She's dead!

Aka what everyone says after I post a video. x3

Jokes aside, this short was made during the 2D-3D Acting exercise at GOBELINS l'école de l'image. We had to make a short film using a 2D character, a 3D rig, and an audio track from a limited selection of each. Made in 7 weeks.

My choices:
_2D character: Joy from "Napping Princess: The Story of the Unknown Me"
_3D rig: female malcolm
_Audio source: Robert Zemeckis – "Death Becomes Her"

Program used: TVPaint, Maya, After Effects.

[HoovyTube]

Maryl Streep truly is the best voice actress

[salamanderchild]

I dunno if I should feel bad for the stuffed animal ripping a seam, or laugh at how perfect that alive one's voice is.

[BovineDesigns]

I love how she's just casually holding the scissors

[OldTimeyDragon]

Honestly, I feel like this animation fits the audio better than the original scene.

[aaronmcchesney]

Apparently the dialogue is from the 1992 movie Death Becomes Her.

[beamc]

I feel the overwhelming urge to hug that stuffed animal just make him feel less sad!

[Claro]

The irony is that in the original the killer was wearing white and the one that was killed was wearing red.

[pavlovsfolly]

For anyone wondering, the dialogue is from “Death Becomes Her.”

[chrystalriver]

I need a full film of this, the way you animated this makes me want to know just how the poor little bear was killed, and how his blue buddy is gona avenge him

[jftnd]

The voice of the blue stuffed animal is straight perfection👌🏿

[anonymouscat]

That stuff animal: Me
Dead stuff animal: My game console/computer
Madeline: My mom

[ThyBoiledOne]

This is like story makers making their characters suffer

[leiannahkeil]

No one :
Artists making their ocs suffer for their character development :

[phoenixsweet]

Can we just appreciate the absolutely *gorgeous animation?*

[turbostart]

She: dead
Him: sad
Her: These are the moments that make life worth living

[theweirdoneaaa]

*She's holding scissors, I kind of think she killed the other stuffed animal-*

[SifGreyfang]

This is almost James Baxter levels of smooth animation

[Passion_For_Poetry]

Transcript;

"She's dead!"

"She is?" *Deep sigh* "these are the moments that make life worth living"

"Maguba dabahaabl"

[nicholasmaddocks]

As much as I want to admire the animation, I am plagued with questions:
Who are you?
who is she?
what is that?
what the heck is going on?
why did she kill the stuffed animal?
and how did it all lead to this?!

Bonus: and, can I go home now?

[wolfspidervers]

(0:11) Jesus the look on that Karen's face.