Today my day was spent in the studio finalising my animation and bringing it all together. I polished off a part which I had already started and finished up the final two shots for the short clip.
The first clip I worked on was the shot from outside of the Volcano that I had started work on early last week. I added some little sparkles to the sea and some waves in the lower right hand corner. After I had added these minor details, I felt like this piece was complete.
The next part to work on was the overhead shot of the forest with the dragons flying.
I began by drawing a 6 frame flying cycle of the dragons, and then proceeded to move them slightly along as the animation progressed (They're only little, they don't get far!). I then added shadows, clouds and other dragons to bring it all together.
The final part of my animation is set at ground level, with the characters flying over the trees as other butterfly Dragons look on. I firstly animated the characters, using 5 frames and moving each forwards and upwards slightly as they progress. I then worked on moving the background downwards, finally adding a dragon in the foreground who pops up at the end.
As for the backing music, I did a bit of searching around. I didn't want this animation to be silent like the last and felt like it needed some upbeat music to really sell it. I began with the idea of using Gusty Garden Galaxy music from the game Super Mario Galaxy. I liked this music originally but on second thought felt that it was unsuitable as it is easy to recognise as being from a Mario game.
I also took a few suggestions from others, ranging from Comptine d'Un Autre Ete from Amelie to Window by The Album Leaf
In the end I settled on a song that I love, being Cucurucu by Nick Mulvey. My reason for this choice, is that as I was working on my animation the song was in my playlist, and I noticed by chance how perfectly it fit with my work.
For the animation however, I decided to use the Cucurucu Instrumental as I felt that the vocals over the top were not as suited to my animation as just the music on it's own.
As the final animation when completed is large in size, I cannot upload it. I have attached a youtube link to the final video.
I am very pleased with my animation and hope that it shows of the world I have created in all of it's glory.
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