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[Shades of Gray [Ch.19]]

The best.

Instead of commenting on each chapter of this story, I decided to watch them all and my god, it's been fun.

There are some seriously laugh out loud moments in this movie and regardless of whether it truly belongs on Newgrounds or not, I am glad that you've posted it here because I feel as if I've just watched something very worthy of my attention. The actors involved in this are very talented and they pull off their roles with ease. I'm amazed that you've managed to get so many people together to film this.

The camerawork was great and it showed originality. The choice of soundtrack was also appreciated and you could tell that each song had been picked for a reason.

You must of worked pretty damn hard on the storyboarding for this, as I'm sure this wasn't just a case of improv on the day. You've written some seriously funny scenes and fused them together with drama. It works well.

While nothing is ever perfect and I'm sure there are improvements that could be made to this movie, I for one would not think twice about watching something of this calibre on the big screen, as it has all of the right qualities.

Well done for making some quality entertainment and I hope you plan on furthering your careers in moviemaking.

Jeskid responds:

You know it's really nice when someone can see what goes into making something this big practically by myself (76 minutes long and lots of shots!). Several people here have assumed that because it is not animation, that it must have been easy to do. I can tell you dealing with personalities and locations is a bitch as you probably know. And yes - I did go against the grain by coming here, but it's one of the best choices I think I've made as you guys have rocked. Thank you sooooooooooo much for all the support and for getting it.

Jeskid - Jesse Cowell

[Freak: Episode 2]

Speechless.

Amazing.

Evil-Dog responds:

You're not speechless, you manage to say amazing! :P

[Animation Tutorial 4 FX]

Excellent.

Thankyou for making this. It's most definitely going on my favourites list and you're getting a place on my favourites list as well. I'll definitely be keeping an eye out for more of the same from you.

Having said that, I'd love to see a tutorial of something perhaps slightly more newbie orientated, since this is still perhaps a little too advanced for some people.

JackSmack responds:

Thanks... Though it will be a while before I make another tutorial it looks like... got to pound out Short Bus after all... if you want to see the characters from Short Bus look at my Short Bus Teaser... I'm still whacking away at the toon... it's a pretty big one.

As far as the newbie oriented stuff... I'm not going to make a tutorial about puting sound in or anything... Sorry... check out flashkit.com for tutorials on things like that... they are much better in HTML format. Well... I guess I better not say never I might change my mind...

I'm really aiming at the person who knows a little about flash but is confused artisticly what to do in a cartoon. I'm not really making these as a "HOW TO USE FLASH" tutorial... I'm making them as "HoW TO ANIMATE CARTOONS IN FLASH" tutorials... I'm planting the seed and showing people how easy it can be to make quality work. I'm also thinking about doing something other than a tutorial to help people out but that is still a long way off. Anyway... I appriciate the thought and as you can tell my tutorials are only getting better... oh... and by the way... frame by frame animation is on the list of tutorials I'm planning in the future. but I have to make a few frame by frame animations first to knock out all the bugs in flash.


THANKS FOR THE REVIEW!
Jack.

[-Twisted Cobalt II-]

Confusing.

I'm assuming that you've either uploaded the wrong Flash file or, your description of the movie is actually a deliberate attempt to make the movie funnier, since you're not expecting it.

Damplo responds:

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