Score: 7
"Very... classical"
date: January 2, 2006
Not only beacuse of the music and ambience, but also beacuse you only used subtitles and no voices. And i also have to critisize the quality of the subtitles. First off, in the beginning, the subtitles were pretty cool, i have to admit. Though it was very hard to read. I couldn't read all of the words, and when i'm writing this, i have no memory of what it meant. And later on, you had a classic font, which would've been great, if you could read with any difficulties. Most authors solve this by add in a one-coloured box behind the subtitles in order to make it easier to read. But you forgot that. Not to worry, i still enjoy this movie, for the animation quallity was of very high standards. It really looked as if someone painted it all with a brush (which i bet also was the tool you used, hehe), and it makes it look even more classic. You did a nice job shading objects, and really overall you did a very good job.
The only sound that could be heard was the piano solo, which added to the classical ambience. Though i thought the sng itself weren't that great, nor was the quality. So it was neither quantity or quality here, and i hope you understand.
Shooting someone in the head is something very brutal and gorish, though the blood effects itself were sloppy made, and not at all as much blood as i'd want it to be :) Blood in the cup was pretty decent howerver. Still, neither quantity or quality here, either.
And i'm pretty sure i speak for many viewers when i say that i didn't get the plot of this story. And if you have explained it earlier to other reviewers, then you'd have to do it again, since i'm no mood of browsing through reviews.
But in all, i find this movie very worthy of it's score. One of the finest clock movies i've seen, and i wouldn't complain if you decide to pull more works like this out of your ass :)
~ Frost
Author's Response:
Thank you for the detailed and constructive review. I appreciate it.
I realize that I did a below par job on the subtitles, but I wasn't soo concerned with them, as long as they were readable. Maybe I should have been. I'm regretting that.
Thanks for your compliment on my art and animation. Yes, much of this movie was done with the paint tool (all of the characters as well as some scenery). I'm glad you noticed.
I understand what you mean on the music. Music loses some of it's quality when being exported from flash, and it's not like everyone watching this movie would like the song. Personally, I think Nocturne is a great paino solo, but I respect your opinion.
For the record, Albino (the name of the beast) shot himself in the head because he had grown sick of living life as a hideous monster. My blood effects have never been very good (I have yet to master blood effects :\), so I understand your criticism.
I'm glad you liked my movie. I do plan to make many more in this style. I enjoy making movies like this
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