Well, it looks nice, but what's the story behind it? As far as I know, it's a glowy-eyed guy looking at a photo, and he got hit in the head with a shovel for it.
As a person without any prior knowledge, there isn't any real establishing shot of what's going on. As a 3D animation student, you seem to be missing core elements of the story. So far you have an attempt at a backstory, or getting emotion, and then you just whack the guy on the head. No real closure, or even reasons for why things are the way they are.