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An animated dark comedy about a vacationing couple's encounter with a man they believe to be the Zodiac Killer.

Based on a true story.

Techniques and tools:
After Effects, Stop-Motion, Pixilation, Drawn on Paper, Flash, Live Action puppets
For an extensive making-of visit
tinyinventions.com/blog/?p=317

Direction/Animation/Design/Writing:
Max Porter & Ru Kuwahata

Sound Design/ Mix:Greg Sextro (East West Audio)
Voice recording: Erin Kilkenny

Full Credits:
tinyinventions.com/blog/?p=299

Credits

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  • Blake Whitman staff 1 year ago
    I love this style! Great work guys, you should consider submitting this for the Vimeo Awards. vimeo.com/awards
  • Meinardas Animator 1 year ago
    I agree with you! it's fantastic works! congrats!
  • Tiny Inventions plus 1 year ago
    Yes we are definitely going to submit it!
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  • DJ Wilson 1 year ago
    I saw this at the last AENY meeting. Absolutely loved it! So creative and fun. I hated that I didn't get to hang around and meet you guys. Love the film!!
  • Tiny Inventions plus 1 year ago
    Hi DJ Wilson...Thanks so much.
    Trying to get out for AENY on Thursday. If you see us, definitely say hi!
  • DJ Wilson 1 year ago
    I'll be looking out for you two. See ya then.
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  • NoFatClips.com 1 year ago
    Greeeeat work (not that I was expecting otherwise)!
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  • Scott Benson plus 1 year ago
    This is tremendous. Congratulations! Excellent and inspiring!
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  • Charles Pieper plus 1 year ago
    This is so wonderful that it boggles my mind! The greatest animated rumination on Forensic Science and the Zodiac Killer for sure!
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  • Ken Lee plus 1 year ago
    Great Work Max! Didn't know you were such an awesome voice actor too =)
  • Tiny Inventions plus 1 year ago
    Thanks.
    You're only saying that because you haven't heard all of the other takes :)
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  • Tom Eaton 1 year ago
    So great!
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  • Rawls 1 year ago
    Fantastic job Max & Ru! You two did an amazing job. What a lot of work. I've done some animation in After Effects before ( vimeo.com/10040207 ), but nothing compared to this! You guys really went ALL out!! Well done my friends!!!
  • Rawls 1 year ago
    PS - I wrote up an article for ya as well on CG Hub!
    cghub.com/blog/view/something-left-something-taken/
  • Tiny Inventions plus 1 year ago
    Thank you so much for posting on CG Hub! It's such a nice write up!
  • Rawls 1 year ago
    No prob! ;) Keep up the great work!
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  • BenJamin Wigmore 1 year ago
    this is very cool. great characters, style and story
    nice 1 :D
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  • Ricardo Uribe 1 year ago
    Very good! and I like the end credits a lot!!
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  • smo 1 year ago
    you guys are amazing! so glad you're putting this online, i'm really happy i got to see it! fantastic work!!!
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  • Adam Sacks 1 year ago
    I love it. You guys did such a fantastic job.
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  • Vishal Singh 1 year ago
    Wow this is just beautiful. Amazing work!!
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  • Oscar Falcón Lara 1 year ago
    That is Beautiful! love your style of animation, Absolutely charming stuff.

