Finished shot. I must say this shot was rather complicated. The costume was a massive amount of work, but also the movement is matched to the sound; there are three major points in the singing and therefore three major points in the choreography. For the first one I made the festival woman pauseat the right side of Hiko. The next point is when the festival woman bows behind Hiko's back, and at the third one she appears from behind at the other side. It might only be slightly be noticable, but the animation this scene is purposely precisely timed to the track, and I think as far as the animation is concerned I'm quite happy with this shot. The look of the the festival woman in the background was a bit of a struggle, especially not to make the seem to flat and out of place. So far it is acceptable, but if I have much time left at the end, I might do some more changes.
What I quite like about this scene is Hiko's reactions. Actually I planned on almost having her as a still, but in the end animated her quite a lot. She is pridominately an observer, but from her reactions you can see how she perseves it. At the beginning when the festival woman comes in the scene, she is surprised as the danceers appearacnce is unexpected. She starts liking it and is amazed, with a shy smile, but when thewoman disaapears behind her back she wonders what's going on and shows being kind of intimidated with her coming that close.
Here's the link:
http://vimeo.com/21218495
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