The next scene I wanted to animate was the one where the camera cuts to the lorry driving right after the audience has been shown the sign! I was so happy with how the car driving in the centre of the screen looked, that I used the same composition for the lorry. I of course had to animate the components separately, but I used that one as a reference since I felt like I had actually succeeded with that scene. For this one, I made the back bit of the truck another .png component so that I could give it some weight and bounce
I of course then added some lights to the truck as this part makes the whole scene come together and look more realistic!
Now came for animating the hardest part, the crash scene! I knew I wanted it from the eyes of the lorry driver, but I didn't know just how to go about it. The one I showed in the crit did not go down very well (people were very confused), so I knew I had to change it. I began with seeing if I could make the drunk driver drive towards the lorry at some speed and I did actually end up liking it! I however felt like I needed to include some part of the lorry driver in there, for example his hands, to illustrate his attempt at trying to swerve otherwise the scene would be too straight forward.
In a separate composition, I animated the drunk driver trying to control the car but obviously failing. I did this by illustrating him turn the wheel very very quickly as he cannot react quick enough. When I rendered this scene, I drew around the glass window with the pen tool in After Effects which allowed me to then parent it to the car and it's motion path.
This is what it looked like (without the lorry driver interior) and some headlights. I knew that I wanted the headlights to end the whole animated advert (become so bright that the whole screen goes white) and then finish it there, so I was glad this looked good. I felt like this would be perfect to end on, without showing the after effects of the crash, just hinting it to the audience with the sound and obvious collision.
Therefore the last thing for me to do with this animation, was to add the dashboard of the lorry as well as animate his hands. I had to think about this quite a lot, as when I animated the hands swerving to the left only, it didn't look as if he was avoiding a crash, it just looked like he was turning left. Therefore I had to animate two turns and bring both of the hands up almost in a panic and this looked a lot better. I was also able to move the previous renderer scene to the right very quickly to emphasise the swerve and the lorry driver's reaction which makes the crash more effective and real. Overall I am pleased with the scene.
I have been keeping organised so far with crossing off and making notes on my storyboard so that I don't forget anything and if I have any new ideas to perhaps test out then I will jot them down. This has been working well for me thus far.
And this is what I have so far. This is what I will be showing in the next crit, but I might make a few amendments before then, depending on my time schedule. So far I am up to date, but if I receive negative feedback once again, then I might be put behind once more.
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