Bravo! This is amazing, but just what is that white-skinned, blue-eyed, water-walking, weather-controlling girl supposed to be? Is she some sort of alien, bioweapon experiment gone wrong, a minor goddess, or a mutant of some sort? I'm just asking because she yet she is clearly traumatized by all the ruins she saw underwater, and that plus the drawings of the red-headed girl imply that the white-skinned girl is the only one of her kind and is thus solely responsible for the world being flooded. Fantastic job, nonetheless.
Reviews for "Flotsam"
UniversalHeat responds:
I'm so glad you enjoyed it! I left the girl's backstory intentionally ambiguous, because ultimately it doesn't matter what she is. What matters is what she did, and how it's affected both her and what's left of the world. Although I did leave a bit of a background hint about her identity in my most recent film "Hellevator." ;)
nice
Beautiful story!
Have to say the intro did open a lot of questions. Like, a bunch of them heh xP
It does have a very unique-esque style to it. Both in terms of aesthetic and tone.
It does a very good "show, don't tell", though, quite a lot of things feel a bit unanswered. So it's a mixed bunch.
It does have quite a few "inexplicable" moments. Where things don't seem all that explained or fleshed out. (Mostly in a "wouldn't that have eroded?", "how does she know x?" manner and etc.)
Still, incredibly well made as a whole. Explores a lot on the whole "What have I done?". Does milk it a bit, and as said: leaves a lot unanswered. Even excluding a lot of the more vague things.
UniversalHeat responds:
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it as a whole. I agree that some parts could be better explained, although the narrative is largely symbolic, but I guess clarifying everything in a 12-minute short with no dialogue was more difficult than I'd anticipated. Anyway, thanks for your review! I'll keep that in mind for my next project.
very nice. a few spots where the animation hitched, but only a very few, and those may have been due to my system and not the content.
Excellent use of non-verbal storytelling.