whoa
this is weird lol random but it's like ...creeply weird, lol some parts i dont understand. lol but it kind of makes sense.
lol drawing wasnt too good, sound was ok.... dono what to say XD
its weird LMAO but i like it so
Reviews for "Sleepless Nights"
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This was sort of odd, creepy, nice, my style of thoughts, and funny at the same time.
The movement of the white figure was very awkward, it looked like it was limping, please draw some of your attention to that.
Also..As I noticed, that guy in the movie is you..Right?..
How did you come up with this idea?Does this remind you of your nightmares or what?
I loved the part where that one person fell out of the man's ear..That part was hilarious!!
Umm yeah..I hope you respond to this.
notorious responds:
Thanks for pointing that out to me, yeah, i did notice that myself while making it that the running guy's running is awkward, but you never know if it's that important or not until someone points it out to you! This idea actually just came to me as i was making 2 seperately different music videos (the first and second music parts, obviously) then i figured i'd string them together as a kid having 2 seperate dreams, and yeah this is how it ended up.
I'm glad you liked it and you should most probably deffinitly check out some more of my stuff!
Interesting But,. . .
Here's the short of it all. Your work was good. The concept was a cut above average. Yet, I must admit that I found your "author's comments" a bit presumptious. You try to tell people how to vote. Or you tell them that the need to know the story before they vote. Well, is it not the mark of a good flash to tell the story well enough that everyone gets it just from watching? Like I said, the work is good, but you assume too much about your viewers. I got the intended storyline without an explanation. Your work was good, but there is room for improvement. The music definitely fit the flash. All the scores I gave were a cut above average, excpt interactivity and humor. I only award interactivity points for something more than a play button. Also, I only award humor if I laugh. I don't think that you were going for laughs with this piece, so I scored it accordingly. I would definitely look forward to you future works, however I do recommend that you do not write such presumptious comments as a lead-in to your work. It almost made me want to knock you down a couple of points or vote lower because of what you said. Keep that in mind, you don't want to plead for votes, but rather earn them in an honest efforted fashion, at least, I hope you do. Well, kudos on the good job.
Neurotically Yours,
NightSpawn
notorious responds:
Thank you for an intelligent and helpful review. You know, a couple people have complained about the author's comments, so I think I WILL change them because you're right, if people get it then good, if they don't, then whatever. Thanks for the good review!
recreating realism
+++ 'anxious' looking play button.
+++ Lovely macabre font for 'sleepless nights' before intro, 'dont sleep' in middle and also after ending.
---- Figure drawn in 'intro' looked rather unrealistic and rough
++ Crumpled paper provides interesting texture.
+++ Some lovely simple vector shapes. Specially the cartoon figures in segment 1, but also tentacles and 'blood' from dummy in segment 2.
--- Mouth and licking tongue also rough-looking
+++ effective use of masks.
++++ Great matching of visuals to music mood and tempo
--- No replay button.
??? Maybe in the end screen, have the eyeballs just visible, having rolled up to the top. So it's more obvious she's dead and you haven't just forgotten to draw the pupils and irises.
??? Maybe for intro/ending, a no-outline style could have worked better.
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After a shaky intro, I really enjoyed the movie.
In the middle, I thought it was gonna end, but woah!
Your work seems best when you're not worried about recreating realism. Some movements, vectors, effects and textures are visually arresting and some sections seem flawlessly executed.
Shame that the start/end contains the worst graphics.
notorious responds:
Thanks for the good review. I'll be sure to improve on a lot of the bad stuff you said in my future animations!
idk
didnt keep mi attention very long
notorious responds:
That's surprising, this animation was intentionally made for good spellers.