Charicter and Narrative Week 9

I have reworked some of the backgrounds to make them more consistent. The flight pattern of the dragon has been adjusted as it felt too mechanical. It is supposed to be based on a sea snake and how they move. i have been continuing to animate my scenes. I have also been offering feedback to Eleni and Carla.

                                                                                                                                                                 feedback from the weekly crit

• dotty says my metier looks like a hairball
• there needed to be more trees on the scene where the dragon falls to the ground, dies and time passes. 
• the houses should come up in more of a staggered way to suggest that the whole city wasn't built at once. It was also mentioned that the movement looked as though it was too mechanical
• In the scene where the dragon gets hot by a metier it was demonstrated that if the dragon where to be hit the egg would fall forward not backwards. I also said to her that i thought it was odd the way the dragoons body almost prepares for the impact. 
• there was also issues with some mountain shots as they didn't make sense in the context of the narrative.
• the end scene where the dragon flys to the mountain and dies needed to be changed because when she is flying over the city it is as though she has flown in a circle. This is not something we where going for. It has to be implied that she has traveled far and is exhausted. The scene as it stands, doesn't convey that. Doitty suggested looking at the black forest in Germany for inspiration. for the final scene.

I talked with Andreas about the possibility of adding in sound effects to accompany the animation. He has cautioned me about doing so as it may take away from the music. i have since experimented with adding some in at a low volume. using a dope sheet to plan out where they would go.  It seems fine, but i will get a second opinion.

I am frustrated with the other members of my group as they never seem to be in. Granted they do work at home. However, it would be better for communication purposes if they where in university more.Especially as i don't have access to any of the Adobe suite at home. So i reply exclusively on the university computers.