"The Summit" a short film by Sandor Felipe - Ringling College of Art and Design

[penjac]

Very good job making this animation... It shows many "climbers and hikers" who only care about summit and picture from the summit, and not climbing and hiking...

[mahonney]

At first I thought he would be able to save the camera, but he falls. Then someone finds the camera but it was useless for him.

But them he just fell. I loved the idea and the animation, but not like the ending very much. Just my opinion, of course. You did a marvelous job!

[trippskillz9]

men these days risk anything to become famous that they firget the consequences that could happen

[mongey1304]

Great job this was awesomely suspenseful with a twang of meaning!

[Mewshy]

is there a moral to this? at first i thought of this as the climber risking his life to save the picture in order to prove to others afterwards that he did something great. but that isn't indicated in the video, so im going to assume its just me

[sandorfelipe]

@Mewshy Hey man, I'm glad you caught that. Yes, the intention was that he wanted to show it to the others in the village. He wanted that fame so much that he risked his life trying to save it. That's what happened.

[MrVickydoc]

@Mewshy  i too thought the same

[ducazaro1]

hey men I yust want to know what program did you use to make those projects in ringling?

[caleb1117]

Why must the greatest artistic expressions be depressing? This is a very nice video and I'm sure you made the grade, but this is exactly why I don't like "Great" literature.

[sandorfelipe]

Stories never stay the same as when they start out conceptually. With that, I'm telling you that this story changed a lot, it originally focused on the journey of him going up the mountain and planting the flag at the end...so yeah it didn't use to be a sad ending...

[eishikibahamut]

I didn't see this a the half year point, but I enjoyed seeing it here at least. Thanks for uploading

[bre30127]

This looks just amazing. Your model, environment and FX kind of out shine the animation but it is overall really impressive. While it's better than what I could do... i think starting on the climb down he sorta loses his weight a little. But really, who could notice when it looks so beautiful. Kind of has the "Last Crusade" when Indy can't reach the cup.  5 stars!

[sandorfelipe]

Thanks man for all the kind words. Also yeah that climb down is the most effortless, weightless climb but if you read my reply to the comment above I explain why. I'm a huge fan of animation itself but I didn't want just one thing to look good. It was my thesis film so I felt like I wanted to show what I had learned in all 3D aspects. So sacrificing some time from the animation in order to make the film as a whole look as good as possible was what I wound up doing. Also, who doesn't love Indy?

[zokamaru]

just for constructive crit, when he climbs down there's no resistance when he takes out the picks, (it's stuck in ice)he looks like hes just sliding downwards, other than that it's a good one mate, I actually involuntarily muttered, aw crap, when he fell down

[sandorfelipe]

Yeah man, that was one of those shots I had to sacrifice the polish in the animation due to lack of time (there were a lot of shots like this one). I had so many shots to worry about and other things like effects that would give the piece a more finished look that I had to make sure everything or most things came up to an acceptable level. But I appreciate the crit and I'm glad you noticed.

[llydecke]

i love you sandor. and your amazing piece

[sandorfelipe]

Thanks Lindsey I got much love for you and your piece as well!

[mirm01]

I love the ice and snow, is pretty :)

[sandorfelipe]

Thanks I worked hard on them.

[Sentmassen]

Good job dude, keep it up!

[Spitti6]

Poor guy. It was a very good movie. Wich program did you use?

[sandorfelipe]

I used Maya 2008, After Effects CS3, Premiere and some others.

[tsnaruto]

Did you use Maybe to make the models AND animate them?

What is cs3 used for?

[TwistedSofia]

AfterEffects is used to merge the rendered layers, color tweeeking, masking, animating layers, and lots more stuff.

Maya can be used for everything 3D in this short, if that's what you were asking.

[tsnaruto]

That was exactly what I was asking, thanks a lot!

[sandorfelipe]

Thanks for explaining you pretty much covered it.

[JonathanTibbittsHolt]

Woo! first comment! I like the color treatment you did on this! Sets a nice mood I think.