Score: 7

"Not a bad parody, but needs a bit more work"

by: Supersteph54

date: September 27, 2009

It was OK when it comes to the concept, but it didn't impress me that much overall.

The animation and graphics were the worst thing about this. I understand you don't want to stray too much from the original, but with such little animation and roughly drawn graphics, more people will be tempted to close the window before it finishes.

The graphics need to be less rough, have speech bubbles instead of text in a random place, and have more colour and backgrounds to them, and the animation isn't really that good, since the walking didn't have any leg movement, the transitions weren't done smoothly and in all the animation needs work to it.

Still, it was adopted quite well from the original and I understand it's a parody so the animation and graphics should be that eye-catching. Maybe you could make another version of this for people who haven't seen the ads?

The concept is great, and I haven't seen many parodies of the Above the Influence ads. In all, it was a little short and ended a little suddenly, but it was still a nice parody.

Audio was awesome, and the smooth transition from one song to another was excellently done, plus the songs were great since they were used in the original adverts too. I'd ask for some voice acting as Fro said, but it's not really a big problem.

Good job on this, but the animation and graphics made me get bored quite quickly. Still, not too bad overall.
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Score: 7

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by: Fro

date: September 26, 2009

~ Animation ~

Not very good animation wise, but I understand this was to make fun of the animation that was used in the commercials and I think you did a very good job at doing what they did in the commercial. I do think that when the woman appeared it would have looked a bit better if she walked in instead of sliding in.

~ Graphics ~

Again, not very good graphics wise, but does match the commercial pretty good. I was actually a little confused at first as I thought you actually took the commercial and put it into your flash. :P So not good for a regular flash, but great for what you were making it for.

~ Story/Content ~

Like I've already said a couple of times it was a pretty good parody. A little funny, but nothing really too comical to make me laugh that much or anything. I don't know how you could improve the humor, but it just really didn't do it for me. After the dog getting high part I wasn't much interested in it at all.

~ Audio ~

The music before the movie played and the music during the movie was great. Good quality, good volume, etc.. Was there voices in the commercials? I can't remember, but if there was it would probably be nice to add voices in the flash as well.

~ Overall/Summary ~

Overall, a decent parody. Wasn't really too funny, but it was a nice play on the commercial. Voices might have added some value to the submission.

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Score: 8

"Good parody"

by: Haggard

date: September 25, 2009

Well, at first I didn't know what to do with this flash, but then I took your advise and watched some "above the influence" ads. This gives me a better idea what do to with your flash.

It's a very good parody. You managed to adobt the kinda sloppy drawing style of the ad you parodied and you also used the same music, which is also good.

At first I thought you should have animated the characters a bit better, but seeing as they move the same way in the original ad as well I think it's okay to also put in so little animation yourself.

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Score: 7

"Not a bad work..."

by: Darklight17

date: September 25, 2009

{Animation/Graphics}

Not bad in a commercial kinda way. Animation was kinda skippish and not exactly smooth. The transitions, such as when the dog was walking or the man getting up, were virtually non-existent. Not a bad job though, could use some improvements.

Graphics were simple and there were no backgrounds or colours to add depth but seeing as its based on the commercial, i won't go on too much about this. Liked the fact that u still gave it a 3D look...

Not a bad job. Could've beeen worse...

{Story/Concept}

A pretty funny stroyline. quite a good parody. The concept was pretty original too and the fact that you extended the whole thing and gave it a new ending was a pretty cool idea too. Good job...

{Audio}

like milinko959, i liked the fact that you started with the original tracks and then moved on, quite smoothly i might add, to a couple of new tracks. Quite a good job on these terms. Not bad...

{Overall}

Liked the whole thing. A very good parody. Used the same concepts of the original commercial but with a couple of added twists. Nice work. Can't wait for the next...

Darklight17
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Score: 7

"(title in work)"

by: milinko959

date: September 24, 2009

I enjoyed this. One thing I liked about this was how you started with the music that was in the original commercials and made a smooth transition over to some different tracks. That was a nice touch. The graphical style worked well being a parody. It looked just like the commercials. In terms of storyline it was pretty funny as well. A nice job overall.

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