Description

• ...here you can relax for eternity in peace and tranquility...
  
  Fifty Percent Grey won Best Short Animated Film at the London Effects and Animation festival and was shown in the Sundance Film Festival. It's also one of 10 films under consideration for the best short Animated Film Oscar.
  
  Update: This short is nominated for the Oscars !
  
  (Good luck Ruairi)

Comments

• March... tststs, ruari isnt focusing on animated violence, this just went well with the script and he animated it in a grat way, the devolpment of his characters is simple, but its more than enough, it help to support the story and has great quality. I really think you didnt liked the idea because you couldnt get it. It is nothing like a religious commercial, it is exactly the complete oposite, it critics the idea and consepcion that religion and society have left, and compares then as the same. i dunno whats up with u people nowadays.....
• ok I know everyone loves this. and it is good for what it is. the animation is great. the idea is simple and clever.
  But I didn't like it, I think people should use every person's critique istead of fighting like you all have with this luke person. I mean it's good to hear good things but if you're really trying to be a good animator it's much better to get critical feedback. we're not living in a socialistic regime here anymore, FREE SPEECH!!!
  I think Ruairi should work on his character design. Look at the character's silhouette... for the viewer to like the appearance of the character is in my opinion a VERY important part of a short film... since you don't get much into the character himself.
  I also think Ruairi's idea lacked presence as an animation, I mean did this idea really need to be animated? those tv bits really didn't work with the rest of it. If he likes animated violence (which works very well a lot of the time, and he seems to be very good at animating it!!) then he should work on something that uses that more.
  Anyway it was ok but not great, I wouldn't seperate it from a lot of stuff I've seen. keep at it Ruairi...
• Nice animation, but I dont't like the story because the creature in the movie has several lives as it seems to be a human. As the description says ".. here you can rest in eternity and peaces .." . Looks to me like a religious commercial.
• The best 3d animation of all time. Great script, direction and the quality of animation. I guess no individual animator has achived something like this. Ruairi you deserve the Oscar.
• the animation was incredible it almost looked so real.
• Outstanding! Awesome! I love the animation.
• Excellent work. I can't figure out WHY this isn't holding a 10/10 rating.
  
  From an audience point of view, I think this short works very well. It holds attention, it's artistic and the animation is brilliant.
  
  Great stuff Ruairi. Keep up the good work,
  
  -Alexander Pappas
• The interesting thing to me is that although the environments for heaven, purgatory and hell turned out to be exactly the same, the characters frustration and despair was greatest in hell precisely because he couldn't leave by shooting himself. At least heaven left him with some bullets.
• Uff - what an atmosphere, what a story, what an end... Hell!
• Hey Ruairi ! :)
  I really enjoy this movie and i really like your point of view about it...sometimes it is so true/right in real life. ;)
  
  Keep up the great work.
  Sorry for my bad English...
  See ya :)
  
  (And It seems that in fact, Luke Rhineheart is jealous about your movie...nice encouragement / recognition ...isn't it) ;)
  
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  From : Ruairi
  2002-02-15 18:18:00 (CET) (Posted from : ---.isdn.dublin.esat.net )
  
  >it was really well done but i didn't see the >point. i mean, if all three levels of the >afterlife were the same, it doesn't seem to make >a difference that he's stuck in hell, right?
  
  that was the point. title = fifty percent grey = exact average, i.e. no matter what he does, it makes no difference, he still ends up in the same situation, so his attempts at changing his situation are futile.
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• I felt this movie was good enough to win an oscar, but hey, well, maybe next movie next year, anyway didn't come here to look at the bad.
  
  I liked it's simplicity as it was more I think about so complex, it just shows how good animation is at showing thing's, as I'm getting ready to start doing animation this movie really inspired me to save the $7500 (Australian Dollars) it will take to do the courses (It was either save for animation courses or a car) anyway 'nuff about me, I really enjoyed this movie and hope to see more of their work.
  
  Also Luke Rhineheart I read those messages and even if you did apoligise I just wanna say that you should never insult another persons work as it usually denotes Jealousy or Pride in either case it is important not to make flipant remarks as they usually get you in trouble (this warning is also for everyone else by the way).
  
  Also Dragonius your theory "One more bullet and I bet the next hell would have a black and white TV" was also something like what I first thought too, but later I thought further and thought of real reality over the TV reality (I call it "Outer Reality") and I personally wouldn't mind living in a TV world (except a TV Soapie (Gasp!) and that led me to think in the world's he was in it was like an "outer reality" and so his next bullet would take him back to reality, I'm probably wrong but well it was just a thought. Also your theory was a good one.
  
  From DisTORteD DreAMS
  
  
• I have to agree... I have seen all the other animated shorts, and "Fifty Percent Grey" was by far the best.
  
  Though "For the Birds" was very well done, and had a very interesting point, I do not see how it couldve won... but i guess with Pixar in the background, its hard to loose...
  
  Sadly so, but I hope Ruairi Robinson keeps up the good work, so i can see him again in the next Oscars!!! :) GOOD LUCK!!
• Nooo way!This is not right,American pride getting in the way of judgment.Pixar win best animated short no way,all the other movies were low budget done by indiviguals or small companys,But Pixar,"oh and I'd like to thank Skywalker sound."
  I mean why didnt they just say "and the Award for best American Big budget Animated short gose to Pixar."Sorry for the rant Ive just been Watching the Awards and its now 4:23 in the morning,Hope Amelie gets something.
• its coolest movie i have seen . i enjoyed. thanx
• Amazing short. Relating with the character is easy.
• I had almost this exact idea a year ago.
  Except mine was in a small, dark room. Wierd.
  
  Anyway, AWSOME! No one else seems to appreciate the first drops of blood on the floor and the sound effects. They were amazing.
  Good Job and Good Luck!
  
  Me
• awsomeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
  love the humour behind it beautiful animating and expression kick's a lot of sopy stuff that always look's and seem's the same huh huh
  keep that good work up godammit and make us a new animation i will soon be joining i ve a few animation's in my head and the technique need time to rise lol love your inspiration
• Very good.
  I thought the message was quite clear.
  At least I think I did.
  Can't wait for the sequel.
  Martin
  
  PS 2 irish animated shorts nominated for Oscars.
  C'mon Ireland.
  Not that art needs rewarding, validation etc etc
• Definetly one of my favorite shorts. I love dark humor and i like the approach...
  
  keep up the good work! good luck at the oscars! if i could, i'd vote for ya :)
• Very good animation, expecially liked how his wounds quickly healed up. There was a deep message in this film, but I'm not sure I liked or agreed with it. I have deep respect for the effort that went in to it though.
• >it was really well done but i didn't see the >point. i mean, if all three levels of the >afterlife were the same, it doesn't seem to make >a difference that he's stuck in hell, right?
  
  that was the point. title = fifty percent grey = exact average, i.e. no matter what he does, it makes no difference, he still ends up in the same situation, so his attempts at changing his situation are futile.