Mesmay's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Abyssal]

Meh

Well.. Im going to review it honestly, and say I was slightly disappointed.
To me, personally, I found it quite emotionless. It just lacked that sense of danger i really think would've made this a real thrill.
I understand what you were trying to do with the simplicity of the character, but in my personal opinion you actually need to give a character a personality, a sense of individuality, for the audience to emote to it. This is unless you're using the main character the main reason the audience is scared. My next point would be the sound usage. There was great potential but I think you just missed out on giving the sound effects that chilling edge which people are drawn in by, Im unsure but I THINK you would get this by making the sound start quiet, as you did, but instead of increasing it slightly, I would personally go forward and make it as loud as possible as it reaches the peak.

Artwork and the idea was great, its just a shame it didnt live up to its potential.

Can I ask you a question? When you made this, were you truly, truly inspired to make it, or was it just a side-project.. I find that if you give the animation your full attention that it will tend to create feeling in the audience as you subconsciously put in more what you feel in your gut about the subject, and they will most likely respond how you do. Plus, I guess you have to be totally inspired by it and feel some emotion for the anim yourself.

Or maybe thats just me.
I hope you find this review useful

Scythemantis responds:

I love making things in Flash in theory, but find the process to crushingly tedious that I never really put as much work into them as I plotted out in my mind.

I made this whole thing in one night, though I'd harbored the idea for it for over a year or two. I guess pretty much everything I make it side-project material, I've done flash for a while but not in a high volume and still consider myself a base amateur :)

[Another Day in Paradise]

Awesome, kinda.

'Grats on the voice acting. I hate doing voice acting personally because Im british but you seemed to almost use it to an advantage.

Chunkkeh responds:

Awwh I love you too Mesmay <3 British accents are great to use, they just need to be applied in the right way.