"En Garde" - Animated Short

[maxcohen13]

Outstanding work. I love it!

[ReReShow80]

So what's your next project?

[eklectric]

@ReReShow80 I've made this video last year : vimeo(dot)com(slash)18964314 . And I'm now working on more music videos. Let me know when you'll have harnessed Unity :)

[ReReShow80]

I didn't say I was good at Unity :) but at least I am on my way thanks to seeing stuff like this.

[ReReShow80]

I don't think i ever mentioned that what you did helped inspire me to teach myself Unity. Did i ever mention that. these 3D scenes that you do have a real way of inspiring people like me.

[eklectric]

@ReReShow80 wow. thanks man, your comment humbles me.

[eekfencer]

Epee Rules!!

[inqueling]

This is fantastic! You get what someone like Zemeckis fails to understand, with all his millions: animation is a medium that flourishes the more stylization you inject into it. Love the sound design too.

[eklectric]

@inqueling wow. thanks :) (your comment left me pretty speechless)

[AgentChaos747]

Finally one of the best sports in the world is getting some recognition. Fencers of the world UNITE!!!! XD

[ReReShow80]

If you did this with Blender it would be a big help to me because I am trying to convince them that you can use open source software for what's considered real animation out here.

[ReReShow80]

What references exactly did you read up on for this before doing in? What exactly is key frame animation?

[eklectric]

@ReReShow80 Some fencing manuals for proper postures, foil grip and basic movements, then I watched every swordfighting/swashbuckling movie I could get my hands on, from Errol Flynn to Matrix Reloaded... That was to get a better timing/choreography on screen, without it being too fast (in comparison to real foil matches, that are usually over in a couple of seconds).

Keyframe animation means it's hand-animated (instead of having guys in wetsuits and pingpong balls being captured by cameras.).

[ReReShow80]

@eklectric They're called "Mo-Cap" suits. I am very impressed by this keep up the good work.

[Profencing]

AWESOME WORK! KEEP IT UP!



[Profencing]

AWESOME WORK! KEEP IT UP!

[countertothedark]

I like how the transitioning from 2d into 3d really awesome definitely gonma like :)

[ricuk64]

This is totally brilliant, I'll be watching it again and again. How is it done, I mean what kind of animation is it? It looks computer generated but the movement of the fencers is so natural. It must've taken forever.

[eklectric]

@ricuk64 it's classic key-frame animation. I watched a LOT of references before animating, and then animated the whole thing in a month and a half (not so good for your health) :). Olivier provided killer-rigging!

[ricuk64]

@eklectric It is so good. It makes me want to be able to animate....AND fence! I love the way they move.

[nnikb7]

excellent..... besides the fact that they shook with the right hand as opposed to the left... but great animation nonetheless

[auvergneatnl]

formidable ......tout simplement

Une frenchie de Hollande

[0mriphone0]

cool!

[soup460]

I was looking for a tutorial...and found this. WOW...That was really really cool.

[realar]

AMAZING!!!

[CirkusProductions]

Great stuff - really enjoy watching this short :)

[UkPostalService]

I love how theyre using frenchgrip! I hate pistolgrip.

[sjogge123]

awesome!!

[robert9256]

COOL

from 1 to 10 i give it a 100000000000000000000000000000­000000000000000000000000000000­000000000000000000000000000000­000000000000000000000000000000­0000000000000000000.

[kanochain]

dude... 1 word... LEGENDARY

[trachdax]

nice video!!

i give you 1000 stars!!

[sfepee]

Fantastic. Leaving for Nationals tomorrow; I feel inspired

[eklectric]

good luck! :-)

[PersimmonOX]

Very entertaining. I used to fence foil, and this piece of craftswork has caught the whole idea and athmosphere in the sport, we can fight "to death" to find a winner, but in the end the real winner is the one who can still shake hands with his opponent and mean it.

[ACornyProduction]

Nice! I once had the ambition to do something like this but then I realized that I didn't have the know-how to do it... Still don't... for now my idea lies to rest....

