Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-26810678-20180820212216/@comment-31322722-20180827145906

Sussettey1 wrote: I'm just saying, if you only have simple facial expression changes, animation that looks like you just recorded the video off of the game itself, and no voice acting, with copyright-free music.... people are going to think it's cringey and lame. There's no getting around that fact. When you make something like "KKFOREVER", you don't want to make it look like it was recorded from the game. That goes against everything animation's about.

When Richard Williams made his first animated film, he thought he was so innovative, and that he was going to bring something new to the table by making a silent short film. As a result of this, he maybe thought too highly of himself. He would go to Disney movies and think he could make something better than that, even though his work, from an animation standpoint, was very amateurish. It showed simple characters, moving across the screen horizontally, making simple movements. The film, however, won several awards for its good storytelling, despite being a silent film (for artistic purposes). From there, Williams went on to educate himself in the art of animation with Disney legends, until he ended up working as the director of animation for the revolutionary film, "Who Framed Roger Rabbit".

I remember you saying at some point that you thought "The Incredibles" was a cringey movie. It's fine if you don't like the film, but to call it "cringey"? Well, you're not exactly one to talk. But I hope you understand that you will never make anything that even remotely compares to that movie, unless you devote several years of your life to learning animation, lighting, music... of course, the animation looks simple, but there are actually many subtle things that make it great. The storytelling is phenomenal, and the filmmaking expertise behind the film brings out the best in it. And the music was composed by Michael Giacchino. The same guy who composed the soundtracks for "Up", "Zootopia", and the Star Wars film "Rogue One", to name a few. His scores have won awards time and time again. It's very rare to come across a composer that can switch musical styles so easily, from "The Incredibles" theme to "Up".

You're passionate about this project, right? Then I think, personally, that you should give it your all. Because you never know when you might be able to use this someday. And, if I'm being honest, if you want people to watch it, and continue watching, all the way through, then you really need to make it look -- and sound -- as good as you can.