it I can safely say that I have gotten so much more enjoyment out of the film than I would have out of any pastry/beverage (and much less fat, too).  It’s really rare to see such a personal film on an epic level: the hero was badass!  I will be thinking of this film for years to come.  Thank you M Dot!

]]> By: Ihavenofuckingname http://boingboing.net/2012/06/15/heart-string-marionette-anima.html#comment-1451399 Ihavenofuckingname Sat, 16 Jun 2012 18:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165618#comment-1451399 Like I said, this was my impression after a goofy trailer. It's pure speculation. So yes, your assessment is correct. Like I said, this was my impression after a goofy trailer. It’s pure speculation.

So yes, your assessment is correct.

]]> By: NOTKIDDINGME http://boingboing.net/2012/06/15/heart-string-marionette-anima.html#comment-1451367 NOTKIDDINGME Sat, 16 Jun 2012 17:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165618#comment-1451367 I'm in. This guy made a 3d movie all by himself. That's insane. It takes and artist and a technician^madscientist_mathmatician to accomplish something that awesome. Cheers I’m in. This guy made a 3d movie all by himself. That’s insane. It takes and artist and a technician^madscientist_mathmatician to accomplish something that awesome. Cheers

]]> By: Dashiell Johnson http://boingboing.net/2012/06/15/heart-string-marionette-anima.html#comment-1451350 Dashiell Johnson Sat, 16 Jun 2012 17:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165618#comment-1451350  Burton has to pay people to make art for him in the same vein he once tinkered with. While he sits in his 60 million dollar house in France not worrying how lame hes gotten. M Dot here Is pioneering a new voice in artistic expression. One man doesnt make feature length film an cartoons himself. Now M Dot has changed the field an soon when the real artist are making film we will hear new voices. Not just these studio lackey puppets. There is going to be an interesting shift. People will be reaching new vistas of story telling. Everyone who tried to make an animated film an got discouraged in the past will look on these tools with new eyes. New plug ins will make it easier for anyone with even rudimentary skills to use. So many people with stories to tell will start to flourish like thistles in the waste of the entertainment industry that today is a desert.  Burton has to pay people to make art for him in the same vein he once tinkered with. While he sits in his 60 million dollar house in France not worrying how lame hes gotten. M Dot here Is pioneering a new voice in artistic expression. One man doesnt make feature length film an cartoons himself. Now M Dot has changed the field an soon when the real artist are making film we will hear new voices. Not just these studio lackey puppets. There is going to be an interesting shift. People will be reaching new vistas of story telling. Everyone who tried to make an animated film an got discouraged in the past will look on these tools with new eyes. New plug ins will make it easier for anyone with even rudimentary skills to use. So many people with stories to tell will start to flourish like thistles in the waste of the entertainment industry that today is a desert.

]]> By: Dashiell Johnson http://boingboing.net/2012/06/15/heart-string-marionette-anima.html#comment-1451341 Dashiell Johnson Sat, 16 Jun 2012 16:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165618#comment-1451341  Spoken like someone who hasnt been following M Dot for years  Spoken like someone who hasnt been following M Dot for years

]]> By: mdotstrange http://boingboing.net/2012/06/15/heart-string-marionette-anima.html#comment-1451187 mdotstrange Sat, 16 Jun 2012 06:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165618#comment-1451187 haha well was just saying I know its not my best work BUT at least I didn't miss the deadline ^ ^ haha well was just saying I know its not my best work BUT at least I didn’t miss the deadline ^ ^

]]> By: mdotstrange http://boingboing.net/2012/06/15/heart-string-marionette-anima.html#comment-1451188 mdotstrange Sat, 16 Jun 2012 06:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165618#comment-1451188 Awesome! Hope you like the movie! Awesome! Hope you like the movie!

]]> By: nachoproblem http://boingboing.net/2012/06/15/heart-string-marionette-anima.html#comment-1451185 nachoproblem Sat, 16 Jun 2012 06:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165618#comment-1451185  Well hey, better than anything I've ever done in 30 minutes. ;)  Well hey, better than anything I’ve ever done in 30 minutes. ;)

]]> By: Alex Silva http://boingboing.net/2012/06/15/heart-string-marionette-anima.html#comment-1451177 Alex Silva Sat, 16 Jun 2012 05:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165618#comment-1451177 Awesome MDot. I just finished teaching a week of stop motion to kids today. On day 2 I had  I shown them a bit WATS (from the collector DVD :)) and the behind the scenes stuff as inspiration that they can make a whole film if they put their minds to it.  I said "He is working on a new film, I wonder if it is done...?" Then today bam! I see this and it comes out at the same time! Serendipity. Congrats on persisting for the long haul. I am going to go order my copy now :) Awesome MDot. I just finished teaching a week of stop motion to kids today. On day 2 I had  I shown them a bit WATS (from the collector DVD :)) and the behind the scenes stuff as inspiration that they can make a whole film if they put their minds to it.  I said “He is working on a new film, I wonder if it is done…?” Then today bam! I see this and it comes out at the same time! Serendipity. Congrats on persisting for the long haul. I am going to go order my copy now :)

