Compositing

I'm really disappointed that we never fully coloured this film. I've learned either to minimise the amount of animation so colouring is easier (which I don't want to do) or to choose a style that requires minimal colour (which I'd much rather do).

Compositing in After Effects was really enjoyable. I'm happy with my abilities to compose a shot and it's exciting to see everything compiled. We added a white layer underneath our colouring because our chosen brush had quite low opacity, but that led to little obvious white spots on the drawings. This kinda works with the "hand drawn" look we're going for but on the whole is a little distracting.

The hardest shot to composite involved the camera moving from outside a building to inside, which I'd never tried before! Glad I did. I 'm pleased with the results and am keen to try and push the limitations of 2D animation, possibly by combining it with 3D influences in 3rd year.

It needs work, but I'm pleased with this film. I'd like to colour a couple more of my shots in my spare time, for my showreel.