Reviews for Hamlet: Act 3 Scene 1

[Erica-Annihilation]

Well

I've studied Hamlet in particular a great deal and I must confess I don't think this animation correctly captures the meaning of the soliloquy. I mean this is his inner turmoil of whether or not to carry out the grimly task which will damn him, or to commit suicide which would also damn him, it just doesn't feel like this animation really says anything about that. This is supposed to be a debate on existance, this is where the lines of sanity become blurred. All of these examples of pain and suffering make this scene hectic and fast paced, however your flash is slow and uninspiring, in fact you use the same background which contradicts the imagery. I also think you could have used a better audio for that, it wasn't very strong.

[Zelda-Gamer0]

Did you really even read the play?

I know you said that you weren't the best at flash, and I understand that; I can't really say I've even really tried it before. But, this is not a review on the flash, it is a review on the actual play and scene. You say at the end that you know there is no skeleton in the castle at that point, which is good. The problem that I have with it is a lot of what Dracco said: there is no life or emotion in his voice. This is supposed to be a deep scene with Hamlet as he reflects on death, which, I guess you kinda got with the really bored sounding voice. However, what really got me, was that when he says "Soft you now! The fair Ophelia!" he isn't just thinking of her, she is really there in the castle and has been listening to him the entire time really along with her father and he running over to her and happy to see her and then scene goes on from there as he finds out she is really almost working against him.

Again, I'm not judging you on your art skills really, more of that it seems like you read the monologue and that was it; that you didn't even look at the few lines before or after the actual monologue. That's all that got to me really (being someone that has actually played Hamlet in a production of the play)

RavenIga responds:

Yes I read the play. This is not my voice. I would've done it myself but sticking a girl voice on a guy would've been awkward. XD

I know the voice is bad, but I didn't have much time to work with my actor as the assignment was due in a little under 2 weeks. I think I may have him redo the voice though with more emotion since I've got time now, but for until then I need it up here as a back up since flash is quite possibly the most unreliable program I've ever worked with. Thanks for the review.

[traintrack6]

You could have at least done a good recording

Okay, the flash is iffy, but I've seen worse. However, the true power of Shakespeare is supposed to be in the text, and the voice acting for this lacked any sort of presence or power that would have redeemed the animation. I wouldn't have minded the iffy flash if there had been a decent recording to it, but this lacked the emotion or acting that would have made it interesting, even if the animation had been fantastic.

Nice choice in background music though.