Applied Animation: Animating Through the Hourglass

Shifting back to After Effects, I began to animate the section of the animation in which the camera zooms into the hourglass to begin its journey through the different settings of the story. I found this task quite simple and I had no trouble with animating the camera how I wanted it.

At this point, I thought it would be a good idea to start placing all of my separate clips I had created into my final animation composition to get a feel for how the animation was running. Again, I did this in After Effects.

After watching this clip a few times over, I am feeling pretty pleased with it considering the circumstances. I feel that the camera moves well through the space and the transition from the static background to the moving scenes also works really well. At this point I am happy to leave this as it is and focus on completing the remaining animation.