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[ANIMATION INVASION]

Please remove the foul language from your notes!

+Idea- excellant
+acting- very good
+animation very good
+music very good

-foul language in your notes- not worthy of someone who has the whole world reading and watching.

I think this would have been better still with just one sound/image - you tapping on the screen from the inside.

[Ivanhoe the great]

Very sorry

When the music cut and repeated I thought it was a dumb NG loop and B'd it with a 0/5. Soreeee!
Then I saw someones review and thought "Ninja?" and looked again. Its funny, it just needs a background and credits and I would pass it. I will give you and inflated review score to try and make up for it!

RichArt responds:

yeah.. that's a shame, you sure hitted that button fast!

[Happy Fathers Day!]

OK

short and to the point. the music at the beginning was clipped short, so it didnt sound very good. See if you can think of a way round that.

All the Dragons & Spirits use a mouse. None of us has a pad yet. A lot of the best guys use one, but it depends what you are used to. If you already used a mouse in Paint for many years, like me, then its doesn't matter much, otherwise maybe a pad is good. try someone else's and see how you get on.
Asking that question was a smart way to get reviews!

JunkYardAnimations responds:

Do you still use the mouse 13 years later? I dooooo <3

[The Random Collab]

Not too bad, but...

nothing really grabbed me at all. There was some bits and pieces of reasonable images, but not mauch animation and no real point to any of it. The tank bit was vaguely funny, but that was it really. It was well enough put together and the credits were fine.

Authors is spelt thus.

DrunkAlien responds:

No u >:(

[Flash to the Present]

OK but not great

+some good graphics
+good lip sync
Maybe its just me but...
Were we supposed to know these people? Was this story supposed to make any more sense than just someone coming home from space and not being missed?
I didnt get that other guy who just appeared for a moment. Wa that just random?
I didn't get the repetition thing yep yep yep?

I guess most people know the music is Johhny B Goode, but you should still put it in the credits, especially since there are ship loads of versions of JBG- that was the Chuck Berry version, yes?

pastabilities responds:

the other guy was a cutaway, the repetition thing is half parodying king of the hill, it is the chuck berry version.

[Not Your Ice Cream]

OK

+ like the sound and music
+like the flavours on the side of the van

-maybe trim the film slightly- too many repeats fo the look between the guy and the icecream.

[Ackbar : Copyrights]

The best Ackbar I've seen

Educational! Yay. I liked the way you emphasised the key words.

Some of it was a bit rushed but it was generally OK.
right at the end architectural is spelt thus.

[the crazy dance-off]

Good, funny

At first, when I saw the opening shots I thought it was going to be lame, but as I watched the variety of shots in the dancing, with humour and background etc I was impressed.
Maybe a bit too long though. I'd say trim it by about 10-20%. Keep the variety of dance moves, but trim the repeats a bit.
I liked the shiny trousers effect.

[That's My Fulp 8]

Good laugh

Some nice stuff in there. It helps if we know the Ackbar series.

I can just picture the staff rushing to get round a monitor and see your latest, then ribbing each other for the rest of the day!

I was kinda hoping to see Stamper screw up NG in their absence, do you think you could insert that somehow- just a quick bit at the end?

MaddFlash2 responds:

Thanks for the review.

[Europe At War Episode 1]

Its good, but could be much better

+ some good art
+excellant SC stuff as intro
+good idea
+OK animation

However, this is a worthy project, worth taking time to get the details and push the score up.
1. Tell a bit more of a story/plot. Otherwise you have just stickmen fighting. What was Blitzkrieg? How did the Germans succeed as far as they got? Some vision of a map, maybe with Wermacht officers planning and pushing thier models of tank divisions into Poland.
2. I don't understand the tank bit- the grey troops (who is who?) throw a grenade at the tank which does nothing (correct), then they fire riffles and it blows up!? Also I can't think of any tank in WW2 that had a rapid-fire main gun.
3. I didn't really understand the aeroplane bit either- it looked as though you got a goodlooking plane art, then couldnt be bothered to do the rest of the scene to the same standard and just jumped to black. One of the enduring images of the 2nd World War was the Stuka dive-bombers, that struck fear into peoples hearts. show us one of those and make that the plane hit in the cockpit, then let us see it side view or something heading for the house.
4. I assume english is not your first language, but when you are doing something as important as this, get it checked by someone who knows english well as it has lots of errors, which is important in an educational style movie.
5. Its a shame you are stick artists, its such a waste of talent drawing good pictures and putting sticks in suits to act them out. However, you can still put good looking uniforms on them.
6. The grass and background should have more detail. My movies are only aiming for 3/5 but I put in at least as much as this. Don't make backgrounds as an afterthought, take your time with all of them. You only draw them once, so draw in trees, bushes, roads distant houses, tyre tracks, changes of grass colour, mud- look out of your windows and explore with your eyes.

If you show me that you are willing to improve this work and not ignore your reviews, then would be willing to help you. Make improvements, then PM me. This Movie is worth it!
Best Wishes,
IceDragon64