This is my cut-out styled animation entitled "Batton"

A wise man once said:

Do not fear of going forward slowly, be only afraid of standing still...

Untitled from marshall on Vimeo.

The brief we were given for this animation was simply 'CIRCLE' 

and to develop an idea using a 'cut-out' animation style in Cinema 4D.

I wanted to explore a more 3 dimensional environment than you would traditionally associate with cut out animation and also explore various methods of animating within the program. This lead me to moving characters using keyframe animation, pose to pose and simply stretching and squashing characters to give them movement.

Gaining insite into the 'Batton' world leads you not to presume that the physical boundaries in which the characters live are like our own, the holes that come and go are not always holes or circles to start with and neither do they act like them should you fall into one. The slow cycle of pursuit in which the characters are perpetually locked remains an eternal loop questioning whether it is worth chasing their prey in order to have the advantage of an additional appendage. Is it all worth the effort after the much sought-after leg is passed on, that they then find themselves in a long slow, perpetual existence.

Well, what do I know, see what you think.... 

This is my visualisation of that world.