The Street Magician

I was inspired both by Camille Saint-Saen's Carnivales Des Animaux and by the silent films of Charlie Chaplin. This led to the complete refurnishing of my 4th-year film idea (previously "Mum's The Word" or "Mum's First Word")
I guess they're both similar in style and mood, but the old story wasn't really doing anything for me, mostly due to the fact that it didn't have a solid ending. I think the biggest problem that I'll run into with "The Street Magician" is keeping the time to less than a minute. In the reel, I have some problems with timing, likely because I tried to synchronize every little musical accent with an action. The most common criticism on the reel was that many things were too fast to follow.

Here's some concept art for the film. The clean ones are more or less the final designs.