pff...
well it was good, and the effects were awesome, but i dont really get the storyline, and the faces could've been a bit better, but defenitly better then amateurs (: ill just give it an 8
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For a better sound quality verion and credits:
http://maverick22.deviant art.com/art/CCC-Wars-Ep-1 -117023032
So here it is at long last.
Can't even say how much of a nightmare I have had while doing this. :faint:
I had to do it twice. Final product is the 3rd version.
Files got corrupted twice. :cry:
And then when it was working, it was too much for my lil comp. :sad:
So there was only one way for me to finish it. I needed to UPGRADE!!!!! so Now with 4x the Ram and 2x the CPU power! that I used to have. :eager:
(before it would take literally 30secs to create a new keyframe. XD)
I am able to finally bring this to you. =D
I don't know what else to say, but enjoy and keep an eye out for EP3. Yes Episode 3 following this one in a few days.
Nice fancy-pants credits
Yeah... The whole thing was ok. It wasn't terrible but yeah the insanity of the plot got me laughing. It's pretty obvious you put some time on this but I couldn't say the action was particularly entertaining. Try and make the action more..."focused" or with some kind of purpose.
Maverick22 responds:
fancy-pants credits?
You understood the plot? Kudos. Your the first and only since there was supposed to be almost no plot or a very vague one.
Practice makes perfect!
Thank your for watching and for the review
Haha! I remember this!
So you decided to start it over from zero?
Great art and animations.
On the critical side. It does need a play button and it would really help any kind of explanation to what is it about for those who have no idea what CCC is.
For those people this movie is based on the members of CCC Forums (The forums of the web comic CCC and flash animations of Vinnie Veritas). Since most of the recurrent members have their own characters, Maverick made a small series (like a year or so ago) in which they fight an unknown evil that was taking over CCC.
Question thought, Why did you say "keep an eye out for EP3"? Where's EP2? xD
Maverick22 responds:
Starting from zero. Yes and No. What your have seen or may have seen is from Ep.3 or at least the first part of ep.3
XD dang something so simple like a play button totally skipped my mind. I guess I could have explained what CCC was. =/
Because Ep1 is action with some vague story if that. Ep. 3 is more action with a bit of story and then ep.2 is the stoyr fleshed out with some action. Your supposed to watch ep1 and 3 and confused as to why we/they are fighting. and then watch ep. 2 and make why they are fighting click!
I liked it... but
But there is one problem though...
The story line is too vauge. You did a great job on the characters and all, but there is no real story line to this at all. This was great, but it needs to be explained
Maverick22 responds:
since I answered, I'll just Copy+Paste it. "you aren't supposed to know for what and why these 2 factions are fighting for til Ep. 2 which is why Ep. 2 comes out til after ep.3 comes out. Makes sense? Its like I give you 2 episodes that are supposed to confuse you yet intrigue you into wanting to know whats going on. and then ep.2 will fill in the gap between 1 and 3 (obviously) and everything will make sense.?" I'll add some more. Kinda like a Tarantino movie where he tends to start in the middle of the story and then go back to the beginning and then the End
Thank your for watching and for the review
Oh boy.
All right. Here we go.
Firstly, please add a play button. I left the room, and suddenly music starts playing and other sound effects begin to sound off.
Secondly, like zabutei said, I don't understand why they're fighting, what's going on, who the protagonist and antagonist is. So as far as I can tell, the story needs to be more clearly shown.
Thirdly, the facial expressions are the same the entire time. Even while the gray haired guy is getting kicked into a wall, he's still smiling. I did like the drawings though.
Fourthly, the animation seemed a bit slow. Being a fellow animator, I know how difficult it can be to make a fight scene look good with your characters arms and legs still attached (take madness for example, no arms, or legs) but either way, you're adding in the limbs, so you've gotta make it look good. Take a bit more time to make things look fantastic.
Fifthly (Yeah, I know), try changing camera angles more often. It'll keep the viewer more interested.
Sixthly, please add voices. I can't tell you how old school it is to have text at the bottom of the screen.
Lastly, I don't know how you did that fire thing when the chick was... firing up, but it was great! I'd appreciate it if you let me know how you did it!
So, I know that seemed like a pretty harsh critique but I think that you've got potential. Just spend a bit more time working on each episode and they could be great.
Maverick22 responds:
I'll try to answer or your comments. XD
1) ha ha yeah. sorry, I didnt even think of adding it. I just assumed people would just sit there til it finished loading. Will add it in the future episodes.
2)since I answered it to Zabutei, I'll just Copy+Paste it. "you aren't supposed to know for what and why these 2 factions are fighting for til Ep. 2 which is why Ep. 2 comes out til after ep.3 comes out. Makes sense? Its like I give you 2 episodes that are supposed to confuse you yet intrigue you into wanting to know whats going on. and then ep.2 will fill in the gap between 1 and 3 (obviously) and everything will make sense.?" I'll add some more. Kinda like a Tarantino movie where he tends to start in the middle of the story and then go back to the beginning and then the End.
3)I'll agree to this. I guess it was just lazy on my part but I honestly didn't even notice til I was far into it. But the white haired guy who is actually just a cameo from my other Flash story, is always smiling while fighting even when he is being punished. He's psycho like that.
4) This is part my fault and part my comps fault. This project, even though its short in length was the biggest file size I've ever done. Much of the flash is all frame by frame, Mainly the fight part where the girl(Nawa) and the white haired guy(Danny) are inside the room. The turn around frames where Danny dashes in with his scorpion claws took like 2 hours and its like 1 second of animation if that and then spin kick where Nawa kicks the wall took like 6 hours. Since Flash kept crashing. Part of this issue was because my comp is/was realllllly old. I was only working with 512mbs or Ram. Creating a frame would literally take 30 secs. Im not joking. Half way thru I upgraded ti 2gigs of Ram. So now I can work at a much faster rate. =D
(kinda went on a rant there. So I just was looking to cut corners here then there while working with my old ass comp)
5) This is where I have a biiiig problem. BGs and my biggest issue, I SUCK at them big time. Which is why I try to keep them as simple as possible. and less diff angles. But I have to get over that fear sooner or later. So I guess I will try and experiment.
6)Other people have told me this as well. 2 reasons why I didn't even look to this. 1. I have tried it before and it was such a nightmare. People dropping left and right for no reason. or agreeing and then never sending their lines. and 2. These characters are not my characters, They are/were created by members of Vinnies Forums, so I don't know how they sound or what their mannerism of speech is.
7) Very easy really, just a bunch of strokes and then putting a blur and glow filter on them.
Not harsh at all, all the complaints are understandable. And are useful for future episodes.
Thank your for watching and for the review