Reviews for Snow Wars Introduction

[byteslinger]

On the right track - not quite there yet

Hi, Corky,

Sorry, I'm not a big fan of the all-live video as a flash - just my opinion, though. Had there been rotoscoping or additional flash animation along with the live action, well, that's generally more interesting to watch.

The movie does have a plot line, and the sound track is dramatic and appropriate. However, the video quality is poor, and in many cases, overexposed to almost all-white conditions.

The acting is stiff, like a school play. The characters need to loosen up a bit. There was a little humor ("Do you know what day it is?" - "uh, June 5th?" - but there's snow everywhere) that helps, but sometimes too much humor can offset the drama you're trying to create.

It seems that you have all the raw materials you need - you just have to hone it down and refine it a bit. And maybe throw in some simple rotoscope animation (like when he shoots the gun, a lazer beam comes from it - or when someone gets shot, some blood effects)

But you're on the right track. Clean it up, and try it again! Hope this helps...

Fro responds:

You didn't like the acting? We've won awards for best acting before. :( I thought we were just a tad bit better than what you said.

I understand the whole opinion on movies and everything on newgrounds. That's perfectly fine. The original file is over 50 MB and this was the next step down so that's the best the quality is going to get.

Sadly, there is lasers when he shoots the guns. :( Pay closer attention and you will see them. (There was some flash mixed with the animation then)

Blood might be added in future submissions though. I never thought about that.

Thanks for the review.

[SupraAddict]

There's going to be more of them, right? :P

It's been a while since I've written a review, so I'm a bit cold about how this works.

Alright, so I've got to say you put yourselves in a difficult place, with the building expectation from Hay Wars. Still, you kept your cool under the cold pressure of your fans, and did pretty well. I like the whole "rallying your troops" skit and how, even though the leaders are mortal enemies, they still have a lot in common, like having to deal with the incompetence of their drone buddies (maybe I should act in the next one.)
I don't quite get why one guy was holding a tree branch, was it there just for the lulz? The acting was actually believable to a certain degree, and the choreography was great. So....with all great home-made movies, I have to ask this: was anything in it improvised, or was it all planned out before shooting took place? Either way, it made me laugh, so great job, and I look forward to seeing more like this.

I almost forgot, for the constructive criticism, I would say the introduction was a little awkward; I think it was supposed to be a parody of other movies openings, but it didn't quite get through-Try having the words come at you, and over do-it by making it a long sequence, and have someone read it as it flies by.
Other than that, I thought it was brilliant, even if a bit too short.

8/10
P.S. great work on the main menu

Fro responds:

The guy with the tree branch was for lulz. Thank you for paying attention enough to see this. :)

Everything was sort of planned out, but we made all the lines up there on the spot pretty much.

Next time I'm going to make the really slow, exaggerated Star Wars intro that slowly rolls up the screen.

Thanks for the great review. :)

[FatKidWitAJetPak]

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One thing:

TURN UP THE VOLUME. I couldnt unerstand anything they were saying. :'(

Fro responds:

You turn your volume up.

No in all reality that was the best I could get the audio without it messing up. Sorry. :(

[DocSprite]

Original, funny, but...

I just hate seeing video submisions on NG. It makes it even worse that you seemed to have done the tiniest amout posssible, a marginally small amount of this, in flash. So -2 right off the bat. The video was very funny however. The humor was a little corny, but the good kind of corny, the kind that makes you laugh. This was also very original, very Star Wars-esque, with a kinda proud Call of Duty feel to it. You managed to ceep your own vibe to it, which made it that much better. I was pissed to see that there was no fight scene, but I understand you have to break it up due to the video embeds. Well, an overall nice job. I hope to see Snow Wars 2 out soon.

Fro responds:

Thanks a lot for your review. Thanks for still giving it an honest review even though you don't live video submissions on newgrounds.

Perhaps I will attempt to put more flash into my future submissions that include video even if it's just more of an intro or credits or something like that.

Anyway, great review thank you very much.

[ZombieMan251]

Okay

It wasn't great, but it's passable, I guess.

Fro responds:

Hm, alright. Thanks for the review.

I know it wasn't great, but it was fun making. And sometimes that matters just as much. :P