The song used
should have remained a poem. It was boring and made it slow. Good use of dark colors though.
I need more "strange fruit" where I live.
Reviews for ""Strange Fruit""
J-qb responds:
I'm guessing you need more poeple to talk about racism right? the other way would be a bit odd.
Brightness
My monitor can't show the dark brightness in the test-text in the beginning unless I rotate it such that I look from the bottom up.
Why do I have to look from the bottum up to my monitor, if you, the flash artist could just have made it a little less dark instead? It's not that hard...
J-qb responds:
I did not have the recources (i.e. computers) to test this, but I tested it on my laptop and on my parents old pc, and on both there were no problems with the dark tones, even without adjusting the monitor.
If I had made it brighter it might have been better for you, but would have been not as good for other poeple. sorry
Yawwwnn...
I give 3 for the effort seeing as how this is your first flash, plus 2 for the message. Overall I can't say that I enjoyed it because I didn't like the fact that the words were displayed to a song in which every line made me want to yawn my fucking jaw off. Well, at least until you hit the "LEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAVVEEEEESSSS" part. That was frightening.
Interesting.
Five for the animation.
The song was interesting, but the vocalist's voice was annoying.
Next you can make a video about all the thousands upon thousands of white people murdered, raped, and abused by black people every year.
J-qb responds:
This is not about who killed who. It is about who got killed for the wrong reasons.
As far as the song is concerned, that would be a matter of opinion.
Disappointing.
When I saw this on the front page I was very happy, as it's rare to find touching things on NG these days, but overall the video was a real disappointment. I really liked the flow, and the pacing of the visuals, but the animations themselves weren't too great. The kicker for me was terrible version of the song that you used... why not use Billie's, she had a very strong but mellow voice, this version is just WAY too stark/oddly paced for my taste. Sorry, just being honest, and you had a good intent so 5/10.
J-qb responds:
I personally like this version way better, but I can understand why poeple dont like it.