seanjames's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[-The Island Fight-]

Nice work

Normally I'd be rough on an entry like this, but given that you guys are as young as you are I'm very impressed. Please don't take that as a bad thing. You guys have a lot of potential to be producing work like this at your age. Don't be discouraged if the people of Newgrounds are rough on this submission. Keep at it. You guys have a lot of great work ahaed of you.

slowz responds:

thanks man! Thats really inspirational.
I'll keep trying, getting a bit better. I still dont know much about AS, im just a good animator, so this was hard for me. Its really buggy for some reason. INtro movie doesnt wanna play. I dont get how to fix that. Thanks man! <33333333333333333333333333

[littleFoot]

Livin' the dream

Keep at it bro. Love your work. And I really respect your decision to walk away from Disney. Don't let your dreams be dreams.

[Smoking & Sea Turtles]

Nice

I especially liked the turtle at the end who as unfortunate enough to be in the "line of fire". Subtle jokes are the best. Nice job.

[gigex]

Not too bad for a first pass

You've got a handle on animation. With some practice you will be making some pretty impressive stuff. The only comment I have for now is that you need to get a hold of your audio. You shouldn't be using stereo sound or full length songs. Stick to shorter loops and compress your audio (publish settings screen). Play around with different quality settings and watch what it does to the file size. You should be able to find a happy medium between quality of music and filesize.

Good luck in the future. You need to get your hands on a copy of Flash so that you can improve your skills and start chruning out some great stuff for Newgrounds.

kojitia responds:

im working on it right now i think i got the hang of it lol

[Parachute Guy]

The animation could use some work but.......

I watch a lot of what comes through here and I'm a movie buff. I must say, you have an excellent grasp of cinematics. You know how to frame a shot and switch between shots. Very easy to follow and well scripted. I would suggest working on your animation or simply falling into directing. Seriously, you've got talent, it just may not be in drawing/animating. Then again you may have that too and just ened to work on it or be more patient. Good luck to you.

[Rest in Peace]

Oh man that was great.

I'm not an animal lover, so you won't get any nasty comments from me. Simple but funny....cartoons don't always have to be long to be entertaining. The FBF was nice too, especially when the little dog was trying to pull it's head out of the bowl. Well done!

[Stick Vs Human]

Great idea....

But poorly executed. I think this could be really great, but you're going to have to put some effort into it. Smooth out the animation, storyboard your framing, etc.

LeoZ responds:

ok, cool. I'm not sure what you mean by 'storyboard your framing', but I'll look into it. thanks :)

[MC forum: Pico collab]

Nice.

Good work on the Boondock Staints reference.

hexar responds:

Yea, that was a favorite of mine, too. that's why he got the 2nd place, it was longer than deej's, even though deej's animation was flawless

[Merry Melony ep.1]

Amazing...simply amazing.

I always love seeing a new style and this truly is it. Your backgrounds have excellent depth, which is what many flash animations (mine included) lack. In such as small viewing space, it's very easy to create a piece that feels claustrophobic, but you manage to open the space up beautifully. Loved your use of multiple angles per scenes as well, most people don't take the time to do that, but it gives a very nice cinematic feel. I could go on and on I suppose, but I'll save some accolades for the other users to give. I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of the series.

[Shotgun Santa 2004]

Not really a fan of sprite movies, but not too bad

If you're going to use George Winston's music, at least give him credit.

Kaosboy85 responds:

Oops, forgot to give credit to the audio guys:( Thanks for the review:)