moonstruck

The short film Moonstruck attempts to deliver something more drama oriented than what has been created with Flash in the past.

It seems all over the web, one finds Flash animation's that are meant to be seen for it's celebrity bashing and pointless use of violence. Though this sort of entertainment has it's place and audience, it seems one has to dig deeper to find work that has meaning. I sincerely hope that we see more creative people using Flash to tell stories that are individual and poignant. Moonstruck is an attempt to do this, and I hope it succeeds in saying something that is different to each viewer. The simplicity of the piece was definitely intended from the beginning to encourage just that.

The short was created in Flash due to the fact that it is basically a film makers dream. Visuals, audio, and distribution are conveniently taken care of by one program. Of course this is just my opinion, but consider the positive things of Flash. You can create crisp, sharp images and play animation at between 12 - 18 frames a second depending on what you are doing within a scene. Once finished, upload to a site like plugincinema.com and you have an audience that can see your work around the world by means of the Flash plug-in which is quite common. While doing Moonstruck I often wrestled with the idea of exporting to video and bringing the project into After Effects for more fun, and think there could be many advantages to using both programs to create a final piece. The downside to using flash as a viewing format is that it doesn't seem to support higher frame rates than 18 fps. I dream of the day when the Flash player supports 24 fps. then we'll really see something!

You will need Flash to watch this film.