Thanks, JK! Glad you liked it! I honestly have no clue how it ended up being 14 minutes, it just kindof materialized into that after me pouring over the script for forever.

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My Christmas couldn't have gotten better. Thank you Sonjira,
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Well, I hate being the first to rain on a parade, but I really didn't enjoy this film a whole lot.

I don't really know why I was watching this film, or rather why I kept watching. I started because someone on chat implied I should watch it. The story wasn't engaging, the jokes fell flat 99% of the time, and the technical aspects were okay, but nothing really special.

I know you put a lot of effort into this. It's a 14-minute film, something I can't claim to have accomplished. But give me a reason to watch a 14-minute film. I'd also be interested to know why you wanted to do this film; what got you to finish 14 minutes of animation? I don't say that to be mean; it just helps me understand better what you were shooting for with this film.

EDIT: AquaMorph saved me from being the first to rain on this parade.

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Noooo! I got eaten by pigs!

After watching this, I asked myself: "If I wasn't in this, and thus wasn't fellating my enormous ego, would I have still watched it?" For me, the answer is yes.

Perhaps its because, since I'm in the middle of Lord of the Thing, I know how difficult it is to write a 14 min film and have every joke work. A Brickfilm of this length must always be compared to a TV show, or something much more proffessional than a Brickfilm - and of course the Brickfilm won't hold up because it's made by just one guy in his bedroom/basement/attic/box-room/vestibule of some sort. Professional's nearly always have a whole team behind them, chipping in, pointing out what's funny and what isn't. (Which is why it pains me that no-one working on Family Guy has ever turned round and said "hey - your jokes are alright, but your timing and pace is AWFUL!") But, I thought the film hit more than it missed - enough for me to keep watching at least.

Perhaps this is all just because I'm in general quite immature, and so laughed at the neat asides such as: "It suits my curves" and "GIANT SPIDER." I also liked the general concept of this great revolution, drug-dealing, and eldrich horrors summoned from another dimension ("...and maybe some monsters as well") all whilst happening inside a school. I love a wacky, original concept, and this certainly is one. Plus, as a guy very familiar with Orwell's work, I'm very familiar with people completely misunderstanding him/failing to see his irony - so I got a large chuckle from that aspect.

Also, I agree that the animation has a great life to it. Even if the joke fell flat, the animation behind it had flair.

And I'm speaking as a guy who's too socially awkward for Skype. I'm a complete outsider, and I enjoyed this. Though, I am the guy who years ago made Mr Socially Impaired.

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Thanks for the comments everybody. I honestly didn't think people would like the character animation as much as they do, but I'm glad that they do. As for the framing, that is something I hope to correct in the future through trial-and-error. I tried being a lot more cinematic with this film than I have before, both with some of the shot composition and using the camera dolly that ENDFilms created a little while ago. It's something that I felt was lacking in my previous films that I hoped to bring more/better of in this and in future films.

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I was excited when I saw that you had released a 14-minute film. I have enjoyed other films of yours and found them funny other than the odd dud joke, so I hate to say that I did not laugh watching this. The jokes seemed to all be trying too hard to be random or weird and often came across as obnoxious. The part with the kid who kept saying "for the record" was painful and I didn't like the random noises and words, such as "milk". I know humour is subjective and all that but a wider variety in the style of humour could keep more people interested as this really feels like it was made with only a very small and specific group of people in mind.

I do have to commend you on making a film of this length and I was impressed by a lot of the dialogue animation, which was fluid and well timed. However, I was often distracted by poor framing and out-of-focus shots. The camera also often changed to a shot which was almost in the exact same place as the last one, which was jarring.

This was really great and I'm glad to have been in it.  Jon's character was my favourite part of the whole thing, something about him seemed really enjoyable and hilarious and there are dandy little jokes all throughout.

Keep up the good work!