    Brilliant!
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  • Tiny Inventions plus 1 year ago
    Thanks so much for posting!!!
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  • This is amazing. The look of it is great, and the story is even more intriguing. Thank you for making this! It was very fun!
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  • mpared plus 1 year ago
    posted at the curious brain
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  • langustart plus 1 year ago
    Great work
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  • Cesare Carli 1 year ago
    Sooo fantastic, thanks!
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  • Eric Meier 1 year ago
    Wow!
    i paid a visit to your blog
    Wow!
    Compliment from germany
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  • Filip Sterckx 1 year ago
    wauw, this looks amazing
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  • Walter Silva 1 year ago
    love this!
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  • Amanda Zoe 1 year ago
    AHHH congrats!
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  • Diego Sato 1 year ago
    Amaaaazing! Will there be a making of?
  • Tiny Inventions plus 1 year ago
    Hi Diego!
    Check out:
    tinyinventions.com/blog/?p=317
    We also have a making of video in the works and will post in the upcoming weeks. Thanks for watching!!
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  • Giles Tuck 1 year ago
    What a lovely film - with songs too!
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  • Nurbanu Asena plus 1 year ago
    Such a witty story and amazing work Max! :)
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  • Love the style. ^_^
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  • Rakesh Nanda 1 year ago
    Wow!! a materpiece. both in terms of style and direction.
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  • Andrew Fadeev 1 year ago
    Great story and awesome style!
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  • joan muñoz madero 1 year ago
    fantastic style and a great job. Congratulations for this masterpiece.
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  • Shadrach 1 year ago
    Wonderful, I was pinned to my seat once the whole time. Zodiac killer...
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  • Eleanor Stewart 1 year ago
    This is amazing, I totally fell for thinking that guy was the killer - you really know how to delivery a story! I love how you combined at the different types of animation, so so clever!
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  • Igor Goduto 1 year ago
    very funny!
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  • Stealth Donkey 1 year ago
    Lovely story, beautiful animation!
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  • Jorge Garcia 1 year ago
    hahaha so what a funny animation!! great work!!! congratulations!
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  • theskygeek 1 year ago
    Very clever... and with a great truth at the end.
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  • Jonathan 1 year ago
    This was fantastic and inspirational! Great work.
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  • Hughes Hall plus 1 year ago
    What an excellent short! Loved it! Animation was terrific.
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  • Nathan Deming 1 year ago
    Excellent!
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  • KALViN KuSH 1 year ago
    so imma say i like it first ..then actually watch it and come back ..hold on lol
  • Tiny Inventions plus 1 year ago
    This comment made us laugh a lot.... awesome!
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  • KALViN KuSH 1 year ago
    Aaaahh Paranoia..backbone of America j/k
  • Tiny Inventions plus 1 year ago
    if you see something, say something.
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  • Massimo Fiorentino 1 year ago
    Fantastic! Nice done! :-D Bravo!
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  • Will Krause 1 year ago
    y'all are awesome! Hooray for Max and Ru!
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  • Ryan Buck 1 year ago
    Killer Cool!
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  • Chris Palmer 1 year ago
    Nice one!
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  • Dan MacKenzie 1 year ago
    Awesome job, guys. Very cool combo of visuals, I especially liked the ext. car shots.
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  • Adam Baker 1 year ago
    Well, that was brilliant.
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  • Shyshu 1 year ago
    Love!!!
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  • fulmar2 1 year ago
    This was fantastic. I love the animation style!!!
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  • Al 1 year ago
    Wow! awesome!
    great job and keep going in that
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  • Juan Reyes 1 year ago
    This was the best short I've seen in a very long time. Pixar has nothing on you guys :)
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  • Lluís Domingo plus 1 year ago
    This is simply amazing!
    The story, the style and the animation!

    well done!
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  • bibi_brandao 1 year ago
    AMAZING!!
    Big hugs from Brazil :D
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  • Paul Hebron plus 1 year ago
    Fantastic job! Love the animation and the storyline.
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  • sbfoto plus 1 year ago
    nice!
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  • Silvel 1 year ago
    nice!
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  • Mathieu Falaise 1 year ago
    Great great story !
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  • Nicolas VE 1 year ago
    Brilliant!
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  • Toby Downton 1 year ago
    er.....ridiculously good!!
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  • Edward Purves 1 year ago
    wow, alot of work's gone into that! brilliant rendering , great sound, great everything...!!
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  • Dane Kirkland 1 year ago
    Ooh I got the 1000th Like!

