Animation

animation is an area of the film in which i hadn't planned to do much but wanted to do some

I am not very confident when it comes to animating and didn't want to let the film down with poor work.

As such i made sure i only had small bits to animate.

Or where possible i used dynamic simulations instead

I decided early on that i would like to have some animation in the film, so looked at the character that would be best suited for me. To me it seemed the bird would be best. the bird on moves his eyes and flaps one wing. This was ideal for me as i could keep my animation simple.

I have included the playblasts i made. See animation Folder.

To get the timings right i first needed the prospector animation from dave, i had tried to animate without this but found i had no real point of reference . The shot i was doing was about the bird reacting to the prospectors hand, and as such i would need the hand there to work with.