Major - Animation Progression 02

Continuing to work on the animation, it is definitely taking a lot longer than I realised it would but this may be down to my perfectionist nature rather than the animation. I am quite happy with how the animation is developing even with some of the rigs' limitations, there are some still parts that need to be improved upon but I will go back a refine these areas at the end. 

For Scene 11, I had created a walk cycle for the "Stealer" to walk off the screen but it come out quite jerky. So, I intend to go back when all the rest of the animation is done and redo it.

Major - Render Progression 01

The current render progression for the opening scene, some retiming required. 

Major - Animation Progression 01

 Working on the animation, I have managed to animate 10 scenes so far. The 10th one still needs to have a little more added to it so the "Sock-Stealer" walks off the screen. Although animating is proving to be a challenge due to some of the limitations of the rig, thinking carefully about the camera shorts is allowing it to become easier.

Major - Moon Render Experiment

Experimenting with rendering, when processing the opening scene there seemed to be quite a lot of noise, even with higher samples. Within After Effects, I found a plugin called "Neat Video" which works to remove noise and reduced my render time. However, when looking at the second part of the animation, due to the varying lighting, some parts are nosier than other. 

The next step for this scene is to experiment with render layers, using different sampling levels to reduce noise. This may mean rendering out the walls/ windows, furniture and the moon separately.  

Noise Issue

Major - Opening Scene Plus Musc 02

When reviewing the opening with it just having the night-time ambience, it seemed to empty and didn't capture the magical feel. After some discussions with music producer, Tom Morris, a more sleepy version of the outro was created and I am extremely happy with how it introduce the environment.

As I aim to keep the timings the same when rendered, the soundtrack should go over to the final product with ease.

Music and SFX Produced by: Tom Will Morris

https://linktr.ee/TomWillMorris?fbclid=IwAR1mMlmASBv3-Q27XyFrK5nsfHfRzVewVaB5bucosdcRC9-HnsieH9Fztyc

Major - Opening Scene 01

Starting on the animation, I have placed the cameras ready to start rendering out the opening scene. I have placed some animation on the curtains, the sleeping girl and the jewellery box to reduce the stillness in the room. 

Currently I am not sure what to do with the title scene as it is far to plain a present, but this is something I will sort out nearer the time. The stars/ moon will be rendered out separately so to add a glow effect in After Effects.