Solo (NATA)
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- rated 4.16 / 5 stars
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- Genre:
- Drama
- mind
- imagination
- companion
- nata2012intermediate
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- Jun 29, 2012 | 8:38 AM EDT
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NATA 2012 - Round 2 Animations with the theme, "A True Companion."
Author Comments
Hello, Newgrounds! First, I should give credit where credit is due:
Thanks to Christopher Bingham (you probably know him as Bing) for letting me use his wonderful music in this video. I highly recommend that you check out more of his music at highfivespaceship.bandcam p.com. There's some awesome stuff there.
Thanks to the voice actors who helped me out with this project! It was great working with you guys!
Well, this video is another step away from my comfort zone. The story wasn't some huge social metaphor or anything, and there isn't any deeper meaning in this one. To fit with this round's NATA theme, "a true companion", I made it about a boy and his imaginary friend. I hope that it wasn't too difficult to understand, though, because although it is more literal this time, it is probably just as surreal, if not more so, especially when the friend helps the boy retreat into his mind.
This was the first video I made since early 2010 that had voice actors other than my sister and I. The extra effort of bringing microphones into school and getting people in a room to be quiet while recording is worth the end result, I think. Of course, people weren't entirely quiet, so you can hear some bits and pieces of other people talking behind the actual voices. This is because I did the recording of the protagonists' voices in my crowded computer science class (the only location where I had access to both my voice actors and a computer at the same time.) Hopefully I can organize things better next time so that doesn't happen. I should mention that the voice of the teacher is Kpheeyat's, a Newgrounds user, and he's a great voice actor and if anyone needs voice work, I'd recommend him!
As far as style goes, I tried doing more frame-by-frame than in previous videos and, for the most part, I tried to not be lazy. It turned out pretty well in the end. I had intended to draw some of the frames on paper and scan them, but due to technical difficulties with my cameras and scanner, that didn't happen for this video. Maybe next time. I did try working in Toon Boom for this one, which was nice, and allows for some more complicated and interesting visuals than Flash typically allows.
Anyway, a lot of effort went into this. I hope you like it!
Reviews
Rated 5 / 5 stars July 6, 2012
GREAT VIDEO 5*****STARS!!!
Really this was an amazing vid I loved it and even if you just made up that story to go with a theme or whatever it really conected with me on a personal level.
Because I have an extremly powerfull imagination and when I think about it I can pretty much have dreams on comand about whatever I want or just let my mind run subconsiosly and explore these dreams just like any reality EXEPT unlike most people Ive talked to my dreams are at least as real(feeling,smelling,tasting,touchin g,hearing,and just sensing) as this reality nut this didnt start untell I was about 7 so I know that If I just spent all my time (mentaly) outside of this reality then something like this would happen(mental hospetall) and that all the people I have known since I was 2(when I realy started remembering people other then my mom and dad) would be sad and think I was crazy wich I geuss technically I would be then.
Rated 5 / 5 stars July 5, 2012
Well, this movie was intresting... Rly intresting.. overall rly good viedo. and the ending... hes in a mental hospital lol
Rated 4.5 / 5 stars July 4, 2012
I wasn't that impressed by this at least, but dang, did it get better around the three minute mark. It really got into surrealism. Dang, just when I'm done with one massive NG contest, here comes another one! Anyway, congradulations on having the most popular submission of its kind. Granted, there's only two so far, but it's still nicely done. I guess it mostly works because you don't understand it, or at least I didn't.
It seems to be a pretty philosophical cartoon. The end of it makes it look like it was all staged or something. Whatever it's meant to be, it's done quite well. I like the little blue outlines everything has. It gives it a nice and unique style.
Rated 4.5 / 5 stars June 29, 2012
Very good!
I shall only point out two things that could be improved:
First, the voices: both acting are good, and I had not noticed the background noise, but at some times, especially during the "classroom" scene around 1:25, they were a bit difficult to hear and understand over the music.
Secondly, the bus's movements could have been better. around second 55, the fact that the wheels didn't move was pretty noticeable; and the motion was quite unnatural: mainly at second 55, but also the 1st time, the movement is too linear, and lacks the "forward-down" momentum-induced motion of the cabin as it weighs on the shock absorbers when the bus slows to a stop
watching it again, I also noticed a detail that I think should be mentioned: about 2:20, the lights coming through the bus window (which also appear to be the movie's icon) applies as if on a flat surface and not voluminous bodies.
apart from that, I found nothing worth notice that could have been made better, and can only say: congratulation for such an excellent work! the style you used for the backgrounds was in my opinion very well adapted for the animation you did, as was the music and were the voices of your characters. The "disappearing" motions in the end were pretty pleasant to watch, as was the whole of the animation, in fact. Once again, congratulations
Thanks! And yep, you picked up on my little bits of laziness. I accidentally drew the bus all on one layer, and being me, rather than going back to do the wheels separately I just left it as-is. Same with the shadow thing. Laziness on my part. Oops :P Glad you liked the video though!
Rated 4.5 / 5 stars June 29, 2012
great job. i love the animation style