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That was a suprising ending and it made me chuckle. I liked this so i gave it a 5.
Reviews for "I Was Almost Murdered"
Again, very cool.
I love the variety of the animation you do, and This was no exception. The eeire, pencil-like, black and white drawings really set the mood for the movie. The only part I didn't like in the poem was ther line, "Was I on Crack?" It seemed to take away from the mood a bit. Other than that the poem was great. The music fit well, and I loved that sound effect (or it might have been part of the music) during the very beginning and during the line "But with another strange noise I began too.." (or something like that): That high pitch screeching noise really adds to fearful moments, not to mention sounds cool.
So good job on another well made animation and thank you for reading my review that contains probably the biggest run-on in review history.
Later yo.
Matt-Merrill responds:
haha, and thanks again, man for yet another review :) Heh, and you're right about the "was I on crack" line. It was just a cheap joke that didn't really fit. (tho it was just slightly related to a time a while back when I was freakin out one night cuz I thought someone had broken into my house... and long story short, I couldn't sleep afterwards and so I wrote a letter to my girlfriend about the experience and after reading it the next day she said I sounded like I was on drugs)
heh, but glad you liked it and I think I may have just beat your run-on record ;)
An extremely unique piece
Its a cute tale based around your poetic storytelling; the animations flowed with the narration making it constantly interesting. The animation itself was not my favorite, but it carried a very new feel to flash. I understand it was all done by hand too, and I appreciate that. Overall, good job. To me however, some of the animation seemed just a bit too sketchy. If that's what you wanted, then ignore my comment lol.
Man, this is awesome!!!
Super Original! I love the idea and the style, the story combined with your original concept and the innocence of the drawings - which you retained by living your artwork as is after scanning - I love it all... I think you have great talent... You are added to my fav. Artists (Next to Adam Philip and Robbie Robertson)
Satans critic-
upon what i have seen here, you have a high standing of talent.
if that was your poem i am prowed to say that you fooled me.
as a poet and a very original artist i would definitly like to see more of your work upon the ranks.
if anything i think you need work on is sound detail, a true pet-peeve of mine is resetting sounds identicle to eachother. if people spent more time on other sounds it would make good flashes even better
i liked this enough to give this an 8/10
i would like to repeat or better this score next flash :)
Matt-Merrill responds:
Glad you liked it! I'm working on another video right now and trying to up the originality and style by using paintings, drawings, and altered photographs for most of the visual aspects of the movie.
Yes, I did write the poem. My friend wrote the original story, but I rewrote it as a poem.
and I hear ya on the sound detail. I actually didn't repeat any sounds, but I used several that were very close to each other, so I can see how they sounded like repeats. but you're right, I really could have spent more time on the sound.
hopefully my next flash will be quite a bit better in looks, sound, and story.
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