A Work in Progress - Short Film by Wes Ball
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- Опубліковано 3 гру 2024
- Combining both worlds of traditional live-action and CG, follow the vivid imagination of a lonely girl as she searches for a friend.
As you can probably tell, I would give it big fat "G" rating. So if you hate kid's books or disney cartoons... turn back now! :)
It's screened at festivals all over the world and has won a couple awards, one I'm most proud of... my student academy award.
By the way, somewhere on youtube there is another version of the short formated for widesceen, instead of the awful squishing youtube does to widescreen movies.
You can check out my other stuff at www.oddballwes.com
Wes Ball is an incredible director!
Records on a potato.
Not professional at all.
Advice came from a good film critic.
I live in Los Angeles, California and I'm rich as fuck.
Bow before me homeless.
@@panna709 Lol what
This never fails to make me tear up. Beautiful story. Very touching =')
Also, I really do love the children's take of "just being yourself and it's good to be an individual." The ending with the girl finally finding her own friends by just being herself ties the two stories together very nicely.
That was an incredibly good shot ( the live action portions ) that captured the childish, nostalgic feeling of 80s-90s children's movies. Props for that.
exceptionally well done. Well worth and deserved of the awards its won and the popularity it has received. Nice job. You've got real talent.
i love this! and i loved the way everything rendered so well and looked so good, even the forest with the tree limit looked great because of the atmospherical lighting. i especialy loves the little lights floating at night.
i cant say i cried but i can say that was an amazing video and it was very well made. great job guys keep up the good work :)
Incredibly well done! My daughter loved it!
Very good indeed. Great story, cinematography, animation and sound design. You guys are very talented. I hope and wish that your talents take you far.
Exellent direction and settings. The story was touching and well read. The little girl did really well.
How sweet (cute) - well done!!!!! Keep up the excellent work. My daughter and I love it, story and all!
The story is precious. The facial/emotional animations are really well done.
The whole thing was well done, the animation was excellent and yall are very talented.
This was a great find I'm only glad that it wasn't mine!
Coming from a fellow 3d designer one of the best stories I have seen great work.
God! you made me weep... a simple story greatly told.
The girl's acting is amazing.
I'm impressed with how well you manipulated the soundtrack to precisely fit the film. James Newton Howard is incredible.
Thought that was an amazing story line. Great writing and a wonderful actress!
A truly wonderful tale, and artfully done. three cheers my friend.
Absolutely awesome, I hope you don't mind that I captured it for my niece(her mom only has dial up). I can't wait to see more from you.
Wow! Surprisingly professional. I'm sure you have a future in this medium if you choose.
I hope so.
I agree, shot angles and style is very reminiscent of late 80s early 90s films.
I'm in shock! That was an amazing job, both beautiful and creative.
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@@zramp2779 yup
Outstanding! This was brilliant, well written and theatrical quality. The children were wonderful actors too!
The music is really nice - thumbs up wesball ;-)
Great Job. Nicely done.
I want to see more of the bear! He was just adorable! Amazing work there!
Walt Disney Presents Dinosaur Original Soundtrack - Inner Sanctum / The Nesting Grounds / The Egg Travels / Aladar & Neera - James Newton Howard
Better be careful. The folks at Disney are mean mofos about stuff like this.
Also, there is another computer animated short called "Work in Progress" made at Industrial Light & Magic.
Great film, everything fits perfectly
Lol everyone was all gathered around her at the end:)!
This short film is so beautiful, so lovely, so good, so .......... It is very good on heart. Now I thing the girl in this film got a lot of new friends and this is nice. GREAT WORK!
I thought it was great. Congrads for a job well done. Not everything has to have a dark side to it.
That was beautiful. I loved that. The music was great. The animation was great. The lonely girl writing the story was great. It was all great and I loved it. Thank you so much for posting this. I loved ever second of it.
Bear found friends and so did the girl by just being herself :)
Awesome!!! I'm fighting with mmy tears....this is the best "short-animation" I've ever seen. Just in "Forrest Gump Style"....not so long but as good. Keep this feeling and you'll becoome one of the best.
This was excellent. My kids loved it and have watched it several times. You should definitely be employed in the film industry doing this sort of thing. There are far too few G rated movies like this for small kids to enjoy.
This can teach children world wide a valuable lesson about being them self. I loved it! The bears so cute!!
This is so sweet and the movement and music are wonderful. What a great piece for film or a book for children. Great lesson...
wow, really cool!!!! The intro is cool too, gives it some human element, and makes it like a full fledged film (even though its only a short 7min film). Nice one!!!!
nice animation...great work
Aw this is so cute! Love it :) well done!
Great stuff. I don't think there is one thing I would change.
What a fabulous piece! Am now going to go check and see what else you've done.
Great job! I love the story, & animation. I also loved the image of the turtle in the tire swing at the end. hillarious! 5 stars!!
That was amazing. I smiled through the whole story. Thanks.
Fantastic job, I'm sure you put in a lot of work. I will have to let my kids watch this. Thanks for putting it on UA-cam. Tim
That was truly amazing i think trhat was one of the best movies ive ever seen on youtube...truly hart warming...
Wow, that was very good. I loved the music, it worked with the story very well.
So sweet. Very touching, Thank You.
yes this is one of the best i've seen in youtube....very touching!
very simple, very special
That was a beautiful story! You have got a new fan.
That was really well done.
So pretty and kept my attention the entire time
Loved it!
that was very good. i've never seen anything so creative in so long, with such a simple message of all things. ^^
that was excellent, really well done through and through
thanks!
Better than some Oscar nominated films! Thumbs up!
Wow. As much as I like explosions and gun fights, a good ol'-make-you-feel-good story like this is refreshing. I like the G rating. Fantastic, excellent, superb work!
aww that was great im 17 and i have to say that was cool 5 stars to you wesball please keep making many cool short films like these good luck :)
Wes Ball is a WESt coast BALLer
This is a excellent work, my kids and I love it thank you.
thankyou. thats the sort of story i love for my kids to enjoy.
Wow - out of all the things to notice - you notice the one negative? That takes some work.
Wes - that was brilliant, very professional
This is the first time I have ever responded to a video, but I just had to say Fantastic and Well Done! I watched this with my young son and it was a great story for him to hear.
I am going to send the link to this video to everyone I know !!
It´s beautiful, great and I loved it! It was very emotional and heartwarming story. :D I'd love to see more of your works, specially like this one. You did a great job ;)
Awesome. I strongly feel you did a great job with this short film. Hope to see more! :] smiles...
What a wonderful story! I am going to play this for my son. Thanks.
really cool
so for friends the girl push all those sweaty kids on an old tire swing?! lol jk this was a great story!
Nice job on the short film. I liked it very much. Very well done.
Wow, this was so wonderful!!!
real nice piece you got there. I was enthrawled!
dude......that was just (sniff), just amazing BRAVO! ! !
...this is not a movie.. this is art ^-^ amazing job ...
BRAVO!! BRAVO!! ENCORE... i was jus board but into film and animation..this caught my attention. great way to get the message across.
That was one of the most adorable vids i have seen in a long time :)
Nice photo and great storytelling. I liked the style in the animation. Not typical 3d, but more at the children story book illustrations.
Oh my God! This is just so heart-touching! I love it! can you give us some tips on film-making please? =)
Soooo sweet!!!
amazing just amazing..
Love you Wes.
It's heart-touching
Don't tell me the frog isn't Ariel Sharon's caricature! It's obvious!!!
This is very touching
I loved it all
your a true poet
and a true animator ^^
I loved it... I just loved it
Thank you for posting this
This short is nothing but thinly disguised parody of Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The very same topic was explored much more elegantly in Harold Ramis' CADDYSHACK (1980).
Génial, c'est extra et on en redemande!!
Great! Lovely! I ask some more!!
Thats was fantastic, almost made me cry, and i dont often do so. 5 stars!
This was the First ever Video i saw in UA-cam 😍😍😍😍
loved this. a lovely story :)
Truely a great effort with an excellant insightful and subtle storyline with equally gud animation...
keep it up....
So sweet!!
Incredible
Absolutely wonderful.
i really enjoyed it! :)
Great film Wes, I really enjoyed it.
I love this!
@gjvb
1) I have way too many mental issues to list them all.
2) You have a fine sense of humor, which many believe to be a sign of intelligence.
very nice film. brilliant camera work at the begining too with the panning until we see the girl.
I'm making my first short and may steal some of ur directing ideas lol.
But this is terrific. Loved the bear.
One of the best movies EVER!
wow that was amazing its in my one of my favs now
She can write fast to keep up with her speech. That was absolutely fantastic!
Wow! 11 years ago!!!