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Under the Influence.

September 16, 2009 –
September 8, 2020
This entry was deleted.

Here is its eulogy, a collection of the kind words written about it while still among the living. They shall live on forever in its place.

Author Comments

**EDIT: I have pursued my idea to complete my 4:20 flash as a whole. Therefore making this only a sneak peak at the opening scene to the flash. Only this portion will be based upon the Above the Influence ads (unless I had a skit otherwise). Keep an eye out for it. Should be hopefully completed by 4/20/10.**

420 Episode I: Under the Influence
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*Note: Familiarize yourselves with the Above the Influence ad's before watching otherwise you will be left with awe and confusion.*

After a year of abandoning my idea to make the most amazing 4:20 flash movie for everybody's favorite holiday, I've come across my Loader/Menu that I have created as a start. The origional plan was to make one long flash movie containing many short clips. But I have come with the brilliant idea of making it into a series of episodes.

The very first episode HAD to be a parody of the 'Above the Influence' commercial that everyone loves. I tried to match the graphics as best as I could and put in into more of a stoner's perspective. Hope you enjoy, feel free to post any critism or ideas you may have for future episodes. Dont hate :).
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Music (In Order):
Mystic Roots - Pass the Marijuana
Charlie Campbell - Showtime Paul
Rebelution - Green to Black

Special Thanks:
WayTooMany.com and Un-Named Stoner for the idea.

Reviews

~ Review Request Club ~

~ Animation ~

Not very good animation wise, but I understand this was to make fun of the animation that was used in the commercials and I think you did a very good job at doing what they did in the commercial. I do think that when the woman appeared it would have looked a bit better if she walked in instead of sliding in.

~ Graphics ~

Again, not very good graphics wise, but does match the commercial pretty good. I was actually a little confused at first as I thought you actually took the commercial and put it into your flash. :P So not good for a regular flash, but great for what you were making it for.

~ Story/Content ~

Like I've already said a couple of times it was a pretty good parody. A little funny, but nothing really too comical to make me laugh that much or anything. I don't know how you could improve the humor, but it just really didn't do it for me. After the dog getting high part I wasn't much interested in it at all.

~ Audio ~

The music before the movie played and the music during the movie was great. Good quality, good volume, etc.. Was there voices in the commercials? I can't remember, but if there was it would probably be nice to add voices in the flash as well.

~ Overall/Summary ~

Overall, a decent parody. Wasn't really too funny, but it was a nice play on the commercial. Voices might have added some value to the submission.

~ Review Request Club ~

Good parody

Well, at first I didn't know what to do with this flash, but then I took your advise and watched some "above the influence" ads. This gives me a better idea what do to with your flash.

It's a very good parody. You managed to adobt the kinda sloppy drawing style of the ad you parodied and you also used the same music, which is also good.

At first I thought you should have animated the characters a bit better, but seeing as they move the same way in the original ad as well I think it's okay to also put in so little animation yourself.

{ Review Request Club }

Not a bad work...

{Animation/Graphics}

Not bad in a commercial kinda way. Animation was kinda skippish and not exactly smooth. The transitions, such as when the dog was walking or the man getting up, were virtually non-existent. Not a bad job though, could use some improvements.

Graphics were simple and there were no backgrounds or colours to add depth but seeing as its based on the commercial, i won't go on too much about this. Liked the fact that u still gave it a 3D look...

Not a bad job. Could've beeen worse...

{Story/Concept}

A pretty funny stroyline. quite a good parody. The concept was pretty original too and the fact that you extended the whole thing and gave it a new ending was a pretty cool idea too. Good job...

{Audio}

like milinko959, i liked the fact that you started with the original tracks and then moved on, quite smoothly i might add, to a couple of new tracks. Quite a good job on these terms. Not bad...

{Overall}

Liked the whole thing. A very good parody. Used the same concepts of the original commercial but with a couple of added twists. Nice work. Can't wait for the next...

Darklight17
-Review Request Club-

(title in work)

I enjoyed this. One thing I liked about this was how you started with the music that was in the original commercials and made a smooth transition over to some different tracks. That was a nice touch. The graphical style worked well being a parody. It looked just like the commercials. In terms of storyline it was pretty funny as well. A nice job overall.

Review Request Club.

Simple

Very nice.
Tad short, though.

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4.54 / 5.00