Week 11
I edited the shot of the wife’s arm falling with the lightning shot, I may go back and tweak things but for now it works okay.
I realised that I set each PNG in After effects to last for two frames so I ended up with twice as many frames as I should have and as a result the animation was slower that it should have been.
so far this week I have cleaned up the line art, added in-betweens and colour. I still need to work out how I will add the evil aura.
The test version of the knock on the door had some issues that needed to be fixed, the old woman's hair was inconsistent between frames. I also added a blink and added colour.
Animation so far
This is how the animation is currently looking It is starting to take shape but there is still a lot to do and many things that could be improved. I have been able to add another version of the voice over to the animatic/animation. (credit to Robert Johnson) The timing defiantly needs work so I will have to adjust my animation to fit with the voice over.
Here is a list of current tasks/issues that will need to be addressed
Task list:
Change the knock on the door shot so that the knock feels more desperate and believable
- Animate the door opening/old woman's reaction to the earl
- Animate the tree becoming chained
- Add rain and make the storm shot more stormy
- Add sound effects eg, rain, wind and thunder
- Animate the curse aura
- Finish backgrounds and add them to shots
- Animate and replace the old woman in the establishing shot and shot 2
- Add more movement to the earls body (when angry)
I will be trying to animate the door opening shot next or the evil aura. After I have done that I want to animate the old oak getting chained up. after I have done that I will be tweaking shots
I have watched this video for inspiration and ideas to improve the door opening shot
I have decided to work on the shot where the old oak becomes chained, I might change the end of the shot where the chains fade and make the chains move out of the shot again instead.
Since working on the chain shot I have re edited my current animation and it is still looking a little rough, some of the animated shots need to be extended or have backgrounds added and other shots I am yet to start.
I have started working on one of the things that have worried me most, adding the evil aura to the old woman.
The first attempt I made wasn’t working out so I found this tutorial but I wasn’t happy with the results. I think I might work on the shot where the old woman asks for money and come back to this shot after. I am very conscious of the time I have left and I want to get as much done as I can, as well as I can.
