POST-PRODUCTION
LO5 5.1 - 5.2
Initially before starting post-production, I planned to use Adobe Premiere Pro to edit my animation, I also made the last minute decision to use an editing app called Capcut on my iPad to edit the animation, as well as Alight Motion for a few specific scenes. I believe that editing on the same device as I am animating on was more efficient.
For the narration scenes, I made the choice to use a Japanese-style font in keeping with the overall design of my production. Even with the spoken English translation to help me, it proved challenging to match each paragraph to the Japanese narration, but I think that I did my best to match it all up as accurately as possible.
Because I think it gives the film a more tactile and textured appearance, I chose to type the narration text on a white paper background. I also chose to use an effect on the Capcut app that lets you overlay a paper effect on the video.
During production, I drew a background of some mountains, which I then exported as a transparent PNG. I found a copyright free video of sparkling stars in the sky and put it on the layer underneath the mountains, to serve as the background to my drawing.
I also used a white piece of paper as the background behind the stars, and using key frames, I reduced the opacity at the start of the stars video to allow it to fade in, giving the impression that day was changing to nighttime. This scene, in my opinion, worked quite well and demonstrates how I can incorporate multimedia elements into my animation.
Using the "faulty cassette" preset was very effective in creating a distorted look, which adds a dramatic element to this fast paced scene. I also like how it adds chromatic aberration effect.
Instead of Capcut, I used the Alight Motion app to add motion blur to a scene in which the kitsune fox is running to the village. The chroma key effect is also much better than Capcut's, and I used it to remove the blue background behind the fox.
I made use of red a lot in my film because it represents both danger and power. For this scene, I added keyframes to a red image to make it fade in from the top down to symbolise the fox character's death.
For my animation, I chose fantasy music by Adrian Von Ziegler, a YouTube artist. I used Capcut to import the audio file and then added it in my film. This, I believe, was a good idea because it effectively set the tone of the film.