Moose's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[& So We Love Playstation]

Nice Job

Awesome job with this. You definitely keep getting better with animating and drawing. It's looking really nice.

Great job to Francine. The singing definitely sounded a little bit unenergized at times, which is completely understandable, but the lyrics were absolutely great. I can't really think of a game you missed. Video game references out the wazoo. Very clever lyrics and ending was absolutely fantastic.

FaltaViva responds:

Thanks man, and I'm sure Frankie would thank you too if she were on, you need to get back in the VA scene man! (Unless you already are, I need to get back into that scene myself >_>)

[The Armenian Genocide]

Not too bad

Overall, I can tell that you put a lot of work into the animation, and it turned out pretty good, but I have some advice.

1) Subtle animations, like a head moving while talking, or using a blur in certain situations, really makes an animation come to life. Making the characters move more while they are talking, having a sunset in the desert, really small, unnoticeable things make the animation a lot better overall. You should try to involve those more in your animations.

2) Since the majority of the animation was audio-heavy, you should have made the voicing more energetic, and which have more variety. Also, the microphone quality was fairly bad. I would suggest getting voice actors for something like this, there are plenty of places to find them on the internet for free.

3) Try not to use shape tweens. They look very cheesy.

Other than that it was some pretty good animation with a good lesson behind it. Good job! :)

djbiscool responds:

Thanks for the advise. We had to use a rock band microphone which was why the quality was so bad and we wanted to get it on newgrounds by tomorrow which is why I shape tweened some things instead of doing frame by frame

[My MGS Submission]

Nice.

I really like your style of animation and drawing. Obviously this was supposed to be part of a collab, but I just wish it was longer, or had more to it. Other than that, it was very good.

SuperSkittles responds:

Maybe I'll do some more animations in the same vein as this. Maybe. Probably not, though.

Although... METAL GEEEEEARRRRRR!

[Family of Me....]

Not bad for a first.

In fact, it was amazing for a first submission. Very well drawn. Animation was solid. Very boring, but still had a lot of work put into it. Keep it up!

kawaiiminda responds:

Thank you and I'll try to put more actions next time besides i plan to make another about the same character. ^___^

[Edgar the Alien Episode 3]

Nice

Really good animation and drawing. Love the character designs. Pretty funny too. minor problems with the animation, but those are things I'm sure you'll catch once you get a bit more experience.

My biggest qualm is the audio. It is very low quality. Try standing further from the mic when you talk to avoid the pops. Also, the voices sometimes lack variety, try to get some more people doing voices for it.

Other than that though, this has really good potential.

NEDP responds:

A rock at the top of a cliff has as much potential. Someone just needs to push it off. Thanks for the review, I'll work on sound quality a little more next time around.

[MiVG: Episode 1]

Not bad at all!

Good job with this. Amazing use of sound effects for a flash game and some really tight animation.

The drawings a bit sloppy, though, the overall characters could have been made a lot cleaner. Also, the recording quality was pretty bad, lots of pops and hard to hear what people were saying, which took away from the comedy a lot. You may want to think of getting a few voice actors to help you with your series to give the voices a little more variety.

But overall, it was real good for a first episode. I can't wait to see when this thing really starts going strong.

TechFinch responds:

Thanks for the review. Sorry about the sound quality. I had to reduce the quality to get the file size under 10 megs, and that included making everything mono (which unfortunately meant that the stereo sound effects like the drum build ups became crackly at certain points). Once I get my website fixed, I plan on uploading a nicer quality version there. Thanks again for the feedback.

[Red: A Morphmation]

Interesting, but your style needs work.

Definitely not bad. I actually enjoyed it. The whole abstract change of scene made it interesting, but you need to work on the individuality of your style. It's very basic and very similar to almost all beginners.

Also, the animation wasn't very smooth at some parts, like the box dropping on the ladybug, which could definitely been prevented by using more detail, like show the box flatten out and regroup a little when it hits the ground. Subtle stuff like that makes a flash really good.

Clayman2 responds:

Thanks! I didn't really take physics into consideratio there, but I should have. I do realize whta you're saying though, effects likethat give ach animator their character. Thanks for the tip, I'll be sure to remember it.

[An Ambiguous Short]

You make us Moose's proud.

I have to say, that animation really blew me away. I just wish it was longer. Although it is somewhat of an overused idea (man turns to bird and flys), your style of animation, drawing, and the somewhat sepia tone, combined with the sound made it extremely relaxing and overall enjoyable to watch. Awesome job.

BritishMoose responds:

I never claimed the idea to be an original one ^^

Thanks very much, it's great to see such a positive review.
p.s Mooses ftw!

[Ordinary Fascism]

Umm

Not bad, cool video and all, but you did no animating, you just stuck movies together. It's basically an AMV without the A. You didn't make any of the videos, and I think that may constitue a whistle. So can you answer a few questions for me in your review?

Did you make or animate any of that other than the preloader?

Did you already make this in Windows Media Maker, Virtual Dub, or something like that, then put the video in flash, or did you mix it with Flash?

If you don't respond, I WILL whistle this, no offence.

dz2001 responds:

:::Did you make or animate any of that other than the preloader?

Lol, what are you talking about? How could i /animate/ video chronicle that was recorded more than half a sentury ago?

This is a music video, I cut a lot of pieces and glued them :P
And why should I care if you whistle? If admins decide that this is not an appropriate contend it will be removed anyway.

[Stickman makes a Change!]

It's ok

If you put music and sound effects in it, it would be really good.

Renegade-Hamster responds:

*hits head against the wall*

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