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[Sky And Earth]

What was that?

Not a bad animation, per se, but you do need to focus on making the lip sync a little more accurate, in order to take it to the next level and give us a better presentation.

Better, longer writing is required, as are subtitles - I couldn't understand what was being said. Better recording technology, or mastery of the equalisation would help here, since we can't really tell what was going on in the conversation.

Finally, when it comes to the animation, you need to try zooming in a little more and using a smaller tool. You'll be able to draw better and when you zoom out, the artwork will look so much better that you'll see an instant impreovent in your work and the scores that you get.

[Review Request Club]

up-a-notch responds:

ok I am trying it and it works

[The RRC Awards]

Was I dubbed?!

Wow, some pretty funny stuff, with side splitting humour, that shows the collaborators weren't taking it entirely seriously throughout, but still a great show.

The badly dubbed Coop was the poor piece, it looks like it was being translated from some propaganda piece made by a South American government and then translated over the top, but hey, I'm back into acting... even if it is acting as myself.

I think that there could have been some sort of acceptance speech from Steph and possibly cutting the sheer amount of lube that Nick wanted to use, to save on the budget. How much did we have left, by the way?

[Review Request Club]

Fro responds:

Sorry about yours. The file was just so large that the only way to keep the file below 20 was to lower the quality of the audio. Steph didn't want to show his face. :P

Also, the masturbating problem bad most of us run dry. While one of us ran wet.

[CoolJaw: T.T. IIII-V]

Dark prequel

A very macabre piece, with some additional information on the background of the characters, which gives a very much more clear image of what's going on with the protagonists - this sort of traumatic instance has probably lead to him suffering from some form of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

I think that the drawing still requires refining, as the changes in the style are still too great over the panes. When you show the characters drawn almost perfectly on one shot, then the next it shows them as a mess of lines, there is something a little iffy with it all.

Still, it was nice to see a little more colour in there - perhaps it is time to make the piece full colour?

[Review Request Club]

Celx-Requin responds:

Hello,

I'm going to play with more color in one chapter of the last act.
Hopefully it won't turn out too bad!

Thanks for the review!
- Celx

[Sellout - LordOfTheRings]

Pretty Damned Funny

Wow, that was awesome - the writing, the animation and the way that this has been dwelt upon for some considerable time. You've clearly spent a lot of time studying the film and the idea about the fact of someone not having seen the film is absolutely brilliant. With a film of this magnitude, you wouldn't expect anyone not to know who Frodo Baggins is.

Then again, when you come up with alternative names from them, they start to seem like football hooligans or drunks... especially Gary. I like the way that everything is set up as a low key discussion pre-script and development, which almost seems like they need a beer or two, to stimulate the creative juices.

Perhaps this piece could have been a more topical piece, related to the fact that The Hobbit has gone into production. Granted, you've got a smaller market, because not many people know who the cast of that are. Bilbo and Gandalf are recognisable, but the rest are pretty vague.

And of course, you've got the gay sex love interest in there with Sam and Frodo, which is easy to focus upon, as is Frodo and Gandalf, but I think it would have been a lot more risqué if it were say, Legolas and Gimli getting busy.

[Review Request Club]

sirjeffofshort responds:

Wow, that's comprehensive haha. Thanks for the review. It's true we could have explored the territory a little more, but that's not to say we're done with Middle Earth entirely... we'll see what the future brings. I'm glad you enjoyed the short though, keep an eye out for more in the future.

[Keep the change]

Short and a little crude

I think that it's a decent practice piece, which shows that you're willing to learn the tools that go with this fine program. You could certainly use subtitles, as this piece doesn't have the loudest voice acting and as a result, I found myself turning up the volume to hear the voices, only to have my ears raped by the sound of the gunfire. Balance is the key.

With the animation and drawing, you could use a little more time there, meaning zooming in and possibly using a smaller tool, to give a greater degree of control over what you're drawing, so that when you zoom out, it looks more rounded and a better quality image.

The shop keeper standing behind the counter, was he a midget, or was there something else there that I missed? It didn't seem right. Also, you don't need to drop hints like "This flash deserves a 5", as it's not even a subliminal message. More work on the animation will bring its own reward for you :)

Finally, with the change that hits the counter, perhaps just make it a denomination that is recognisable, as opposed to writing "change" on it. Why not have the voice actor do an impression of Home Alone's archive footage film, with the line "You can keep the change, you filthy animal"?

I look forward to seeing what else you can produce.

[Review Request Club]

theo-the-slayo responds:

thanks for the great advice, but this was really somthing i did today to keep me busy and for a laugh, i do usally put more effort into my flash, cheers for the review