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Post by 808highdef on Nov 5, 2012 18:18:25 GMT -6
Hi, I am currently working on the first season of my series called "Speciesism" located here. The series, as of November 5, 2012, is currently on its 7th episode. It had a few thousand views but I had to take it off of my old channel and post it to another one. Anyways, its about an elite who becomes the first police officer for the UNSC. If anyone has any tips or wants to help me, Id be glad to take any constructive criticism or general help. I do 90% of the voices, so I apologize if most of the characters sound the same. |
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Post by KP Spark on Nov 5, 2012 21:46:30 GMT -6
Very solid. Kind of like District 9 meets Training Day. Please kpspark on skype, I'll help any way I can.
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Post by innocentblaze686 on Nov 9, 2012 13:59:58 GMT -6
Specieism is a great machinima, my only qualm with it is the voice acting, it's all done by one person! You need to get more voice actors, or else the series gets dull!
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Post by sherm on Nov 10, 2012 2:05:38 GMT -6
This is what I can say based on the pilot for now:
Your strong point is that this is a very interesting subject for a machinima. The backstory is solid and the tension to be expected between the humans and elites is well characterized.
That being said, there is room for improvement. Blaze mentioned the voices; however, I think one can get away with recylcing actors, but only as far as that actor can diversify his voice. I couldn't quite get a hold of the accents used to give variety to the voices.
Your cinematography shows potential and I'm guessing it only gets better. Some sequences and shots were too drawn out, such as walking ALL the way to the car from the house. But I was a fan of the way you filmed the partner surprise-assasinating the last criminal in the warehouse. If you can stay consistantly at that level, you'll be golden.
Also be wary of the 180 rule. It could just be my OCD being obnoxious, but I notice these things.
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Post by iGotzNoSkittles on Nov 11, 2012 6:35:23 GMT -6
Based on only Episode 7(and a bit of Episode 1), as someone new viewing a random episode.
The series defiantly has a strong reach for the viewers. I was immediately drawn in to the machinima and did not want to stop. That was until I reached the Voice Acting. The acting was very monotone on multiple characters and sounded way too forced. It's obvious to determine if the Actor is trying hard or not trying enough.
I recommend checking out multiple high tier Voice Actors and observe how they perform their lines, and try to imitate them yourself. Getting good at Voice Acting is all about believably, trial and error, observation, imitation, and the Voice itself.
As for the characters, they seem inconsistent time to time, it seems like the same character is a entirely different person among the same name and visual.
Also, for filming, when you cut your shots to the next scene, it can be difficult to determine if it's the same scene, or a entirely new one first hand.
Despite the Voice Acting and weak presentation of characters, I liked the machinima regardless and started watching the series from bottom up, and I have to say it has a interesting back story.
Keep up the work.
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