Review for 4/18

Over the past week, we have been rendering.  We are currently working on continuing to render and very preliminary composites of our first shots.

This is our shot 01.  We intend to add glow effects to the lamp, a matte painting of the room environment, and the video that our mouse is watching.  We will also adjust the textures of the desk top and how the light interacts with it.

This is our Shot 06.  This shot is just going to need to have a matte painting added and possibly particle effects in the background.

Since the last review I have refined the animation of the snake for nearly all of the shots. This is different from our animatic because it has more precise movements and conveys exactly what we want in our final animation. As per the professor's request, I have constructed a rough soundtrack to our animation, located some ambiance reference, and found the clip of the kung fu movie that will be playing in the background of our animation. The soundtrack has been pieced together from some work by Hans Zimmer and has already been featured in the Dreamworks movie, Kung Fu Panda. We thought that this soundtrack matched the Asian influenced, yet cartoony feel that we wanted our animation to have.