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[Office Christmas Party]

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Wow, Bob seems to be quite a chatterbox. Or maybe he was just nervous and tried to hide it by talking all the time?

I think the graphics in this one are really fine. You added a lot of details to the characters and to the backgrounds, so everything looks really nice.

The animations when Bob talks are pretty good. The gestures he makes fit very well to the things he says and also to the WAY he says those things. Nice work here!

The voice acting was very good, too. Unfortuneatly the sound did crack every now and then, which let the good voice acting down a bit.

I think you should try to work on the animations when Bob is walking. Right now it seems as if he is more floating than walking towards Janet.

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JacobMichaelCampbell responds:

Thanks haggard. I'll be in need of your services again hopefully soon!

[ShortShakespeare- Othello]

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I liked this one a lot! You managed to put the whole play into 35 seconds. Why didn't Shakespeare do that, too? Would have been a lot funnier this way :D .

I know you don't want to hear about the sound but... the cracking definatly is quite annoying. I don't know how bad it was before you fixed it and I also don't know what you did to fix it. But maybe you should try out some other audio editing programs when you record the voices (that's about the only advice I can give you on this subject...).
The voice acting itself was done very good, so it's a pity that the quality of the sound is so bad.

The graphics are quite nice, but I think the background in the last scene could use some more details. The other backgrounds are very nice, with all those shades and the clouds in the sky. So the last background lets the others down a bit here.

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[Crackman's Birthday?!]

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Another nice birthday flash for one of your friends.

Really cool presents you gave him there, he shouldn't have hit you with that guitar when you gave him the Futurama DVD, heh. He could have sold that on eBay for profit! :D

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kinggila responds:

He threw the DVD in the bin. :(

[Imagination Ep.3]

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Wow, very nice. I like how you play around with the lines and forms and manage to create something whole new out of the objects you used before.
The flow of this movie is really great and the colours sure add some more atmosphere to the flash.

However, I think some parts of the movie were a bit too fast. I think there was some text on the screen in one scene, but before I could read it, it was already gone.

I liked how you presented the replay button. It fitted very well into the movie. :)

Oh, and what's the song called you used here? It sounded very nice.

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VegetarianMeat responds:

The song is called, "Where do I Begin," by the Chemical Brothers. That text was actually a subliminal message (see above response). Thanks for the review :)

[TV Rules the Nation]

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Very good flash you have here. I really like the style of this movie. The coloring is somewhat unusual and very unique. Shows that you put a lot of effort and thought into this movie.

The song fits the movie perfectly, even though it could have been a bit louder (the tune in the credits was a bit louder than the tune in the actual movie).

The plot is very good and also very thoughtful. One has to think about what happened in this flash before one can fully grasp the story.

The bonus scene was a very nice addition to the movie. :)

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Jimtopia responds:

I did notice that the credits were a little loud, but I kind of think of it as "waking you up," lol. Anyway, I'm glad you liked it, and I'm glad you liked the little bonus movie, I figured most people would enjoy that.

[Présentation de La France]

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Nice flash.
Though the animations are nearly non-present in this flash you had a really great style presenting the beaauuuuutiful country and you gave some good examples of which is known about france.

The voice acting was done quite well, even though the quality of the sound was rather bad. Too many static noises were in there. So either buy a better mic (bad option, because you actually have to spend money on it ^^) or try to keep your mouth farther away from the mic.

Also, some lip syncing would be very nice here, because then you would have at least some animation in there (other than the eyes, of course) and it would add a lot atmosphere to the flash. With lip syncing the character would be more "alive" than he is now.

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[Freddy]

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Well, the graphics are really nice. You also had very good and detailed backgrounds, which is a big plus for your movie.

The voice acting was all right. The voices were easy to distinguish and very easy to understand.

The plot seemed pretty much random to me, even though you had some funny scenes in there. The scene in the prison with the music was very funny, but a bit too long. If that "music battle" had been half as long as it is now it would be much better, I think.

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ShortMonkey responds:

Cheers.

[Tributes of Life]

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A very touching flash movie. At first I thought this wouldn't turn out that well, but I'm somewhat glad that it at a happy ending after all :) .

The graphics are quite nice here. Not very good drawn, but as you've said that wasn't your major point. But you managed to display everything in a very good way, that's all that counts.

The animations however need some more work. They seemed rather stiff, so this led the flash down a bit.

I liked that you kept the colours in a grey tone. This way everything fits very well together (some flash artist don't have a good taste when it comes to colouring their flahes ^^) and it transported that depressing and uncomfortable feeling of the first half of the flash very well. The sad song you chose for this flash transported this feeling as well.

However, I think it would be better if you changed the colours to some brighter tones and/or changed the music when the girl finally arrived, because now the feeling of the story and the feeling of the images and the audio don't go along so well. Hey, your girl just arrived, it's a damn good reason to be happy and joyful now! ;)

Also it would be a good idea if you turned down the volume of the background sounds during your commentary, because sometimes it was quite hard to understand what you were saying.

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Clinpachi responds:

ty for the review, i took everything said to mind and will work on the minor things on my next official submission ^^; I'll also work better on the volume for little things like the commentary.. i should have boosted it a little and adjusted background sound..

[Radiohead - Creep]

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Wow, I'm totally speechless. This is the most emotional and intense video I have seen in a very long time!

Normally I like the original version of "Creep" a lot better, but I think the acoustic version fits in perectly here. Much better than the original version ever could.

I love your way of storytelling and how you add the surrounding piece by piece in a very original way.

I also like how you manage to express the feelings of the character with very minimalistic gestures and facial expressions.

Great Work!

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[Samus and Company]

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It's a nice flash and you used the sprites very well. The animations were very smooth and when both characters fought each other the movements of both fitted very well together.

I liked the way you put the text in. Definatly better than just writing the text in little speech bubbles ;) .

Only thing that bothered me is: Why did they fight? And why didn't Mario say a thing?
Ah well, I guess you were sorta just messing around here for your first flash, so I will kindly overlook that. :P

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PicosGhost responds:

Thanks a lot. That's obviously what any artist aims to achieve; fluid animation. I'm glad you think I did it well. I've already explained in other review responses the long, grueling proccess of putting all the sprites together to achieve such an effect :P

Yea, that whole text thing I put in just so it would capture the viewer's eye. And apparently it did! :P But unfortunately, that takes a whole bunch of time so in the sequel, I'm actually reverting back to the boring, ill reviewed text as popups... for now. That may change later.

Fret not about the reason for the fight, the sequel will thoroughly explain everything, mainly through the use of flashbacks and other techniques. I actually was just messing around when I made this lol. But now I think I've got a solid story established, and I can finally move forward. I'm not really sure why Mario didn't say anything. I think I did that because he rarely EVER speaks in video games, save for his "mama-mia" and other what have you's. But again, fret not. In the sequel, he will have the power of speech :)

Thanks for your review amigo, I appreciate the feedback.