today

Yesterday, l went into uni to show Andy my work. l had done a rough edit of it for him to get an idea of what the final thing might look like. Some observations were:

the transition from Athaleah and the stainglass window and the chess board was not working

Abigail looked a bit ghostly in the corner, so l have to look at why that is, a she is supposed to just be in the background out of focus

Jesse is walking too slow as he walks past the stain glass window

When Abigail runs to Athaleah, she moves off a bit too quick. l understand what he is saying, but l think it is more to do with me not executing the actions effectively. l definately want the slow action at the end but the bit before needs work. Maybe l can run some tests on that section.

Today l had a close look at what l had shown Andy cause to be honest, yesterday when l eventually got home l watched a movie and slept. So, l took into account what Andy said and made a few more of my own observations:

When Jesse is in front of the stain glass window, two of his positions have a different line thickness

Maria made a comment on his eyes looking a bit funny, l realised that l had not put the reflection in like l had with the others

so today l have been working on fixing those today, however since coming home l have noticed that Jesse and the stainglass window have become one. lt is the weirdest thing l have experienced since using AE. He is not even in the leading of the window, just in the panels. HOW FREAKY IS THAT?!!! l might have to shut AE down and reopen or l will have to do that section again. Thankfully it is not and intricate scene. OK, crisis over.....l have found Jesse. Don't feel like dealing with this scene now to be honest, so l will continue blogging.

l showed my project to Maria and told her how l liked the way Athaleah moves out of the scene saying 'Once upon a time'. l am toying with the idea of her saying that then maybe the next line but letting it fade out. So you know that she is filling Jesse in on what had happened before. l suppose l am falling back on the power that phrase has generated over centuries of use. Then maybe l could go straight to Abigail in her bedroom somehow showing that whilst Athaleah is telling Jesse this story Abigail has awoken and is in her bedroom, this will mean losing the chess board scene which l do like now. l did plan to get some slime going on the rusty wall backgorund and unparent the images from the chess board and get them flying off in different directions, but l think this is a good decision. Maria agreed. Taa chick!

l did a voiceover for Chris' project - it was fun. l thought of Galadriel in LOTR and read :-)