I met Dotty today and went over the animatic and animation in minute detail. She had recommendations of things I could change. Writing them here so I don't forget them.
1) Add more build up to the fight and make it as clear as possible. Add more sausage and gloop to every aspect of the fight. Keep it SIMPLE.
2) Make more use of the dog. The dog will resonate with the common man.
3) Change the TITLE because it makes no sense to call it "Gloop Cafe" when both cafés are equally important.
4) More CHAOS, more people to help build up the fight. Don't lose momentum.
5) Add credits over still backgrounds.
6) Fix a few frames of pacing here and there.
Today I will revisit the animatic a final time to add these extra details and frames. At this point I know it's important to keep tweaking to achieve a more polished film, but it's frustrating to go back to it. Such is life. The further into the film I get, the harder it is to tweak. Something I'm learning to overcome with this film is my tendency to be incredibly protective of my ideas. I came up with a strong base idea but had I done it my way from the start, it wouldn't have been effectively executed in the 2 minute runtime limit.
I have to keep the animation to the animatic TO the FRAME for the sake of the sound designer and composer. I'm happy with the film so far
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