Final Update: Film is finally finished

Well, it's finally done. The film has been put together; all of the shots Amy and I composited have been compiled and sent to Sultan and the others, the sound has been put on and checked and everything is looking as good as it could do at this point, all things considered.

Final Film on Vimeo

I forgot to put Hilary and Chalotte's names in the credits, unfortunately, so I don't deserve any awards this year ;_;

Maybe I'll get it right in the future.

Post-Easter Update: After Effects & 3D cameras

At the end of this week, I can safely say that while I love what you can do with the 3D camera, I'm absolutely terrible at using it effectively; a lot of the shots with 3D camera movement have something that either looks jerky or out of place, the actual camera movement doesn't flow nicely at all, the audience has barely any time to see some of the backgrounds in the film, and because the animation was done without the intention of using the 3D camera, it just ended up coming off as out-of-place.

the good news is I now know not to make a mistake like this in the future and plan my projects more efficiently, but I'll be damned if I'm pleased with what I've done.

Post-Easter Break: Colouring Final

Finally finished adding all of the hat bands to each of the shots that Amy coloured, it took far longer than I was expecting it to. I also realized that the briefcases in a few of the shots were missing, so I went through and finished those off as well.

Now that all the shots are mostly finished, we can actually start on editing and compositing the shots in after effects! Amy's going to be tackling scenes 1 and 3 as those will require the least amount of work regarding background movement, while I'll be tackling scene 2, which while being the longest scene in the film, also has the wackiest camera tricks in after effects, so I have a feeling it'll take me a while to sort it out.

Good thing we have a deadline extension 'til the 20th, otherwise I'd be crying by now :^)