I have animated and am in the process of rendering all the scenes except for the elephant scene which I am yet to begin. Luckily, I have not had any rendering issues apart from the fact that the final nursery shot took thirty hours to render..
I have surprised myself with my animation skills, they aren't by any standards amazing but they have definitely slightly improved since the last time I animated. One thing I have definitely learnt from this particular production process is that I need to not be intimidated or daunted by the tasks I am faced but I should embrace them and learn from them. I have dramatically developed my confidence with my skills during this project as before I would have shied away from a challenge whereas now, I attack it with my knowledge and expertise.
A good example of this is the final nursery scene, I spent hours researching the best way to produce the effect that I desired and explored complex and lengthy methods. I didn't feel these methods were working for me therefore I used my initiative and quickly and successfully produced the scene using the methods that I thought were most appropriate. This showed me that I should have trusted my instinct initially.
Whilst I am waiting for the final scenes to render, I have also begun to put them together in After Effects. This is mostly so that I am able to test them and ensure that there aren't any issues but I thought that I might as well start editing it at the same time to ensure that I have enough time for all stages of production.
