New and different! :D
And nicely done! Hope to see more in the future.
Reviews for "History of an Animation"
Poster in the cinema... HOW? x.x
I couldn't see any indication it was photoshopped unless there was never a poster in there to begin with then it would have been much easier to do, do you work in a cinema or something? Because the movie poster at the end was a great final touch. I may have been one of the first to do a flash/video fusion movie, but I limited my scope not thinking I could pull off better ideas compared to other guys here like yourself who just went for it.
There are snobs here who may tear this movie apart due to the drawing style showing inexperience, but I'm only just realizing now myself you only get that experience from having the guts to try in the first place, keep at it and the experience will take care of itself.
Jasmerrin responds:
To answer your first question: it wasn't really photoshopped. As many people have pointed out, I'm not incredibly experienced in the electronic arts. This is perhaps my fourth year with Flash, and second with Photoshop (I can only do still images - I've never actually attempted using it in a movie, though I did consider it for this one. I made the poster and went to a Kinkos to have it printed. I then went to three theaters to ask permission to hang it up; I got lucky with the third one. Then it was just a matter of synching the first shot of the film with the last shot of the animation. Hope that helped!
Anyways... I truly appreciate your comments. First of all, they were very flattering, and probably much more than I deserved. Second, your understanding and encouragement to keep going for it was very encouraging in the face of the "animation could have been better e-mails."
Nice idea
There seems to be something wrong though, but not with your animation.
It's like there's a huge fad of combining reallife footage with Flash graphics.
Not that I don't like it though.
But (there's always a but), people seem to forget that this animation isn't much different than a normal animation. I actually have considered the fact that it must have been a pain in the ass to paste the scenes to each other.
But apart from the reallife footage, the animation is quite plain.
Actually, if you have submitted this without the books flipping, I think you would score much worse. Like if you intend to flip a book, your animation will get better.
I do think that people think I'm a jerk for criticizing this matter, but that's what I thought. The reviewers here are to judge your Flash, so it can't be helped.
Besides a 7 isn't bad at all :).
the concept is solid
I loved the idea behind this piece, and you did a good job pacing it , bringing it together. My only gripe was the animation itself which seems rushed.
also the flipbook sequences could've been more believable with a simple flicker to the animation.
some of its fake
some of its fake