Reviews for SUPER 8 Cinema

[Drakencarver]

Not really my cup of tea

I didnt really feel much for this thing,I watched it through waiting for something mind blowing but it never happened.

Maybe its because Im watching too many fight animations(good ones are rare when you see a lot) or maybe its just my taste.
I tend to like things what are feral and angry,things with teeth for lack of a better term,not just some slug fest with unreasonable amounts of cheap fighting(all too common in stick animations).

I never did understand the essence of art even if there is a definition.
For me,art is something that invokes a thought or feeling,a visual stimulant(dare I say a drug) that brings you into a state of mind,a snapshot of a powerful feeling or thought stretched onto a medium.
Something that generates exhilaration or sadness or what have you.

Some people seem to see a film of quality.
I only saw an artsy fartsy piece of jiggly eye candy that smelled french.(not that I have anything against the french,but thats the stereotype ive been exposed to when coming in contact with french culture I hope you understand)

I admit I feel a bit calmed after watching it though,dunno why...

Okay I should stop pouring my chaotic thoughts into text,or maybe keep it up and understand myself a little better,my apologies if I sound like an idiot.

[waggishmab]

I enjoyed it

The music really fitted the films, I know the first two pieces are off of the Amelie soundtrack but what is the last piece called?

[sgtshaved]

Very well made!

I enjoyed the flash very much, overall quality near perfect, keep up the good work!

[PowerRangerYELLOW]

You captured the feel of super 8 almost perfectly

I didn't think many people here would even know about super 8 film or even anything else about small gauge film making as craft.

If you added a slight flicker within your animation it would have the look of 8mm film dead on but the simple scratches you did was a nice effect too.

You could even color in your drawings and include some subtle light and shadow because while your drawings were extremely good.

a small touch of lights and shadows would have pushed you into daily first easily.

I hope people who see this take your little short as inspiration and than go to a flea market, yard sale, garage sale, antique shop or even the internet.

Get there hands on a super 8 or kodak brownie because they can use the camera to make there own little movies and while it would take more work and money to get it internet ready with the combined cost of film, developing film and telecine costs to get it internet ready.

The craft of small gauge film making never died in fact there are kids around the age of regular newgrounds users making there own small films just for fun and while it is a somewhat expensive endeavor.

It is also artistically satisfying much in the same way as making a complete frame by frame movie such as this.

It would be a shame if you spent all this money to get film, develop it, than telecine it and lastly either watch it for reference or tracing over the footage because than your doing all this hard work for the newgrounds audience that has no appreciation for the art of photography.

I say fuck them because photography is an art and should be a craft that more animators take up.

If you did in fact use somekind of film for reference i hope it was something you taped on a digital camera instead of actual 8mm film.

If i had used actual 8mm film than i would have shown in it the flash while capturing the feel.

you did a lot more work than you really needed to make this little masterpiece and it shows.

-PowerRangerYELLOW

[CableGuy4]

Great

Absolutely perfect it must have taken a lot of time and patients. looks amazing and the music fits so well.