Hi, Rex The Runt here to talk with you about something that parents are complaining about these days since Cocomelon first appeared on the internet - screen cut speed. You can use this Aardman DVD for a better understanding of how screen cut speed usually works, and through the animations you'd expect to find on this DVD, I'd guarantee that what you're about to read may change your perspective on how you view Moonbug's animations, OR your perspective on my arch-enemy Angry Kid may change depending on how you read this article.
Now, my show, A Town Called Panic and Big Jeff all have fast scene changes since all these shows were meant to have what they call a fast-paced tone. For my show, the scenes change every 10 seconds, not giving you any time to think about doing your homework or writing on your business papers or other stuff like that. No matter how many times you try to count on your fingers how many times the scenes change, there's just no doing the math, you see. A Town Called Panic comes from France and is made with toy animals injected with fuel rods, so its crude animation style and fast pace makes for plenty of fast scene changes, since its fast-paced tone was well agreed for airing on Nickelodeon since it was meant for kids and not for grown ups. Big Jeff may be sort of erotic with its full frontal nudity and bright hues of colour, but I assure you, there's lots of fast cuts in this one, because the episodes are really short. These days they're calling it, 'attention span'. Really? Is THIS why all adverts are fast moving these days?
Now, Angry Kid can make you concentrate, but some scenes can catch you off guard. Some of the shorts on the DVD are all shot in one continuous take. To get the attention further, these one-shot shorts show A.K sitting in the car or in the living room showing his sister magic or talking with his dad while on a car journey. There's no point in Aardman doing stuff which shows one continuous take, I mean, come on, how have Aardman been doing such things in the past?
Aardman really needs to learn what screen cut speed is. They've learnt from Darren Walsh when he commissioned his Angry Kid series to the company, because some of his shorts are all shot in one continuous take, like I said earlier. Rex The Runt is harmless, on one point, but I'd shove the other three shows and the shorts aside.
Rex The Runt rules, OK? Okay!
This just proves why Aardman's Darkside is too overstimulating for grownups. If you want to find out more about overstimulating TV, read this Reddit article and you'll know what I mean.
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