But great video... Love it and great job!

[lilifragildoll]

like it! (:

[JimmyMcCaw]

man i love this it is amazing!!! thanks i actually fence and it is suprizingly realistic!

[Gebug]

My congratulations to the people who made this;

While I personally think that sabre would have made it possible to really justify the dramatic sidewards slashes and also they seem to be lacking the electric jackets for the foils they are using, but regardless this is still a brilliantly done piece of animation.

A definite favourite for me.

[HallofWisdom]

BRAVO!

[WolfWonderer]

I loved that random train! Made it seem like the city might have had other people in it.

[Moremooremore]

This looks great!!!

[LTakeninja]

Impressive job....

and bonus points for using foil

not many people throw credit in that direction these days

[Deadpikachu666]

Well, I've been reading all the positive comments for quite some time - since the movie was submitted, I believe - and I never took any time to thank you all guys for your support!

As a member of the team of three crazy guys that made the movie back in the days, I have to say it was one difficult but highly exciting experience, especially considering we had such a short amount of time to actually do the work.

[Deadpikachu666]

In the end, even if we had a lot of issues and met more obstacles than we had bargained for, I was proud to release "En Garde". And I'm even prouder when I read your comments.

Maybe some things could have been done better, maybe the movie could have been greater.

I, for one, see that people are entertained and enjoyed the movie, so I feel like, you know, "mission accomplished!"

- Wolrajh

[atrus84]

GOOD, Very good!

My congratulations from Bilbao.

[muresug]

Eccezionale! This is a great animation which can only have been produced by a fencer (probably a foillist) What is amazing is how it captures visually what fencers go through during their assualts, the battles of wits,fencing on a psycological tightrope, the feeling that one wrong move and you have lost. I really liked the handshake at the end-obligatory in all fencing bouts.

Enfin il faut un peu de respcte pour ton adversaire (sorry my french is rather poor)

[eklectric]

Thanks a lot for your comment, consider I only did two years of fencing (a loooong time ago '87/'88), and that I did sabre ;).

Glad the other intentions got through! :)

[muresug]

Ah well, I could have sworn you were foillist...still well done. A real Gem on Youtube and a pleasure to watch.

[chipmunks22]

very nice as a 3d animation student myself i really appreaciate all the work that goes into the shorts once again very good

[rsalasv]

Fucking koreans, fuck you... nigga you crazy, shit... man.

charley bit me and it hurts.

[eklectric]

ok warning No. 1:

Or you explain yourself, 'cos i don't like seeing "fuckin' Korean", "fuck you" and Nigga in the same sentence.

Especially when i have the feeling you have no idea what you're talking about.

Better come with a real argument dude, or I'll just plain block your ass.

no pun intended.

Chuck

[rsalasv]

supersoaker those ho's.... uuuuuuuuuu!!!

[eklectric]

please speak sense....

[SalleHonolulu]

very entertaining!

[peanutfarmerUSA]

ANGERS!!!!.

[eklectric]

uhm, sorry?

[mickamck84]

bien fai

[EchoLimaCDG]

Gestes et postures bien reproduits. Scénario sympa et idées graphiques originales.

J'ai bcp apprécié le ryhtme, en particulier l'emballement progressif après la 1ère minute qui est très bien soutenu par la bande son.

[Damizan]

Très fort !

Bravo !

[XGauter]

Très belle réalisation !!! Bravos aux créateurs (de la part d'un escrimeur de longue date ...)

[eklectric]

merci!

on s'est tout de meme gourrés de main a la fin ;)

[kaiwanxiao]

In ENGLISH PLEASE NEXT TIME. Thank you!

[eklectric]

what should have been in english?

"en Garde" doesn't really translate in anything else ;)

[guitouff]

Etant donné que la langue officielle de l'escrime est le français je ne pense pas qu'il existe de traduction pour "en garde"

[GoodFellasOne]

Hey, dumb head, English is not the only language in the world. The video was published on the fr domain, where "fr" stands for France, you know, on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean... Yep, France is a country, you know, in Europe and guess what? They speak French and they don't have to speak English just to make a dumb head like you happy.

