Ignyte's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[EVolution-abduction ep1]

Quite Clever

Overall, 3/5 : 7/10

Audio: 8/10
Animation: 6/10
Plot: 8/10

The BGM and sound's were fine. nothing wrong there, however the distorted voices and average voice acting in most parts kinda let you down a bit.

On the animation side of the flash, It was okay, A bit heavy on the gradience for my liking but all in all, it was okay...

The plot was quite clever indeed, however you failed to disclose any information about any of the characters, why these two people from different time zones have been abducted and why they are 'chained' to the wall.
The part about the 'Alien' being just an evolved human was really clever, and the way you explained it was really well done.

Final Summation, A little more time and effort will really project your future flashes much better.
If this is the life for you then I strongly suggest that you lash out and buy a decent microphone, practice voice acting and try to get help/collaborate with others who have done the same thing.
You certainly have the making of a good animator, you just need to keep at it.

Alright for the front page.

[LIFE + DEATH]

Great! just kidding, it was shit-house.

Overall, 0/5 : 1/10

Audio: shit
Animation: shit
Plot: shit

Honestly not worth reviewing....
My only suggestion is to burn it, burn it with fire.

I gave a 1 just for giggles and I felt sorry for this horrible catastrophe that has plagued our front page.

[Halo Reach: Armor Locked]

and it had an extra ending!

Overall 9/10 : 4/5

Audio: 10/10
Animation: 7/10
Plot: 10/10

Audio-wise this was perfect, all levels were balanced nicely with the BGM, SFX and Vocals. nothing more needs to be said there.

The animation lacked detail in the first few scenes and in some other views throughout the animation. I did like how you made the upper half of the torso's move from their weapons recoil. (you'd be surprised at how little people try to recreate a feeling or add depth into their flash)
Towards the end of the animation, both the animation itself and the detail was beautifully done, some excellent effects in use and a couple transitions just to name a few were unbelievably good!
It was that lack of detail in some areas however that killed your animation score a bit.

Plot wise, I would only change but one thing. You failed to explain or show why the guy used shield-lock in the first place. other than that, this was one damn good flash!

so, all in all, This is a must-watch! and absolutely worthy of the front page!
Good job, mate!

DoomzDayChikn responds:

yeah, as an artist, I know I can always perform better. But I simply figured it for a "simple" flash, where story was to outweigh the detail. I see some movies that are so horribly drawn, but its got a good story so people like it.

Not that I was aiming for low standards, but rather that I didn't want to spend 3 times as long working on a good looking flash with a sub-par story.

[Apathy Day]

hmmmm

Overall 6/10 : 3/5

Audio: 7/10
Animation: 5/10
Plot: 7/10

The audio was a bit all over the place, a few points of distortion, the voice levels wernt very stable much either, for example, the girl's scream in the burning building sounded like you were trying to yell quietly into the mic.

Animation wise, well... what can I say, it was all over the place.
There were a couple parts where I liked the animating efforts but most appeared as half-assed efforts, un-smooth and boring.

and as for the plot, well. yeah its a cool idea and all, but I got a little lost during the 2 or 3 scenes that strung together only to be brought back by the narrator.
It was like the flash didnt know weather to be an advertisement or an actual story...

Overall it's alright and some may find this amusing, however I dont think this should be on the front page.
Keep at it though, youll get there quickly!

[Pac-man goes: Exploring]

surprisingly good

Overall 4/5 : 9/10

Audio: 9/10
Animation: 9/10
Plot: 10/10

Audio was nice, some of the voices were a tad bit too quiet but other than that it was beautifully balanced with the sounds, voices and BGM.

The Animation was very nice too, very smooth (although the lack of things moving which makes it easier) But This was quite appealing to me.

Plot wise, I wouldnt change a single thing.
It was structured, clever and had its twists and such.

Overall, this is a damn good flash! Definitely worthy of the front page!