]]> By: mdotstrange http://boingboing.net/2012/06/15/heart-string-marionette-anima.html#comment-1451172 mdotstrange Sat, 16 Jun 2012 05:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165618#comment-1451172 Point taken- I have a trailer I had been working on for months-long story short-the composer was lagging and didn't finish the music in time to include the trailer in this piece so I made this entire trailer including voiceover in approx 30 minutes last Friday night ^ ^ So it was a rush rush job hence the "cliche trailer" title.. the official trailer that is much of what you are describing will be released soon. Thank you for your comment. Point taken- I have a trailer I had been working on for months-long story short-the composer was lagging and didn’t finish the music in time to include the trailer in this piece so I made this entire trailer including voiceover in approx 30 minutes last Friday night ^ ^ So it was a rush rush job hence the “cliche trailer” title.. the official trailer that is much of what you are describing will be released soon.

Thank you for your comment.

]]> By: mdotstrange http://boingboing.net/2012/06/15/heart-string-marionette-anima.html#comment-1451167 mdotstrange Sat, 16 Jun 2012 05:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165618#comment-1451167 Glad you like it! The render times weren't so bad unless I was using RUTHLESS VOLUMETRIC LIGHTING?! (cowers in fear) Glad you like it! The render times weren’t so bad unless I was using RUTHLESS VOLUMETRIC LIGHTING?! (cowers in fear)

]]> By: nachoproblem http://boingboing.net/2012/06/15/heart-string-marionette-anima.html#comment-1451162 nachoproblem Sat, 16 Jun 2012 05:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165618#comment-1451162 Far be it from me to jump your shit, but perhaps what the nice people here are trying to suggest is that a grown ass man has probably heard the phrase "SHIT JUST GOT REAL MOTHAFUCKAS!!!" applied to everything from Taliban attacks to taco sauce. So if you were instead to just tease them with something that makes them think, their imagination will supply whatever version of that is actually most meaningful to them. I'm a grown ass man and I endorse this message. Far be it from me to jump your shit, but perhaps what the nice people here are trying to suggest is that a grown ass man has probably heard the phrase “SHIT JUST GOT REAL MOTHAFUCKAS!!!” applied to everything from Taliban attacks to taco sauce. So if you were instead to just tease them with something that makes them think, their imagination will supply whatever version of that is actually most meaningful to them.

I’m a grown ass man and I endorse this message.

]]> By: Shane H http://boingboing.net/2012/06/15/heart-string-marionette-anima.html#comment-1451157 Shane H Sat, 16 Jun 2012 04:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165618#comment-1451157 This looks beautiful M Dot. The backgrounds seem so immense. My computer is freezing just thinking about the render times This looks beautiful M Dot. The backgrounds seem so immense. My computer is freezing just thinking about the render times

]]> By: nachoproblem http://boingboing.net/2012/06/15/heart-string-marionette-anima.html#comment-1451140 nachoproblem Sat, 16 Jun 2012 04:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165618#comment-1451140 Speaking for the stuff I do (product design) presentation is by far the hardest part and I really wish I could just make stuff and not have to worry about that side of it at all. But of course it doesn't work that way. All I can say is it almost always helps to get some other eyes on it. So yeah, the trailer is over the top and I know it's meant to be, I get the joke. I'm interested by what's going on and I think the general type of hook you're using can work with it. At the risk of being annoyingly enigmatic, I would just say... less is more? For instance, if you do some thing like "Uh, wh... ?" and just kind of leave it out there, I think it has more impact than saying "motherfucker!" a whole lot. Or anyway, that's my shot at it. Speaking for the stuff I do (product design) presentation is by far the hardest part and I really wish I could just make stuff and not have to worry about that side of it at all. But of course it doesn’t work that way. All I can say is it almost always helps to get some other eyes on it.

So yeah, the trailer is over the top and I know it’s meant to be, I get the joke. I’m interested by what’s going on and I think the general type of hook you’re using can work with it. At the risk of being annoyingly enigmatic, I would just say… less is more? For instance, if you do some thing like “Uh, wh… ?” and just kind of leave it out there, I think it has more impact than saying “motherfucker!” a whole lot.

Or anyway, that’s my shot at it.

]]> By: mdotstrange http://boingboing.net/2012/06/15/heart-string-marionette-anima.html#comment-1451139 mdotstrange Sat, 16 Jun 2012 04:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165618#comment-1451139 Thanks! I hope you like it! Thanks! I hope you like it!

]]> By: BlueVelvetCrossing http://boingboing.net/2012/06/15/heart-string-marionette-anima.html#comment-1451127 BlueVelvetCrossing Sat, 16 Jun 2012 03:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165618#comment-1451127 Well the trailer got me to buy a copy. Well the trailer got me to buy a copy.

