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The Button
On a man-made island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, a city is rising. The anonymous leader of the project, who is known only as "the head", has decided to draw the labor needed from prisons around the world. However, one prisoner has other plans...
Prepare for a dialog heavy, eyecandy feast.
You can view our website here: http://thebuttonfilm.com/
Last edited by Greenscreener (October 1, 2011 (08:57am))
AWESOME!!!! holy, that was sick
The Button
On a man-made island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, a city is rising. The anonymous leader of the project, who is known only as "the head", has decided to draw the labor needed from prisons around the world. However, one prisoner has other plans...
Prepare for a dialog heavy, eyecandy feast.
You can view our website here: http://thebuttonfilm.com/
That was great! It really had a great feel to it!
that was very well done. the effects, lighting animation were great! 
why does it say released 2012? i saw the 15 mins already?
'Cause I'm entering it into a film festival that's taking place in 2012.
oh, either way spectacular loved it
Glad you liked it. 
Best serious story I have seen in a long time. Great work, effects were amazing.
That was a great movie. Though there were a few points were the animation was spotty, it was all around a great movie! Was this your first brickfilm?
That was a great movie. Though there were a few points were the animation was spotty, it was all around a great movie! Was this your first brickfilm?
Yeah the animation was pretty weak at some points, and yes this is my first (finished) brickfilm.
Well, it was well produced I'll give it that. The quality of the VFX are great but unfortunately they didn't save the film. The animation wasn't very good, the story a tad confusing, and the voice acting was okay at best. It seems like you had a good story to tell but it just wasn't executed right. Although to be fair I might be going a little too hard on this movie because I was expecting a lot from it.
Overall I found it enjoyable. It's obvious a lot of work went into The Button and I applaud you for the effort. It shows a ton of potential for being your first Brickfilm.
Last edited by Walrus (October 1, 2011 (01:26pm))
voice acting was okay at best.
Are you kidding? The voice acting was superb! I think you could work some on your animation, it was a tad choppy and there was some light flicker. The visual effects were stunning! Great job on the mouth animation, I really loved that. All in all it was a nice film that kept my attention through all 15 minutes. I'd give it a 4/5 for sure! You have great potential at becoming an awesome animator. Just work on it!
Well, the VFX sure was amazing. But I think you could've work a bit more on the animation, and the story I think was a bit too confusing. The voice acting wasn't bad at all, though I thought that maybe all the characters had a bit too deep voice. Though I like the fact you challenged yourself making a longer dialog brickfilm. Overall, I'd give this film 3.7/5 -
great job! Hope to see some more brickfilms from you!
Overall, an EXTREMELY good film. This goes on my list of favorite brickfilms. The CG was implemented very well, and the story came together great. I only noticed two bad things throughout the entire film. On occasion, the animation seemed a little choppy. And two, Whenever there was a break in someone talking, and someone else started to talk again, I could here clicks where the audio was added in. I'm pretty sure I read about this on the Christian Filmmakers forum, and you said you're entering this in SACIFF. I recommend before you enter this, you fade in and out all the audio with talking. If you've already entered it, it's fine, it's not really that noticeable, especially to anyone who is not a filmmaker.
I thought that maybe all the characters had a bit too deep voice.
I didn't think so at all. It's a great break from hearing a bunch of kids voices in brickfilms.
story I think was a bit too confusing.
How so? I understood everything perfectly. I think you might mean at the start, you were unsure were the story was going. It's called good writing. I don't think that the film even said anything about a button until
Wade found someone offering him a second chance in his apartment.
It adds a lot to a film when the end is hidden until 1/2 to 3/4 of the way through, unlike a lot of other films, where you know exactly where it's going.
Animartian, some people have just different opinions. If you think that the voice acting was a nice break from hearing childish voices in brickfilms may be because it isn't the easiest thing to make a brickfilm like this one, and lots of this site's members are still young. Therefore, those are just my opinions, not everyone's. You may love this, I may not. It is a difference of opinionnnnnn 
NICE! Like they said before, the animation wasn't the best that I ever seen. But the story and effects made up for it.
I really liked the Biblical undertone, too many brickfilms are just meaningless, but this had a lesson to teach. And a very valuable one at that. Keep up the good work!
Eh. One of those eye-candy films lacking a developed plot/script. The voice acting was okay at best.
2.9/5
Just want to make this clear to everyone: If you're having a hard time understanding the film, it's probably because you don't understand the underlying allegory.
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