Nice flash
Beautiful flash. Pretty good considering how fast you had to make it. Even though this isn't the meaning, the flash kind of reminded me of a bad friendship. A friendship that starts off good but, eventually ends horribly.
Reviews for "Friendship."
Good
Haha great animation skills and story, I also liked my song's Cameo.
Overall Pretty good
For a 48 hour limit effort, this is actually really good.
The animation still smooth, and I can see the effort put into the art and color.
I also liked pretty much most of the story.
What it lacks , however, is a proper explanation to the story ( which I see many people have asked about in earlier comments.)
Perhaps you could explain it to us? :)
Im pretty sure a lot of people want to know what exactly happened.
Heartfelt and Dark
Hey funkycaveman,
--Production--
The art was brilliant and the animation amazingly smooth. Considering the time frame required, small lapses such as the weird blowing of the hair in the wind, and the inconsistent looping of the rain sample, are overlooked. You have done great for the time required.
--Experience--
The flash was slow-moving, and emotional, right until the very end. It set up the mood perfectly for the shocking ending, which I believe was apt. The cruelty of the ending was haunting, and raw. However, the pace could have still been improved, since at some points it feels more than achingly slow.
--Style--
The style was emotional and heartfelt, a flash to ponder over rather than critically analyze. It had interesting soulful benefits, such as the examination of a friendship, "the only unsinkable ship". It was very stylish and well presented.
--Wow Factor--
There was a certain wow factor with the slick animation and the wonderful characterisation, but I felt we could have been more intimately involved with the characters. Maybe something outside the montage of specific things they did, like make a fire, going out for a fly, or feeding the bird. That would enhance the relationship even further.
--Personal Tilt--
I liked the forward-thinking nature of this. In the age of egoraptor flashes and "asdfmovie3"s, there doesn't seem much room for thinking movies like this. That's why I like the daring nature of this piece and its willingness to go past the norm. Well done.
--Production-- = 17/20
--Experience-- = 19/20
--Style-- = 14/20
--Wow Factor-- = 13/20
--Personal Tilt-- = 14/20
OVERALL SCORE: 77/100
Benjamin
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funkycaveman responds:
Thanks for the review. You clearly understand the difficulties of animating something with only 48 hours to do so. We will take all of your comments into consideration, this will improve future flashes created by use, as part of a team or not.
Sad story
The animation was quite well doe actually for something put together in the time span of just two days alone. The backgrounds were nicely done as well and the wavy hair was quite nice too.
The story started out kind of sad as the bird's wing was broken and it becomes happy for a short time as the bird befriends the boy and they live together for a few years in the forest as they build a house/nest together but then it comes to the sad conclusion of the forest being burned down for some reason.
The bird later dies and becomes angry as it's wing wasn't fixable at all. I'm guessing the boy died with the bird after he had grown. Storyline was sad overall, beautiful but sad.
Very nice choice in audio as well as they were quite fitting songs, excellent work on this forty eight hour collaboration.
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