There was a little miscommunication in the group during our main group Act, Act 3, the burp shot. I think this was mostly because of people being unable to attend a group call and others having to remember and pass on information accordingly.
But the main mishap that occurred was that Naomi had spent some time separately doing a version of the diary being set on fire and turning to ashes just as I had posted the finishing shot.
Hers showed the diary catching on fire and then the book suddenly puffing in to ashes. Mine showed the papers blackening and crinkling up in the fire before turning in to an ash pile.
I liked Naomi's fire a lot and the movement was well thought out, but we had a problem where I couldn't change the weight of her line work or the style, so it didn't match the rest of the animation. It also wasn't in time with the burp, though I had timed my burp to Naomi's original animatic. I made the fire burp stretch over the diary so that it looked legible for it to burn, as it does in the animatic. But because the fire stretched so far, it made it difficult to see al of Naomi's hard work.
How I fixed it
Though I couldn't change the linework, I was able to delete it and keep the colours. This meant that I was able to overlay Naomi's flames on top of my crumpled diary. This gave my diary a little more of a purpose and more finality to the diary being completely ruined.
So that you could see some of the amazing flame flickers that Naomi has done, I decided to make the flames grow and then fade away. This was a little hard because Naomi's flame had a square base, and this meant a LOT of manipulation on each individual frame - especially because Naomi's were made up of so many tiny points instead of smooth lines. I think in the end this gave the diary a nice glow, incorporated both of our efforts and also used the opaque effect I've used to light every other 2D scene in the short film to add more texture.
WWW - The diary physically setting on fire was accurate to the material as well as the crumple. The effect looked better. Both people's works were included.
EBI - Everyone needs a little more communication. I should have gradually posted what I was doing on the group chat and Naomi should have said she was starting a part of the shot whilst I had said was working on it. But so far, this shot has worked out well for a team effort and it works better than before.
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