[Voyager (with subs)]

Quite interesting

Overall 8/10 : 4/5

Audio: 8/10
Animation: 7/10
Plot: 9/10

The audio was a tad bit... Fuzzy if you know what I mean, some of the voices were a bit distorted too. But only a little.
In the Animation sides of things, this was pretty good, but the style in which you animated makes it hard to animate smoothly, It's a rather basic yet effective style. But the lack of a higher frame-rate and/or smoother animation sorta didnt do it for me.

The Plot, was excellent! a little bit of extra work could have been done to give it the highest score but a 9 is damned good!

All in all, I havnt watched a decent animation like this in a while, it went for a nice comfortable length, It was informative and clear.
The message was also damn in your face.

Very good job, This is definitely worthy of the front page.

[ABC Happy Time]

Yeah right...

Overall 8/10:4/5
Audio: 9/10
Animation: 7/10
Plot: 7/10

Sound quality was nice but the tune got a little boring after a while...

The animation was... eh, not crap but not great either (apart from the blood splatter [although I suspect that wasn't your animating at all, or your creation])

And the plot was clever, a nice little twist here and there kept me mostly from going back to the front page.

All in all, its alright, and it only just made the 4/5 vote mark, so yeah.
Congrats and keep it up.

Pretty much alright for the front page.

[: Back Packing It :]

hmmm

Overall 3/5 : 7/10
Audio: 4/5
Animation: 3/5
Plot: 3/5

Sigh, these episodes have gotten rather boring as of late...
The chicks hideously over weight and her insults carry on for far too long... just for the sake of swearing (it would seem.... whoopy... profanity)

So the sound quality in everything was nice byt the BGM once again was just boring... and the lil dudes voice was a tiny bit distorted when his voice raised.

Animation ways the only thing that moved smoothly was the fat-chicks tits, everything else was a series of start-to-finish styled animation with one or two inbetween frames for 'extra smoothness'

and Plot, well, it just looks like youve run out of things to make animations about, this has no sotry line, nothing interesting to tell and no underlining moral to prove or show.. its just two people swearing alot...

I dont think this was worthy of the front page this time.. it just doesnt cut it im afraid

[Super Mus]

ehh...

Overall: 2/5 : 4/10
Audio: 2/5
Animation: 2/5
Plot: 0/10

Where to begin...
BGM, was alright, wasnt annoying and in terms of quality, it was o.k
however it was the sound effects that killed the score completely, they didnt blend in well enough with what was going on, and a lack of ambient noise makes it very hard to utilise effects correctly.

The Animation was... alright, nice colour but nothing seemed to go well together, the movements looked like as if they were being made in a pit of invisible sand, slow and boring...

and as for the Plot, well... It made no sense to me, the story line was all over the place, you went from this 'Mus' chick who was supposed to be doing something with this guy whos broken both his hands off?
to her running right past him, and then nothing but random, un-funny things occuring. it almost looked like as if you were making the plot up as you went and didnt even revise a single thing to make sure it made sence..

so all on all, I dont rate this animation high, yeah sure the animation sides of things are alot better than what ive seen previously, but this really doesant deserve the front page...
Not one bit im afraid.

[Felix's Showreel]

huh...

Overall, 4/5 : 7/10

Audio: 2/5
Animation: 8/10
Plot: n/a

Well, wasn't that just something.

Most noticeable and highly irritating thing about this flash was the quality of the BGM which was either way too compressed or was just a bad-quality version, It was very muffled and annoying.

I quite liked most of the animation methods in this flash, most of which was the 'Game over, Try again, Main Menu' Scene.
That was done spectacularly!
Some of the scenes and/or other parts of some scenes weren't animated as well as they could have been.

And since this is a demo reel I have overlooked any possibility of a plot and have not included a score into my scoring methods.

This was quite the spun-out flash, but very interesting to watch, even intriguing.
Hold onto what motivates you and keep up the good work.

This is worthy of the front page.