Hey everybody, I just hit upon an idea after posting my question about website promotion in GQ… why not just tell y’all about my first ever flash movie on here. I’d love some constructive criticism, plus it’s funny 'n stuff.
Anyway, it’s at http://arkenmation.20m.com/Amerika.html
And if it’s bad form for me to post this in here, please don’t flame me. I didn’t know. Just get whoever to remove the message (I won’t complain).
I can’t say I understand why someone would make a pro-communist Flash movie (or a recreation of a pro-communist movie), but disregarding the content, I’d say that I really like the “old film” effect, with the film streaks, dust, and bouncy images.
It’s satiric. I’m not pro-communist per say.
Here’s the story.
A couple of weeks ago, A&E showed a short film from the 60s called ‘Red China: Behind the Bamboo Curtain’. It claimed to be educational but it was really a propaganda piece about how evil and oppressive China was and how you should be praising the almighty for not living there.
I was thinking that I bet they showed the same movies to people in China and Russia, but in those, it was America that was evil and oppressive.
Now you get the satire. I’m sure you feel enlightened… or not.
I thought it was funny, Arken. It’s definately satire, but the background that you posted above helps. I like the “old” look to it, right down to the warbling audio at the beginning!
Now start working on a feature-length film…
I kind of figured it was satire, but you never know. I wouldn’t be surprised if someone on this message board really thought that America was the shape of evil and that we should all go communist.
Good movie.
A lot of the text goes by too fast. If you’re looking at the image, by the time you glance down to read it, it’s move to the next line of text.
True, the text and images went by a little fast. You need to slow them down.
But still - very darkly and campily 1950’s humorous - my kind of thing! I laughed my ass off at it!