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[A Thousand Two Frames]

Interestingly Random

This is certainly a piece that I am going to have difficulty describing. The only superlative that I can think of for this is 'abstract', which is a good word for it nonetheless.

Personally, I'd have preferred the presentation to have had a plot, rather than just being a set of randomly designed pieces that have been joined together under the banner of one tune. Perhaps it could have used more insight into the tune to see where it takes your mind when you listen to it. Either that, or you have an interesting mental state, to say the least.

Though, as Frame-by-Frame animations go, this is good. I just think that you could do something so much better if you put your mind to it.

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blackcat2000 responds:

I agree with abstract.
I chose the tune first, but didn't animate based on it. The reason for lack of plot is that i took my frame by frame animations (both this and "A Thousand Frames") as sort of a training... into drawing something based on a random idea again and again. Future animations should have a planned out plot, I'm hoping. Or at least a goal.
Thanks for the review :)

[The Beelion]

Needs more.

This isn't that bad a movie, to be honest. (Sorry, that pun was bad)

I would consider getting better audio equipment, as the sound had a bit of an echo. It might just mean that you have to be a little closer to the mic.

The animation loop was what let it down. The nice little interlude with the purple alien fellow was nice, but I had to stop watching it after you went all Lion King on us. I had really lost interest from that point, sorry.

The Dr. Seuss style poem was nice - was it actually the great Doc, or did you write that yourself? I'd suggest that you study reading poetry, as you keep pausing in the wrong places though.

With effort, this could become great. It will be tough, but I think you've got what it takes.

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blackcat2000 responds:

Hmm... If I remember correctly, the echo was on purpose... but yeah, the quality isn't as awesome as it could be. And you missed the awesome part where the Beelion got a trophy!
I wrote it myself, and to be honest, if i paused at the wrong times, it was because I had wrote the poem in a book, then put it on flash. Then I had to get the timings right, so the pauses were mostly due to the flash taking a little longer/shorter... I think I can fix that, when I'm not lazy ;)
Thanks for the review! :)

[Resident Merchant]

Stranger

Nicely animated and a simple concept for the plot line. Damn, the punchline was worth waiting for. I'd say that your animation skills are getting better over time, as you've done some good jobs with the lip sync and the drawing of the characters.

A couple of questions that I feel must be asked:

1) Does the lead female have to have oversized "Lara Croft" breasts? Seriously, it looks as if she's hiding a couple of bowling balls down her sweater.

2) The door opening sounded like it was a piece of 2x4 being dropped onto the floor. Any chance you can record or find a better sound for it?

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xthesnarfx responds:

I'm not too good at finding sound effects. And I'm not too good at drawing girls yet.

[News Reporter V]

New Mic?

Firstly, you really need to tell Omega to get himself a new mic, or at least stand back from it, so that it doesn't record so much static when he voices for you. (I've just gotten myself a new mic and I just need to sort it out that it works for me...)

As for the plotline, it's great and I'm looking forward to seeing how this all plays out with the plotline. Will the News Reporter ever remember what's gone on? How will he cope with living in a Corrie like storyline? So many questions, so little time to cram it all into...

This is one of the good things about getting back from my holiday.

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kinggila responds:

"Firstly, you really need to tell Omega to get himself a new mic"

I've told him already.

[All Your Leet]

We are not amused

You've only shown us more animation than Afro_Stud's Hitler series by the fact that you've given plenty of different images in a slideshow.

There's very little to be said for the audio, as with the voices that you've provided, some of them are so quiet, it's difficult to understand what they are saying.

To be brutally honest, I'd reccomend that you go back to the drawing board and start over. There's got to be something to be said for the ripping off of Bahamut's intro. That's probably the only half-decent thing in it, but it smacks of you requiring a touch of originality.

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Sispri responds:

I really lack ideas and originality. <:(

[Fairwell Ross]

You're better than this!