]]> By: kepath http://boingboing.net/2012/06/15/heart-string-marionette-anima.html#comment-1451057 kepath Sat, 16 Jun 2012 01:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165618#comment-1451057 The "Heart String Marionette website" link points back to this page. Shouldn't it point to youwilldieinside.com, as shown at the end of the trailer? The “Heart String Marionette website” link points back to this page.
Shouldn’t it point to youwilldieinside.com, as shown at the end of the trailer?

]]> By: Riley http://boingboing.net/2012/06/15/heart-string-marionette-anima.html#comment-1450917 Riley Fri, 15 Jun 2012 21:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165618#comment-1450917  Thanks!  Thanks!

]]> By: mdotstrange http://boingboing.net/2012/06/15/heart-string-marionette-anima.html#comment-1450891 mdotstrange Fri, 15 Jun 2012 20:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165618#comment-1450891 Hey Bradley! If you liked WATS you'll love the new film! Yeh I guess the link in the post doesn't work?! Just go to youwilldieinside.com thanks d00d! Hey Bradley! If you liked WATS you’ll love the new film! Yeh I guess the link in the post doesn’t work?! Just go to youwilldieinside.com thanks d00d!

]]> By: mdotstrange http://boingboing.net/2012/06/15/heart-string-marionette-anima.html#comment-1450886 mdotstrange Fri, 15 Jun 2012 20:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165618#comment-1450886 I have mad respect for you drawn animators as thats the truest and most difficult form of animation... yer animation is twisted and awesome ^ ^ I'm going to post it on my blog as I know my readers would enjoy it! I have mad respect for you drawn animators as thats the truest and most difficult form of animation… yer animation is twisted and awesome ^ ^ I’m going to post it on my blog as I know my readers would enjoy it!

]]> By: Bradley Hall http://boingboing.net/2012/06/15/heart-string-marionette-anima.html#comment-1450888 Bradley Hall Fri, 15 Jun 2012 20:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165618#comment-1450888 Hey M Dot, loved We Are The Strange. You've got my $5 if I can just find the website. Hey M Dot, loved We Are The Strange. You’ve got my $5 if I can just find the website.

]]> By: Riley http://boingboing.net/2012/06/15/heart-string-marionette-anima.html#comment-1450881 Riley Fri, 15 Jun 2012 20:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165618#comment-1450881 Understood.  This looks like a mind numbing amount of work.  I do a little animating myself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Toe8baH8kGI&feature=plcp Let me know what you think! Understood.  This looks like a mind numbing amount of work.  I do a little animating myself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Toe8baH8kGI&feature=plcp

Let me know what you think!

]]> By: mdotstrange http://boingboing.net/2012/06/15/heart-string-marionette-anima.html#comment-1450877 mdotstrange Fri, 15 Jun 2012 20:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165618#comment-1450877 Fer sure! It should be released in the next few days and I'll put out some more trailers  which should frame it in a different way.... But yeh I suck at presenting my films, its the hardest part for me...  thanks for taking the time to comment and check out the trailer! Fer sure! It should be released in the next few days and I’ll put out some more trailers  which should frame it in a different way…. But yeh I suck at presenting my films, its the hardest part for me…  thanks for taking the time to comment and check out the trailer!

]]> By: Ihavenofuckingname http://boingboing.net/2012/06/15/heart-string-marionette-anima.html#comment-1450875 Ihavenofuckingname Fri, 15 Jun 2012 20:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165618#comment-1450875 Yeah, I'm just throwing in my two cents based off of the impression I got from a 3:00 trailer.  Maybe I'll watch it and change my mind. At the very least, you put tons of effort into making something that you're proud of, and I can admire that regardless of aesthetic differences. Yeah, I’m just throwing in my two cents based off of the impression I got from a 3:00 trailer.  Maybe I’ll watch it and change my mind.

At the very least, you put tons of effort into making something that you’re proud of, and I can admire that regardless of aesthetic differences.

]]> By: mdotstrange http://boingboing.net/2012/06/15/heart-string-marionette-anima.html#comment-1450854 mdotstrange Fri, 15 Jun 2012 20:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165618#comment-1450854 I don't know who "they" are as I'm the guy that does everything ^ ^ so any mistakes are made by me so sorry! But his name isn't Samhain its Samhaine... a hybrid of Samhain the pagan holiday and haine the french word for hate... and that's how it is pronounced in the world of Heart String Marionette. Thanks for watching!  I don’t know who “they” are as I’m the guy that does everything ^ ^ so any mistakes are made by me so sorry!

But his name isn’t Samhain its Samhaine… a hybrid of Samhain the pagan holiday and haine the french word for hate… and that’s how it is pronounced in the world of Heart String Marionette. Thanks for watching! 

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