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[Claveman Ep. 2/5]

YAY!!! Claveman 2/5!!!

I loved claveman, the first claveman. It was freakin hilarious. I watched this one, and although it didn't grab me quite as much as the first, it was really good - And now I am holding my breath in anticipation of 3. What, you don't think I can hold it that long? Watch! AAAAH ppbf................
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PAAAAHHH... *Gasp*... O... Ok... I couldn't.. Couldn't hold it that.. That long. But I'm still (wheeze) breathless in anticipation of it. So yeah! Good work!

[HarryPotter:VodkaFountain]

That was hilarious!

I loved it! I am curious about what HArry Potter was supposed to be - a tomato? I dunno. But that was really very funny and well done. Good job! Keep it up!

[Alfred Pokingstick]

Hmmmm.

Not bad, but I had a few problems with it.

Your use of motion tweening is good. You need to work a little harder on getting the sound effects synched up with the visuals - they were mostly right on, but occasianally, things didn't quite line up - the most glaring example I can think of is when he poked the rock. I find myself wondering if you changed sound effects at the last minute and didn't alter the sound's frame position.

For the most part I didn't have any problems with the rest of it - it was pretty cool, with what I believe to be Jackie Chan inspired fight scenes. Nice.

I didn't really care for the ending, but I can't suggest anything else there.

My other problem is your credits - you list yourself, the program you used, all the characters in it... But gave no musical credits at all. You used their music - you should offer credit.

Other than those things I mentioned, good job.

[Todd & Dan - The Election]

These are getting better

Keep it up, man. Glad to see something else going on in the background, that added some interest to it... Nice job.

[Todd & Dan - NG BBS Users]

First, an apology.

You know, in listening to this one, I realized - you DID get a new mic. Sorry about that. It DOES sound much better. Sorry about that. I just heard one guy before, and he sounded nasal, and I assumed it was your mic.. . And now I realize, one of the characters just sounds really nasal.

Anyway, on to the review.

Most people seem to think automatically that you're ripping on beavis and butthead. I don't see that. Yes, we have two guys there, saying stuff to each other, but that's about it... Well, the other thing is they're just staring forward at the screen.

They need to move more - they're just staring... unblinking... at me... LOOKING INTO MY VERY SOUL!!! AAAAAGHGHHGHH!!!!! ...ahem - Excuse me. They should blink. They should also move around. Having them just stare forward while talking to each other is kind of weird too.

The music was kind of... I dunno, it didn't really fit. It was like something from Spyro the dragon or something, kinda weird. Here's a suggestion.

First, make them blink. Easy enough to do. Make a little clip of each characters eyes, and have it so many frames long, and every so many frames (randomly placed) put in a blink. You can have like 5 or 6 blinks in a single animation. Do two, one for each character, and time the blinks differently, and make them slightly different lengths - this will simulate randomness.

wtf am I doing teaching you flash? You clearly know flash. Sorry. I'll move on.

Secondly, you need to make a couple different angles. They can still stare straight forward, but a couple different angles would be good.

Thirdly - and this is key - you should have them doing something. the way they're looking forward here made me think of them watching TV (which I think is where a lot of people get Beavis and Butthead) or playing video games. Video games would be good, because you could have ambient video game noises... Also, the characters could be moving back and forth a bit, maybe periodically raising a controller into the screen with thumbs moving furiously over them. THAT would add visual interest, and the video game noises would be good there too.

Another idea is to have them playing some other game, facing each other... And cut from one character to another... But once again, I think having them move around a bit is key... Like playing foosball, or air hockey, or something.

I dunno, they're just ideas. Because I think what's really the problem is (a) it's visually boring because the characters just sit there, unmoving except for their mouths, until the end (b) kind of weird because they're just staring into space and not even looking at each other when they talk (c) the music is oddly out of place (d) they never ever ever blink or move or anything... Ok, I know that's the same as A, but that's a big one.

Anyway, I hope that this has been helpful, I hope my suggestions are helpful, etcetera. Good luck.

[Todd & Dan - King of Clay]

"I think I'm dying... And getting a tan"

The best line in the whole thing! Knox gets a great punchline. Very cool.

The rest of it was okay, although it seemed kind of pointless for the most part... But that's cool. It was well made and stuff, and it made me laugh.

AntiClockClock, you still need a better microphone.

AntiClockClock responds:

Dude... I did get a new microphone.. its actually a headset so I get better recording quality AND volume... I had to increase the volume of everyone elses voice-overs.