Why do you guys persist with making decent animations with no effort in plotlines and a shitty bit of animation at the end? It beggars belief, because if I had that kind of talent, I'd be making some of the most slick animations out there, even rivaling Stamper on the scale of "I can offend you with my classy animations!"

Both of the animations in this piece have got decent enough animation for the movement of the characters and your drawing styles. Now take it further. Perhaps introduce a sub plot of how Ross is actually going in there to bring Yahoo to it's knees, just days after Microsoft has taken over the corporation, for example.

That's a plotline that I might have to explore myself...

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Little-Rena responds:

I actually do my best with everything I make, sorry if it doesn't look that way but I thought for a while about what I was going to do. It didn't come out how I wanted it and the silly animation I had at the end of my part was just for a laugh. Didn't think too much into what he was going to do at Yahoo, that wasn't the point of the flash.

I can't really speak for iShrim but he seemed to take a diffrent idea, one around Tom, though his didn't have much length, I kind of liked his myself.

[Under My Voodoo]

Not Bad

I quite liked the complete randomness of the instrumental of this song - it really stuck with me. I'd certainly say that you've got talent when it comes to animation and other similar things.

I'd reccomend that you try to zoom in, giving you more control when you are drawing - it would produce a better looking piece of art and the overall effect of the piece would be much more pleasing on the eye.

I'd also reccomend that you lay the black box over the black guy's wang as the last thing in each scene, it looks like you've painted it on badly - make it look like they do in things like cop shows and they black out people's faces. Pure black, perfect angles and the sense of "There's something that we're not allowed to look at behind here"

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Voodoo responds:

I will zoom in next time I make a flash, maybe I'll see an improvement :)

[VZ Series:Naruto V Sasuke]

Nice endings

The one thing that really gets to me with the flash movies of this type is that there is no voice acting. It's such a simple addition and it's easily overlooked. You've put in so much dialogue here that it needs to be read out, rather than forcing the viewer to read it all for themselves.

I like how you've put the subtitles in one place, as it makes it easier to read - now all you need to do is tone down the font you chose for them, as it can be quite difficult to recognise certain letters in a short amount of time.

You've manipulated the sprites quite well and have written a decent plot for it. I would suggest that you have a scene selector, so that you can view the alternative endings, rather than just throwing us back in to watch the rest of the movie over and over again.

I liked the battle effects, with the swirling energy around both Sasuke and Naruto, it worked well with the rest of it and was definately your best piece of animation.

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mortis5000 responds:

Thank You...

[Music Video Collection]

Neither here nor there

I think that you've taken some inspiration from listening to Weird Al's polkas here. The one thing that these do have going for them is that they are remade in his own style. Yours are just snippets of what would be a music video for each individual tune, bearing no relevance to one another.

What I'm trying to say is come up with a proper music video for one of the songs, rather than just doing bits and pieces. The full project would hone your animation skills and would be much more satisfying in the end.

I'd reccomend that you zoom in with the drawing tools more, so that you get better control over your cursor - then with those, you will get some better drawings coming out and thus the animations will look ten times better.

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Assios responds:

Thanks. I'm working on a music video now, for one song.

[AnalogyOfFrozenSheep Ep 7]

Nice animation

The music was a really nice selection that you've chosen. Quite ecclectic even, but that's what makes it so good with your 'controlled randomness' style of animation. I particularly liked the trumpets from the Reel Big Fish piece, that added a nice spot of colour to the red & white proceedings.

I'm not entirely sure about all of the aspects of the animation, as I can't quite relate to amorphous blobs on a personal level. Maybe it needs more explanation.

How did you produce the background? Did you just scrunch up a piece of paper and scan it into your computer just like that, or did you make it from scratch on Flash?

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FrozenSheep responds:

Yeah, i'm pretty proud of how that decending thrumpets scene turned out.
As for the blobs, i just wanted a medium to utlilise that "delayed shadow" technique I was experimenting with.

Also, Background = Google.
kthxbye.