[GoodFellasOne]

Another American who thinks there is nothing else in the world but USA and George Bush (I don't mean that for all Americans by the way, just him)...

[eklectric]

wow man, who got you so angry?

He did say please :)

Please don't invent him a whole way of thinking just by reading a small sentence he wrote...

Not really worth it too :)

No pun intended of course ;)

[GoodFellasOne]

C'est certain... ça ne vaut pas le peine...

mais je n'ai pas pu me retenir après avoir lu sa requête... Surtout qu'il n'est pas le premier...

pas vraiment en colère, seulement déconcerté devant tant de stupidité... même quand il y a politesse de leur part ;-)

En passant, animation excellente

[eklectric]

Ne confondons pas stupidité et ignorance...

On est tous trop rapides a juger.

Sinon merci pour le commentaire!

[StevenFowl]

english... the only language in the world..

[eklectric]

please don't get cocky :)

[kartogal]

ce qui est con avec les personnages virtuels, c la respiration. Les mecs y sautillent sur place quand ils respirent. Là ça le fait au début mais bon c pas bien grave ^^

[sylviomen]

cé plate

[frankoisi]

ce que jaime le plus, c quand ils se serrent la pince a la toute fin! :-)

[NicolasLootube]

Très belle vidéo, la réalisation est superbe et le coté matrix ainsi que votre créativité c'est une très bonne idée. J'ai adoré cette vidéo :)

[baptiste64500]

allez voir mes videos sur "baptiste64500"!

[fer1657]

bravo superbe

[l74123]

C'est n'importe quoi ... c'est surment ce qui fait son originaliter et son charme . Beau jeu de 2D - 3D :)

Mes respects , c'est du bon boulot .

[ladyleyetcompagnie]

Bravo très jolie vidéo. Même pour moi qui ne suis pas une inconditionnelle de l'escrime je trouve que l'élégance et la beauté des gestes ainsi que l'originalité des décors rendent ce petit film d'animation très gracieux et plein de charme.

Et merci pour ses quatre minutes de vertige intemporel !

[Memington]

O.O

AWESOME!

[Hulk7853]

Très belle animation 3D. Vous travaillez avec quel logiciel?

[zinfent]

franchement j'adore l'idée est sympa en plus j'adore ce sport

Merci bcp

Vince

[eklectric]

Merci a Youtube France d'avoir inclus "En Garde" parmi les videos proposées!!!

Et surtout grand merci a vous tous pour vos chaleureux commentaires!!!!

Charles

[Romudlog]

Une bien belle rêverie que cette magnifique vidéo. Si l'escrime pouvait un jour être à nouveau aussi gracieuse (telle qu'elle le fût jadis)...

[MrRcpp]

Bah j'ai fait un peu d'escrime et je peux t'assurer que certains escrimeurs sont tout à fait gracieux.

[nitnec]

classe, vraiment, beaucoup de style, et un vrai sentiment de vertige... une réussite, bravo messieurs !

[NekoTayTai]

wow really cool!

[emptywithlove]

Impressionant, une vidéo superbe, très bien réalisée avec beaucoup de style et d'imagination!

[Quentin77170]

excellent!

[giongbaoLN]

Bravo

[Tigerbeer121]

ce sont 2 spidermen avec une épée !

[lordandrei56]

Un travail remarquable...une très grande classe dans les mouvements et gestes au dabut de l'animation....puis une extrème originalité. Je tiens à dire "bravo!", c'est un travail considérable et à apprécier.

Very nice work...the animation at it's begining gives a very good impression of the sport (fencing), very fairplay. Then with the 3D stuff...it's very original, and i really appreciate that a lot. Congratulations, and very very outstanding work!

[mazerollef]

Remarquable

[bugplayer]

wow c vraiment cool

[TheTwisterSister]

this is the COOLEST!!

[jordyfrench]

Bravo

[Cust0m]

Bravo pour cette animation, je me suis vraiment éclaté à la regarder!

