Score: 8

"Nice"

by: Haggard

date: October 21, 2009

I don't know this book, but I like this flash. I like how you put some scenes in to illustrate what you are talking about. Especially the sad smiley for the "Emotional/Sappy Stuff", heh.

It would be nice to get to know a bit more about the story, though. But it wokrs well as a sales pitch, on the other hand. Sometimes commercials are like that: They don't give anything away about the story, but they simply ask you if you like this and that and that if you do like those things you should buy the product.
Might actually work, you should ask some book stores if they want to show this as a commercial. ^^

Too bad you had a cold while recording the voices. Normally your voice acting is fine, but in this flash it's much too quiet, especially in comparison to the loud music and sound effects.

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PS: This is my 700th flash review! :)

Score: 6

"Meh"

by: Coop83

date: October 21, 2009

Well, it's not a piece that's going to convince me to get a copy of Bridge to Terabithia and read it cover to cover - I think I've advanced a little beyond reading books of that type, to be honest. I'm not ruling it out completely, but that might have to wait until I'm a father :P

I think that you need to get the voice overs sorted - the sound itself, I'm not too bothered about, because you did a decent enough job of getting the points across, but making me mess with the volume control like I had to wasn't on. You need to get the record volume sorted - I can voice act if you need stuff like this. I know that I'm overdue your FNP sounds, but I'm waiting on the new microphone, so that I can do the pieces justice.

If it's going to be that quiet, then have such loud music / sound effects, perhaps you need to give it a go with subtitles?

I'd have expected more depth from a book review as well. Google can help there, as you can look into what professional critics look for in a text when they review it.

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Score: 7

"On Par"

by: puddinN64

date: October 19, 2009

Nothing spectacular. The Sprite work was good, but slow and the overall flash was a it tedious, but overall it was a decent effort.

Score: 4

"This Sales Pitch Isn't Convincing Me To Read."

by: CaptainAwesome121090

date: October 19, 2009

Books can be scary at times to read. But it's okay, the books are your friend. They can give you tons of information and buckets of imagination for others to plagiarize/parodize off of. I truly believe that ever since the invention of this kinky contraption called the television and the creation of these connections called the internet, the books haven't been getting the respect they rightfully deserve and should be advertised much better. Unfortunately if this was to hit the air waves, "Bridge to Terabithia" would have almost no sales.

Now I may not have went to business school, but the reason this is so poor is the delivery. The concept itself is good, using the tactic of attracting one's interests and comparing them to the product. However the way it is said is very boring or shy. I understand that Fro may have had a cold that day, but even with that icky bug inside him, his voice sounded like he wanted this assignment to just be over with.

And what's followed by this monovoiced announcer? Some typical flash moments that you would see from a bad flash. Sure this is for Children's Literature, but at least add some subtle adult comedy for even the teacher to laugh at. Example: As soon as the Link got the blue wand, during the 'found treasure' theme, something then just beats the crap out of Link and interrupts the song as a consequence of just standing still. At least then, even the Zelda fans in the class would laugh at the parody. How do you Spongebob Sqaurepants is so popular even today? Trust me, I know how strict the school system likes to keep a brother' spirit down, but with the right subtly, you could even pass along some sexual phrases and not be discovered. AT the very least, you could have improved/varied the sound effects so that they didn't sound so reptitive.

All I can say is this: it may sound strange but in order to become a good salesperson/actor/actress/public relations, one must lose their dignity and unrestrict themselves from what their ego would allow. But for now, I'm just gonna pass on this exclusive offer and try my best to repopularize books because books are......aw fuck it I'm just going to watch tv.

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2 Library Rejects Out of 5.
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Score: 8

"Your cold aside..."

by: AndyWaltfeld

date: October 18, 2009

Seems like there's a massive volume difference between your voice and the pulled sound effects. What are you using to record yourself and digitize the audio?