very good animation
while they were singing such a cool song i was beatboxing to put some extra into it :D.
ok enough of useless comments.
animation was great,love the characters,setting connected nicely with themood of the movie and it was great to watch.
reminds you of a kid show :D.nicely done guys
Great!
Everythings great, but not perfect. The first of which I can point out is the audio. It was a little off at points and Aqua's voice was really...unnatural and unfitting to me. Overall a great and creative flash, just a few issues here and there, most obviously some of the audio.
Good
Well really great, but after reading a great book on animating (The Animator's Survival Kit), this could have been a lot better. Movements were basic and always fallowed a cycle. The best animation I saw was in the background when the bat was trying to sing to the little water dragon, which was behind the Hawaiian Puppy when he was complaining about the bat's horrible singing. Things I saw that could have been improved where as follows:
a. When the HPs (Hawaiian Puppies) are dancing behind the two headed bat, it was just a cycle of countless puppies doing the same dance. It would have been more interesting to have them 3-4 Dance across the screen in the same amount of time as the infinite puppies but give each their own dance across or at least a dance more elaborate then moving their arms up and down.
b. I feel the running of the little water dragon was stiff and needed to be more flexible. I would have also suggested a more skip-like run, to make her seem more young and adorable.
c. I would also comment on the jump she performs at the end of the run and spin, which felt as if she floated into the air and then fell.
d. I felt the drummers could have been a little more diverse such as maybe a smaller one pounding on the drum with a big drumstick, would have been funny to see him struggle with the weight and add diversity to the drummers.
Overall this was a good animation that, with a little more effort can become great. This is much better than anything I have done yet, but I hope that I can learn and work with you in the future. Also would like to congratulate you on the great backgrounds. Anyways keep animating cuz you got the talent for it. Thanks for reading and I hope you have a great day.
Ah yeah, I've actually read that book before. I remember when it was first published I was 12 and spent all my savings on it XD.
I would agree that the best part of the short, in terms of animation, was the scene where MattLin was dancing in the background as the puppy complained in the foreground. And pretty much all your suggestions to the animation would enhance it and give the piece even more charm.
We were originally trying to have this finished in time to enter it into a Nickelodeon Film Festival / Competition, so some parts may have been rushed from the storyboard process onward, but I appreciate your input.
Fun
The only real complaint I have about this piece is the writing/voice acting for the dragon/spirit guy. It's kind of odd that all the other character have really natural sounding voices with normal dialogue, while that one character has an awful voice and unconvincing writing. Dunno.
Other than that, this is a light-hearted musical cartoon with flashy colors, sickeningly cute characters, and a catchy beat. If this were a series, I would definitely keep an eye out for future installments.
Dorah the Explorah?
This video reminded me of a children-esque show. This in itself is a great and not so great thing because while it does kind of make fun of children's shows (which is great,) being in the same category as Dora the Explorer just moves your rating down due to personal bias. You however, have overcome that bias by adding in jokes.
9/10
5/5