Sound-O-Vision's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Renegade Awesome Episode1]

YEAH

Awesome! The "Media Offline" frame is what did it for me.

[It's a Sign!]

ha!

short, sweet, and to the point. Framerate was a little low, though.

[Apocalypse Please EP: 1 A]

I love this series

I love this series, great concept, voice acting, art. The darkening of characters for dramatic effect felt a little overdone in this one though. If I could suggest a technique, try using a gradient like this:
BLACK --- BLACK
0% Alpha --- 70% Alpha

Place a gradient on the top and bottom of the stage to get that "anime-esque" dramatic feel. I like to leave about 30% of the stage uncovered. You can shape tween the gradient to have it fade in or out. It'd be a nice change up from what appears to be tired Brightness tweening. This technique is particular effective on extreme close up of a character's eyes.

Did I overstep my boundaries spitting out my flash ideas? Maybe I just wish I was animating instead of revising budgets. Keep up the good animation!

[OT01: Out There]

very cool!

Nice shot composition. I think that maybe the changing of the pixel sizes was a bit confusing for some. I know my eyes had to adjust a little from shot to shot, the smaller the pixels the better looking the shot, IMHO. All in all, very cool animation and very fitting music. I look forward to more!

[The Protomen - Unrest]

Awesome

I really love the story, music, vocals, and animation. Nice touch with the faux film lines. A great piece of work!

[Sundays]

Low Framerate

Great art, but the low framerate made it hard for me to watch. You can double up your frames with F5 in the timeline. Good luck in the future!

Stibby responds:

Thank you and I will look into that for my future animations.
I appreciate the feedback.
:D

[EFN Episode 1: Lies]

fantastic!

I thought this animation was f**kin fantastic! Great voice acting, art, character designs, and animation. My only qualm is that I felt like the fade-to-black transitions between scenes was a little bit of a crutch. Don't be afraid to get in there and mask out some nice transitions!

Drop me a PM if you'd like some advice on how to do this. It can really add to the mood and keep the story flowing.

[Tall 'n Short]

it speaks to me

if my heart was on a gray line, it would look like this.

[TIH - Hugs]

needs a little polish

Nice animation! Some thoughts -

Theme song was a little fast, couldn't read the character names and didn't have enough time to really check out the (cool) show logo

The robot's voice is a little annoying, for lack of a better way of putting it, and a bit hard to understand. Perhaps giving it a little more bass, or not raising the pitch so much, might help. The other character's voice sounds great, but when it goes to the robot it's like listening to it through headphones three feet away.

The quick cutting and animation style was very cool, but the lack of sound effects made it seem a little boring. I noticed this especially during the scene transition.

Good first episode, good luck on future ones! Feel free to PM me if you need clarification on any of my notes.