This was great. Dramatic with a touch of horror and a dash of fear. Will we see more? I need to see where this goes.
Reviews for "The Finger Eater - Chapter 1"
I like it. It's dark, a little spooky, and a whole lot of fun. the music fits it perfectly, and the rough animation style adds to the feel of the piece. It's a neat, original piece, and I can't wait to see the next part.
Hey there,
Pretty Good , i like the drawing style as it suits the environment well. Lighting, Camera angles, colours are all pretty spot on. May i ask, which program you used to animate/ edit all this?
Im an aspiring animator myself and would love to do more complex 2D animations like yours, as im still on Stick figures at the moment :/ Any advice/ YT vids i could find to create such stuff ?
Peace,
HDA
TheFabs responds:
All done in Flash cs5.
The fact that she's got a large upper lip but no lower lip whatsoever is quite unsettling, and I couldn't really take my attention away from that. It looks like someone punched her in the mouth.
Apart from that I did enjoy the movie.
TheFabs responds:
RIP
Interesting concept and decently animated, but the premise lacks the pacing and subtlety to make the inevitable part 2 worth looking forward to. Having the creature already state that it demands severed fingers from a possible list of anyone lacks the usual mystery and dread that comes with a "deal with the devil" storyline, and because the protagonist so readily agrees to such a monstrous price without the story showing the audience a more severe level of torment from the bully makes Ruby a non-empathetic character and thus hard to root for when the inevitable horror of the deal hits her.
That being said, the foreshadowing of the first scene is a good touch, and the rhyming works more often than it doesn't, though I think less pause between the stanzas' individual lines would have given it more impact and better flow. All in all a respectable effort, but the break between part 1 and 2 takes you out of the story and gives the audience too much time to think.
TheFabs responds:
Reasons why Ruby agrees to this deal so readily (besides wanting revenge for HERSELF obviously), catches and loopholes in the deal, and many other things that make the concept much more interesting are going into future parts. I was sure to set up these things to come in the first installation, even though their significance may not be apparent yet. At first glance, her taking the deal and wanting revenge may seem very selfish and make her seem like the real villain, but the birthday card from Alice is there to break up that idea just a bit. The voice in the locker claims she has no friends and she never physically says she does ether, but the birthday card says otherwise with the text on it that reads "Your secret friend, Alice".
Anyway, this is all to say that maybe Ruby isn't so unlikable since, just maybe, her reason for taking the deal isn't just for her personal well-being, and maybe she has someone else to fight for. I show the card once at the beginning and again towards the end to emphasize it could mean something crucial to the story.
ANYWAY, with that said, I guess I see what you mean. BUT I THINK I DESERVE MORE THAN 2/5 OKAY BYE