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[Nintendo Story ep 3]

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Some of the scenes don't make much sense to me (like the beginning scene) but seeing that this is the 3rd episode I guess it's because I haven't watched the previous two.

Anyway, your graphics range from "a bit sloppy" to "decent" to "actually pretty good". Especially in the intro scene the backgrounds where plain boring. On the other hand it seems to be some sort of a "super secret base of a super secret villain". In that case said villain propably wouldn't be a regular reader of "Better Homes and Gardens", if you know what I mean. ^^

The voice acting was quite good, even though some static sounds could be heard here and there (for example when Link speaks).
The musical selection was great, but at the end it got a bit too loud. When Mario grabbed that flag a "You've won this level!"-theme played at the same time as the background music and both of them played at full volume. Because of that we are not able to listen to any of those tracks, because both are outpowering each other. You should stop the background music, then play the "You win!" melody and then continue with the background music.

The animations are pretty good, especially in the action scenes. Everything looks quite good here and very fluent. Only when Mario walks/runs at the end it looks a bit strange. As if he pauses every two steps.

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Gustavos responds:

I still don't see how the "finished level" theme is playing and the other music continues. This doesn't happen when i watch it. Mario pauses every two steps because my way of using animated symbols suck.

You probably did go back and see the previous episodes, but that first place is where the "good guys" were. I however don't suggest people watch episodes 1 and 2 because I find them very hard to watch. As the animator, it pains me to see my own faults and how I was so stupid to have done this or that. Of my four movies, the one I enjoy the most is my first. So plain, so simple, and something I wanted this episode to be a bit like.

Thanks for revewing this submission. It seems you guys are finally getting around to it.

[The Three Commandments]

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I like the message of this flash. A very important message, I think. Even though I don't agree that the musical standard started declining in '00. Just take a look at what kind of music was at the top of the charts in the '80s and '90s. ;)
However, there have always been and hopefully always will be people who make music that is worthwhile listening to and that offers a high level of musical talent.

Anyway, back to the flash. While the message was great the graphical presentation lacked some quality. Most of the images where drawn pretty sloppy, but I think with a bit more practice and work you should be able to create very decent graphics.

The robot voice wasn't the best choice, but at least you managed to create a quite easy to understand voice. But I still think it would be better if you add subtitles to the flash.

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LenardNotLenny responds:

Subtitles! That's exactly what I need... thanks a lot for you're review!

[FlashSaga2: Space]

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A very psychedelic flash. The background colors sometimes let me think I'm on a LSD trip or something like that. ^^

The graphcis are decent, but can be improved. They still look a bit sloppy here and there (especially on the alien).

The music is quite entertaining, but the animations don't always fit to the beat of the song. It's most noticably in the intro, where the moon (or the planet?) is bumping in tact with the song at first, but loses tact after a few seconds.

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[Tywo At Large Ep. #3]

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Very nice movie and a HUGHE improvement from the last two Episodes of Tywo at large (and those have already been great).

The voice acting is still as great as it was before and now the volume of the single voices are now much more balanced, which is a great plus.
Only the voice of the Janitor sounded a bit muffled.

I especially liked the change of the voices when the characters where in a different surrounding (for example when Tywo was in the funnel, the sound of his voice changed according to the surrounding he was in).
This made the voices a bit harder to understand sometimes, but overall it's a very good addition.

The graphics are awesome. Everything looks very clean and even the backgrounds are very nice to look at.

The humor is again pretty good, even though I didn't get all the jokes.

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Pixmintro responds:

Thanks man, that was our actual school janitor voicing himself in the movie. I really glad to see that my movies are becoming more well-received.

[Ghouls]

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Graphics and animations are good. You also had very detailed backgrounds, which is always a plus.

The song was a good choice and you managed to keep your animations synched with the song. It may be a bit fast from time to time, but this way it feels like a music video.

Too bad you didn't add any sounds to it. I think the flash would be better with various sounds and a few voices (like when the ghost drops the guy on the street, the guy should scream, etc.) .

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Voodoo responds:

A lot of people have a sound AND MUSIC Fetish.

Why didn't I think of that? :c

[Father & Son In: Trip]

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The storyline is very interesting and you had some very funny scenes in here (I espcecially liked the guy floating by in the background when Father & Son whent rafting).

The main downsinde here are the very rough graphics. Everything looks quite sloppy, with hardly any straight line in it.
Also, there are no shades in here, which looks a bit strange.

The animations looked decent. Only thing here was the scene when Father & Son went for a walk. It looked like they where on a speedwalk (only moving in the wrong direction), because the stones on the path moved faster than the trees in the foreground.

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CSanimations responds:

Thanks, and you're right, the graphics aren't amazing, but this whole thing was a learning process. I feel I'm now getting better, although shading and shadowing is still a problem. I didn't want to draw too many lines, because I wanted it to look a bit handmade, however, I don't think I quite pulled it off, which is a shame, because you're right, it does look a bit sloppy so that's a real shame.
But I'm glad you liked the animation, I did try my very best with that.
As for the walking bit, yeah, I still haven't quite cracked that, so I could use a few tips.
Thanks for such a good and constructive review.
:)

[Sentry- 1]

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Well, the graphics look a bit rough, but I think with some more practice you can easily improve on that.

The voice acting was good, only downside is the low sound quality.

The story is a bit hard to follow because of the quick scene changes. It seems very hard to improve on the scene changes, but maybe you can give the viewer a bit time.
I'll try to explain what I mean by saying that: Right now, you change scenes and instantly continue with the story (ie you cut to what seems to be some kind of control room and instantly some character is saying something). Maybe it would work better if you wait a short time before someone speaks after the cut. That way the viewer had some time to notice that the camera now shows a completly different room with different characters in it.

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SCUD14 responds:

Lol blame a combination of my xbox heasdset and my first time using audacity. As for the graphics: Yeah they should be better.

I'll keep in mind what you said about the scene transition, thanks for pointing it out.

[Jim and Pals Shorts: Ep 8]

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It's a nice flash. Even though the characters look quite simple you managed to visualize their feelings with their eyes pretty well. But mouths would still be a nice addition. ^^

The voice acting was done great, only Gary was a bit too quiet. Would be nice if all characters had the same volume.

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Jimtopia responds:

Glad you enjoyed it.

[The Dot Of Excellence 3]

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A random tune from the audio portal + some random dots on the canvas = dot of excellence 3.

At least PRETEND that you are trying to improve your flashes...

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