Final Film is done

I have now completed my film for final project.

The Complete version can be viewed from this link below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzyXc2EYgXs

Further Editing and fixing.

Shot 1 original

 After looking through the final video I have spotted a small errors at Shot 16 (where the mushroom at the left front side disappears for a split second) so I have fixed them.

Also after hearing the advice from my tutor for the further development I have decided to add a shadow under the girl.

Shot 1 fixed

The image is from shot 1, top one is the original one. I have added a slight shadow under girl's feet to show more depth, also now the girl doesn't look like she is floating like a ghost.

Shot 18 Original

Also I have added the reflection of the girl on shot 18 to add more quality to it. 

Shot 18 Fixed

By doing this it shows that the girl is actually existing at this place. Reflection and shadow brings life onto the girl.

Process of Final editing...

As I have mentioned on the previous post I have finished editing my work with Alex Burn-Smith.

The process of final editing was not so easy, it required more time than I thought it would.

As soon as I have finished animating all of the scenes and shots I then rendered each shots in PNG image sequence to put into after effects. Some shots required multiple animations so I ended up with several rendered files.

Multiple files of rendered image sequence

We then put all the files into after effect to put all into one film.
Watching through the film multiple times and fixing the timing of each shots until I was happy with it.
Some shots needed to re-render because I have spotted several mistakes.
One of the shots I had to fix was the title scene. The original clip was way too short so I've decided to extend by 2 seconds to fit into the video Better.

The next step was animating the Butterfly on After effect. Since the timing of the Butterfly did not match with other animations we had to render the butterfly separately and add it afterwards.
This has probably took the longest to get the right speed and right movement. A lot of fixing and changing were required on this part.

Also adding bright glows onto Shot 13, 14 and 19 were done by the same principle, animating the glow and the girl separately and combine them with after effect. By doing this we were able to have 2 or 3 different timed animations in one shots.

I had to animate extra glows and glitters at this stage with Photoshop to make sure all the shots has everything they need.

When I was happy with all the animations we have watched the film over and over again to make sure I am 100% happy with the work. 



We have finished editing and rendering on 2nd May (Friday) and I have sent my work to my Audio producer so that he has about 2 weeks to work on the music.

My aim was to get everything done by the end of Easter holiday but the editing and fixing took longer than I thought.

Animation finished + Edited

So this is my final video without the Audio.(Audio is currently been processed by Karl Roberts)

Shot 16 process

The entire film is 2:41, edited by After effect by Alex Burn-Smith and myself.

The process of this animation was smooth, but it required a lot more animations than I thought.







For example, Shot 16 (Fairy pond scene) I had to have an animation of the pond glitter and pong glow, then a separate animations of the fairy sitting on the mushroom since the timing of each animations were different.

Shot 19 (When the glow hits her and closes her eyes) had 3 different animations put into one shot.
-Animation of girl
-Animation of glitter behind her
-Animation of the bright glow
This is also due to the different timings. I have rendered each animations with transparent background so that I can put all the animations together.

Shot 19 with transparent background

For the credit I have decided to keep it simple, I thought it would be interesting to show the process of colouring in my character in step by step.