Estings Finalists 2011.

Super Hit Combo! - Andrew Baxter.

This video was submitted and used as one of the finalists in the 2011 Estings competition for the channel E4. I feel as though this animation was particularly successful and has a rightful place as a finalist because of the level of skill and commitment it must have taken to make this animation. As far as I can tell, this animation has been purely hand drawn, with fast and action filled movements, as well as backgrounds of a city scape which has had to have been manipulated in order to show the angles of the buildings in many different views. There isn't a particular colour scheme in this animation, as it is pretty simple, using red and blue, plus the obvious purple for the advertising of E4.

E4 Comb - Erddin Llwyd.

This video was submitted and used as one of the finalists in the 2011 Estings competition for the channel E4. I feel as though this video would have been considered for the final because of the humour that is implied with it. The video itself doesn't necesserily make much sense, as it is just a fixed camera showing the E4 logo come to life, dip itself into a pot of hair gel, and slick the males hair into the shape of a "4," which in itself is one of those things where it's so random that it doesn't need to make sense the be funny. Even though the video itself is majorly simplistic, it is obvious that the video has had a vast amount of effort put into it. It looks as though the video has been set up with random materials and instruments with the intention to do a live action shot, however the E4 logo is the part that does all the moving,. It looks as though it has been computer generated and moved via an animation program, and the scenery has been made purple to fit the E4 colour scheme, which makes it look rather effective.

E4 Man - Tim McCourt.

This video was submitted and used as one of the finalists in the 2011 Estings competition for the channel E4. I feel as though this video would have been thought of as a finalist because of the way it has been designed. there seems to have been a lot more thought put into the production and the idea behind the advert. The E4 logo has been used as a marketing product, what appears to be a hair styling solution used by a black male surrounded by women, insinuating that it is what makes him attractive and what lures in the females. There also is the element of speech in this advert, where the females characters are singing along with the music, this shows that there has to have been more consideration put into the timing and style of the animation.

My Kingdom for a Horse - Benjamin Howell.

This video was handed in to E4 and was chosen as one of the many finalists in the 2011 Estings compe-tition for the channel E4.                 I feel as though this video was chosen as

one of the finalists because of the surprise and hilarious aspects that the animation holds. It doesn't make any sense at all, what the animation is about, although it's set in a kind of medieval realm, with  a knight riding on a horse. However, the aspect that steals the show would most definitely be the song which the horse faced man is singing, it makes no sense what so ever, but is catchy as well as hilarious. These two aspects put together add up to make the extremely entertaining but well thought out animation.

Super Fuel - Oinionterror.

This video was handed in as  a comp- etition entry for the 2011 Estings project for the Channel, E4. I feel as though this video was chosen as one of the finalists for a few reasons. This animation is completely 3D, which makes it different from the majority of entries I've seen for the Estings competition. The animation storyline is also very very clever in the sense that the creator has used something cute and sad, rather than funny, to get the viewers attention. The little tea cup is the main character, who tries to dunk a biscuit in his head full of tea, to eat. However, when he opens his mouth the tea falls out, and when he jumps back in shock, the biscuit splats on the floor, this then makes up the E4 logo with the spilt tea. A very clever idea!