Compositions and animations

As the 3D elements made slow progress, that aspect of production was shelved, and the textureless 3D environments were used as perspective reference. Jake moved onto working full-time on post-production, and as I've been animating shots he's been adding the backgrounds to them and lighting them where possible.

Jake's work has improved in quality and quantity since changing from Maya to After Effects. AE is clearly a program he feels much more comfortable with, and he seems to derive genuine enjoyment from experimenting with the software to create some cool effects.
His experimentation is paying off - we've discovered a wealth of options within After Effects that could serve to make our film look fantastic.

To demonstrate, here are a few of the latest shots: