Kiwi!

Added: Jun 27, 2006

Duration: 3:9

My Master's Thesis Animation, which I completed while I was at The School of Visual Arts, MFA Computer Art, in New York City. Created using Maya, After Effects, and rigged using The Setup Machine by Anzovin studios. If you would like to download there is a small version at my website: www.donysanimation.com The music is orginal and is by Tim Cassell, someone I went to highschool with. The music is available here: http://donysanimation.com/01KiwiThemeA.mp3 http://donysanimation.com/02KiwiThemeB.mp3 Alot of people have been emailing me asking a whole lot of questions. Maybe you can find some answers here: http://www.isfat.com/happyjunk/kiwi.php Everyone thank you so much for your compliments and kind words! http://www.savethekiwi.org.nz Rate Kiwi! on IMDB! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1051713/

Channel: Film

Tags: 3d animated animation cg cliff computer flightless flying hammer kiwi maya nails short trees

Rating: 4.81 (109416 ratings) Views: 19896641' favoriteCount='169932 Comments: 25

lucyrolo Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - nice workkk man actually got a bit emotional there haha.

GtheMVP Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - lol I know , me too, I love this video!

emvismom Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Yeah its sooo sad it sorta made me REALY sad... :'(

smartgirl9087 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - i dont get it... :'(

MCskittle23 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Kiwi nails trees to the side of a hill, and since he has no wings, he wants to know what its like to fly.

angelsun1234567 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Poor little Kiwi.....very interesting concept however!

citrus03honey Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Oh wow that's beautiful

damshirt1122 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Amazing. So simple yet so perfect. 5 stars all the way. Rigging that thing would be a pain. Then again, if you actually own the program you'd know a lot more about it. I only take high school classes so I get to work with 3D Max, but I haven't done anything near this level. I can't wait until I can actually use it whenever I want in college. God I love this video. I want to make babies with it.

fryboy715 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - That was awesome.

superfranklis Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Pretty incredible accolades for a master's thesis. I liked it a lot, pretty sad but good concept.

impulsin15 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - saddest vid i have seen if you dont get it you are stupid

BIPICY Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - wow nice work and idea but it mad me cry...=,(

doglover117 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - he dies :'(

latronqui Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - ¡¡Kiwi-a mas triste hueón!!

shanesword2050 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - wow!! that put a smile on my face!! i have to say that was cute! poor little birdy wants to fly! haha

eljklol Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - that's a really good video!

dees75 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - that was awesome well done,simple but effective well done ...make more :)

kablary Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - I remember when this video first came out. It was one of the first I had watched when I joined here. I cried back then, and I cried just now. A masterpiece at the very least.

cronus616 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - this is such an epic touching movie. theres a deep meaning buried here; strive for what you really care about and its within reach.

cronus616 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - i know that made me sad :(

apophis28 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - this was the first film i watched on youtube and i love it! its so cute but sad at the same time.

Thekaratekid101 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - It killed itself why?

TheOddOneOne Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - at first when i heard about it i thought it was about a kiwi fruit. XD lol

nnonsha Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - It didn't kill itself. It flew.