    Guys, this is fantastic! I checked out the making of and you should be very proud of what you have achieved. It's incredibly inspiring!
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  • Andy 1 year ago
    Absolutely breath-taking.

    Incredible work guys. Ive been meaning to sign up to vimeo for months now and watching this video has just given me the push to do it, purely so I can congratulate you on your amazing work.

    Also love the rig set up you used. Genius.
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  • Chris Lew 1 year ago
    God this was so fucking good!
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  • Fred Celestino 1 year ago
    Why can't I favorite it? The precious little white heart is missing there :(
  • Tiny Inventions plus 1 year ago
    Hi Fred,
    That should be fixed now. Thanks for pointing that out :)
  • Fred Celestino 1 year ago
    A thousand little white hearts for you guys.
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  • Michael McDaniel 1 year ago
    You made me smile. Thanks!
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  • Robin Bushell 1 year ago
    Incredible! Love your work
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  • just AWESOME guys !!!!
    I'm gonna watch your Making Of it seems HUGE and so interesting to me.
    I love animation and I love SF !
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  • Omari McCarthy 1 year ago
    You guys are amazing. You should be very proud of your work. I want to see more, maybe even a series or a movie. I have just seen some of your behind the scenes work, the use of all that mixed media was genius. I have not seen a style like your before. Keep up the good work guys. best of luck for the future.
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  • Iaia Cleo 1 year ago
    It's Sooooo amazin'!

    Full of particulars and fun!

    Thanks guys, I want more!!!!!! ^_^
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  • PandaPanther 1 year ago
    Congratulations Guys! Good to see your hard work making the rounds and getting lots of exposure!!!
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  • Nice and suspenseful, and a great style!
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  • Beata Zemanek plus 1 year ago
    Great work, love the style of it! Great sense of dark humor!
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  • Felipe Madureira 1 year ago
    OMG!!!! You guys are totally awesome!!!!!! Loved it!!! My congrats!!! I wish I could do some nice stuff like that.
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  • diana 1 year ago
    Amazing !!! I feel happy that somepeople can make their dreams come truth, like make a piece of art like that (belive me, is very dificult)

    COngratulations
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  • Rio Matthew 1 year ago
    One of the best animation I ever saw :D. Great style, great story & great finishing.

    An honor to watch this
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  • Kenneth Onulak 1 year ago
    Congratulations on finishing up your animation. It looks amazing. All your process stuff is great too and well documented. You did a fantastic job! I am glad I was able to listen to you both talk about the making of this piece and how it all came together. It was well worth it.

    Good luck with your next project. I can't wait to see how it will turn out.
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  • Norman Lang plus 1 year ago
    What it all comes down to is great storytelling. And yes very excellent animation. And then there is this magical thing; it is very engaging. I have probably watched it ten times and sent the link to everyone I know. Congrats. You are an inspiration.
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  • Amazing work!! liked phrases like " the weather today.. is going to be fine"

    congrats for a great work.
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  • Andrzej Rudz 1 year ago
    fantastic work. Congratulation
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  • Ronda plus 1 year ago
    Spectacular!!!!
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  • Los Bones plus 1 year ago
    dude...
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  • ranran 1 year ago
    absolutely effing brilliant!!!
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  • JulPer 1 year ago
    A-W-E-S-O-M-E!!!!!!!!

    I put it on my blog along with a link to your website and your production blog. Here's the link dibujaciones.blogspot.com/2010/07/something-left-something-taken-short.html

    I hope there's no problem with that. :D
  • Tiny Inventions plus 1 year ago
    Thanks so much!!!
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  • HippieHouse plus 1 year ago
    Great story, incredible aesthetic
    I love it
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  • Graphicpulsar 1 year ago
    WOW!!!..what a quality!!!...it's wonderful!!!!
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  • Zoosh 1 year ago
    It's... perfect! Dark and sweet at the same time!
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