Chapter 3 - Progress update #16

After a frustrating last week, this week was filled with more positive things. I finished creating the animations on Wednesday. There are a total of 25 different animations with 49 different camera angles. That translates to a little bit over three minutes of video files in total.

Scene 1

• 4 positions
• 11 animations/variations
• 21 camera angles
• 2520 individual renders
• 1 minute and 24 seconds

Scene 2

• 6 positions
• 14 animations/variations
• 28 camera angles
• 3120 individual renders
• 1 minute and 44 seconds

All renders should be done by Friday of next week. In the meantime, I have started editing the already finished animations. I will most likely finish editing at the same time that the last renders are done. After that, I have 2-3 days of work left with the last 50-100 static renders, after which the chapter will go to the duck for proofreading. For now, everything is still on schedule. I expect a few animations to have errors. I will rework and re-render them during the two weeks of proofreading.

In this chapter, I have deliberately pushed myself to my limits so that I will have no more uncertainties in the future. For me, there is nothing worse than not knowing what to expect. Creating 25 custom animations, which I hope will be satisfying, will definitely give me more confidence when it comes to animations. More importantly, the excessive work provided me with valuable experience regarding how long certain steps in the animation process take. Now I know what to focus on and what to ignore in the next chapter.

That's it for this time. Until next week.