[pl3ym0bil]

Super, très bien fait. j'aime bien

[zar214587]

Bravo !

Légère ressemblence avec spider man mais bon c'est bien GG !

[deadkill222]

wow very nice guy !

[jakilnet]

good job

[pkthug13]

super cooL !!

[cumbas]

superbe vidéo et animations !!

5 stars for you !!

[CapoeiraLifestyle]

NICE film...enjoyed it!

超かっこいい！

[AzureFencer]

Interesting...I enjoyed it.

[kyfriedpecker]

Haha Eklectric, then you know that sabeurs are the ones that would truly go to such lengths for a touch. ;-)

[kyfriedpecker]

Perfectly ridiculous! Foilists would've cried a lot sooner. ;-) Great video though, seriously. A ton of fun to watch and a lot of talent put into it.

[eklectric]

So i get you're more a Sabre or Epee kind of guy :)

I used to be into Sabre coupla lives ago ;)

Foil is just a little more "visual", if you catch my drift...:)

Anyways, thanks for the comment!!

cheers,

chuck

[delfagio523]

amazing....simply amazing... (still in awe for 5 days after that)

[61862006]

can you please tell me the song title? cheers

[eklectric]

it doesn't have a name, it's the original score for the film, made by yours truly :)

thanks for the request though :)

chuck

[61862006]

is there any where I could download it or hear it on a webite for private use?? cheers

[emilioguarino]

stunning!

[thetttttttttttt]

I thought he was going to bitch slap him at the end

[eklectric]

haha, that was sorta the idea ;)

[thaksan]

at a scale of 1 to 5, i rate this video 10!!! lol... Amazing job!

[gustransman]

One word only-"Superb"

[autoparts001]

Wow that was awesome! Loved how they shook hands at the end, LOL. One of those fencers should've gotten a few hundred red cards ha ha

[GeneralAnimator]

Awesome graphic and moves!!!! ROCKS!!

[GeneralAnimator]

Awesome graphic and moves!!!! ROCKS!!

[SCROTUMvalueMEAL]

very cool. good use of music, as well.

[b88104044]

holy shit that is so fucking cool..........

[eklectric]

fucking? where? ;)

[looker186]

amazing

[violindude415]

wow, im surprised that this doesnt hav more honors! Very well done!

[lamill21]

amazing!!!! great job!!!!

[toukon08]

Great job on the video. favorite for sure!

[Mikesmoreno]

Veeeery nice¡¡¡¡

[greenknight44]

pretty sick man awesome

[hussainsadiq]

Amazing

[screamblead105]

that was awesome

[KingObould]

Very nice! didn't like the whole fencing idea, but that'a just not my taste.

But great play with the props.. love the train!

[lukdwy]

wow...speechless.

[Heavenguard]

Well done. The play with flat and 3D was great. I loved Red's inquartata.

[cubsfan5791]

That is pretty awesome.

[cth1729]

Magnificent.

[luayursula]

great... very well done! Muy bueno!

[SPANG444]

ENJOYING this .... very, very, good!

[DarkCyrano]

Super cette vidéo ! j'espere qu'il y en aura d'autre sur l'escrime ;)

[ZachCraft]

Pretty cool!

[ftwpaint]

I agree with KilumROD! Bravo!

[kilumROD]

THAT WAS FUCKING AMAZING

[BraxtanFILMfan]

great work!

[diabloho]

Really cool, great animation!

[DragonCur]

Ahh...just like how fencing matchs use to be...at least before the time limit beginning established

[06wilsont]

pretty damn good!

[ryaninuk]

very good!

[thebluetopcat]

WOW - well done!!

[Yoshi59200]

Félicitations. Très sympa et très bien réalisé.

[ramboulette]

sympa ce "film" de capes et d'épées des temps modernes!!

[Nenil]

Well done!

[Ketsuekiofwe]

neat

[crazyepeeist]

bloody brilliant!

[amenote]

nice video

[ekamads]

sweet, i like it