Final Title Sequence

Final Title Sequence
I am really happy with how my title sequence has come together. I started it bit by bit so that it wouldn't get too complicated too fast because there were a lot of separate animations running at the same time and it would have been easy to get confused and therefore the animation wouldn't work. By separating it into chucks i could work on separate areas and if something needed tweaking it was easy to go back and find what the problem was. One of the biggest problems i had with this whole sequence was working with the map background in 3D. My concept was to have a huge map and then using the camera tool move around it to different areas so different animations could happen. However, this proved to be problematic as the map was scaling too large and i was loosing a lot of detail. So this did take up some time fixing. However, once i had overcome this problem, the rest of composition seemed to just slot into place like a jigsaw puzzle. Because i had run every separate animation using different compositions bringing them in with the nested composition was a god send. Again this meant that i could work on individual parts of the animation without worrying that it would damage the rest.
As for the fluidity of the piece, having it run smoothly was very important. As it was continually moving, i had to make sure there was movement happening at all times with different paces so that it would correspond with what was going on. generally i think i have succeeded here. There is not one part of the animation that completely stops, and there is enough time spend on the important elements so the viewer has time to read and compute what is going on. The time management within the whole composition was very important, i had to break down the specific areas that needed to most time and then work around with the rest of the sequence. Once i had worked out an appropriate time line, this was very easy.
I am very happy with the style of the piece, i feel it really communicates the idea of a hand drawn map, which is very symbolic of pirates. This was the main focus of my piece.
I have really enjoyed putting my title sequence together, its been a really good experience and taught me more than anything th organisation at is the key to having a successful animation.