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[like a duck (colour)]

Well...

What can I really say, except this concept is probably one of the most insane that I've ever seen - abstract to the max, with the theme of small creatures such as ducks and teddy bears.

I think that the piece of music hasn't ever conjured up such an image as this one before and kudos must be given, as you've grabbed this opportunity with both hands and carved yourself out a little niche.

Vibrant colour and a catchy tune have produced one of the true iunderdogs of this year.

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TheBoogley responds:

Thanks for the kind words, I like the idea of being a niche carver. :D

[.::1200 FRAMES::.]

Hmm...

I personally think that while you've given a decent amount of form to the animation with this piece, it is quite difficult to see exactly where you're taking it, as it is an abstract piece.

I think that you would do much better for yourself giving us a piece which has a plot and strays away from the abstract and more towards a mainstream animation.

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[.::Imagine::.]

Needs something else...

I think that this is a decent enough animation, but I feel that you could certainly use something else to add an extra dimension to this whole piece.

Perhaps you could make 2 or 3 different coloured lines that dance around making the pictures? I think that the way the start went, you certainly need to consider getting a little ambient piece for your introduction - it's just too bland without anything.

The animation is good, but for me, it's too random, as I prefer things that move from point A to point B and you can clearly see how (or why) they get there. With this, it's very ambiguous and the abstract nature of the Frame-by-Frame animation doesn't help much, I'm afraid.

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[Frankenstein Trailer]

Why want my mind out of the gutter?!

A great little flash, complete with all the wrong jokes that I never thought would occur in such a flash. You really need to get a female to voice over the part of Elizabeth, as your falsetto isn't the best in the world :P

Good animation and the use of Herman Munster (Or was it the classic Frankenstein's Monster from the original movie?) was well placed. Personally, I'd have gone for something more animated that the dying genre of animutation, as I'm sure that your drawing talents could ahve extended to something as wooden as Frankie's Monster.

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Rammer responds:

haha, thanks! that isn't my voice for Elizabeth, though - it's my friend, Tate's. :P Lisa didn't want to voice-act for Elizabeth. i think it's funny in itself that a guy is doing the voice, when the lines are professing love for a guy.

i just searched "frankenstein's monster" on google and found the best image :P i don't know where it was from.

as i said in previous responses, and in my author's comments, that last scene with the animutation was made at 1 in the morning on the day it was due. i couldn't have done anything better, really, considering the time.

thanks for the review.

[The Last Hour: Chapter 3]

Scene 3

I'm glad that you've moved another step towards learning how to use the features of Flash properly. It's a learning curve and I'm glad to see that you're on it.

The pre-loader looked better this time, with the solid effect enabling us to see what was going on, rather than having it blended into the background. Though there still needs to be some work done on the grammar, I'll accept that this was already published to Newgrounds when I first passed comment on the grammar.

The drawing needs some work and I'm sure that it will come in time - lip sync is your next task, as you've managed to manipulate the mouths of the characters to open and closed in elipses. Now look at yourself in the mirror and work out what different shapes you need to form basic words. Get a small collection of these shapes and you'll have your basic mouths, which you can add in the correct situation. Getting them to line up with the sound can be tricky, but you seem to be doing alright at present.

When you record the sounds, try to be a little further from the mic, as there was quite a bit of static on the NOOOOOOOOOOO! part. Either that or turn the mic sensitivity down a little.

Don't forget, it's not just the mouths of the people that move - they can change facial expression, some talk using hand gestures and some just make expansive shrugs. Not everyone does this, so a blend will help.

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Jaiba responds:

the facial movements and hand gestures have been suggested and we have presented basic levels of what you have just noted. if you check out chapter 5 you can note that we have implemented the facial gestures and such into the movie. and we have worked on our voice acting. we bought 5 dollar mics instead of those cheap crappy ones that come with the sony tape recorders. now we are moving on up into the higher end spectrum of flash animation.

[The Last Hour: Chapter 2]

Slight improvement

We're getting towards the point of these flash, which is great, but i would point out one or two things about the grammar that you are using. Firstly, as in my review for part 1, you need to say 'A Jaiba Productions Production' or 'A Jaiba Production'

When you come to the text about previous parts, it should read 'Previously in The Last Hour' as you're wandering the words around without getting to the point.

With your animation, take more time to draw stuff better - zoom in and get yourself a graphics tablet to improve your control of the drawing tools - using a mouse can be made to look good, but it takes a hell of a lot more work.

The plot is still far too short for this - you could have fit this, the plot for Episode 1 and probably the plot for Episode 3 into one submission. This would have given you a lot more quality of the flash, as you don't have to mess around with the intermissions between episodes so much.

It's not like you're pushed for file space, reading in at 700kB - the music is great, but I would keep that particular piece for the start and the written introduction / narrated piece. When we cut to the movie itself, cut the music, as we're not in Star Wars with the London Symphony Orchestra and a massive budget for John Williams.

It was nice when you doctored your voice to sound deep when you were doing the narration - try to bear in mind that if you're going to do that, you need to speak slightly faster, as when you slow your voice down, the note lowers and the pace does too.

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Jaiba responds:

sorry you have to forgive my grammar. i am but an irish immigrant, and i can't afford a tablet unlike my idol adam phillips who is rich from making stuff for disney. i have only got a cheap mouse on a slow computer. jaiba productions isn't that rich, but we do what we can. the reason why i make the flash short, is because of courtesy for all the 56kers out there. i know what's it's like to have to wait for a big file to load, and it sucks. i've been in their shoes. with a smaller size movie i can reach out to more fans and get more people to enjoy the movie, without having to suffer just because they can't afford internet. those people on netzero can't download as fast as rich people with their dsl. but once jaiba productions get famous we will get better equipment including dsl. wow dsl! that would be great. thanks for reviewing. check out my other movies, they get better and better!!