Shot 14 leading into shot 15

I wanted to link these shots together because I think it would flow nicely. In shot 14 the shape expands in and out at a fast pace to the music. On the last deep note of that section the three mountain kings fall and one lands onto a 'rocket shape' leading into the next shot.

Here is a very short and low quality play blast of the shape expanding to the music:

Expanding shape to the music from Jennifer Ball on Vimeo.

Here are some renders of the kings falling into the next shot:

Render 01 - Fall from expanding shape

Render 02 - three kings fall into next shot 

Render 03 - middle king lands on bullet shape on last note 

Test run render (with audio) adjustments

I went back to the file in premier and managed to slide the clip along a little but for the future when I go to animate more scenes I will leave a 5 - 10 frame buffer on either side of my animation when rendering, as my renders wont take long to do. Giving me a 10 - 20 frame buffer in total for the animation, so if issues where the music does not match with the animation (shown from my previous post) meaning that compositing both the music and the video together will be easier.

Shark Scene Test Run Final 3 from Jennifer Ball on Vimeo.

Test run render of my progress so far (with audio)

I have been working on the shark scene but I've realized that the moment he turns to face the 'shark shape' its slightly off with the music. I'm going to adjust the frames slightly and check the timing again.

Rendered Image from scene

Shark Scene Test Run Final from Jennifer Ball on Vimeo.

Glitches within the programme

I noticed that whilst animating the eyes would disappear in the view port. This worried me because I didn't want this happening to all my scenes! However, when I rendered the scene the eyes thankfully appeared. Also his beard goes over the wave in the view port but not in the render. 

Rendered Image

Snapshot from View Port

Wave test run for 'shark shape scene'

Here is a short playblast of how I want the 'wave shapes' to move. I think these shapes work better if they move in a 'cartoon way', rather than move like a real wave.

Snapshot from the animatic

Wave_Test_Run_01 from Jennifer Ball on Vimeo.

The cloning scene - my progress so far (with sound)

I am pleased to have calculated the movement to the exact time of the music. However, I think the camera movement could be improved and I may need to make this clip a little longer to convey more emotion.

Ending Credits - Yes, that does seem very early to think about!

I am experimenting with the ending credits very early on. I didn't want to give it the least amount of attention as the rest of my short film! I think its important to keep it as visually interesting from start to finish. Doing this animation work has given me a bit of practice before I really start animating.

I did think about having the Mountain King in the ending credits like the intro, however, I don't want it look too busy. The font for my name and 'Edvard Grieg' is just a place holder for now.

To keep work at good pace, not everything I do will necessarily be in chronological order. I want to work on different tasks at once. This is outside my comfort zone but feel it is the right thing to do with the time I have left!


My progress so far with the ending credits: