Compositing Tests - Effects in Flash

Yesterday I received files off Bo that she has worked on over Easter. I asked her to send me the Flash files so I can test compositing them in with After Effects

Original List of Effects for Bo:

• Burp effect for shot 26 (when William burps after his first meal)
• Smoke effects (x3) for the montage sequence when we see Betty cooking in the kitchen and smoke rises from the oven in the background (specifically shots 32, 36 and 40)
• Fire effect for shot 40 (oven on fire in kitchen background)
• Colour explosion for shot 48 (when Betty hits William over the head with a frying pan)
• Streamers and confetti for shot 49 
• Fireworks for shot 53

UPDATE ONE:

Bo has told me she is struggling with the fire effect so I have told her to not to worry about that one as it's the most difficult out of all the effects I gave her to do. If I have time at the end, I will have a go at the fire effect but it was only intended to finish the montage sequence with a definite end so we understand how bad Betty has got it and so emphasise with her more.

Instead of Bo animating the colour explosion for shot 48, I am going to do it instead. I will use After Effects for the coloured stars that pop out of the smoke cloud and animate a smoke cloud myself in Flash. I will then composite them together in Flash.

The streamers and confetti effects may be used in shots 50, 51 and 52 too as Bo gave me several copies of these effects with different timing so I can use them in different shots if need be.

I have asked Bo to improve the burp effect slightly so the lines that come off the sides ease to the end more.

UPDATE TWO:

I have been testing Bo's effects with what animation I have so far.

Because Flash produces vector art, Bo's style of animation works well with the style of animation I am doing in After Effects.

I have an idea for the cut between shot 48 and 49; when Betty hits William over the head followed by a colourful explosion of stars and dust (to show the impact) and then the next scene which begins at the diner; there could be a transition between the colour explosion and the streamers and confetti. So when the colours appear and then disappear, the streamers and confetti could begin to appear so it flows nicely. This is just an idea and I will have to test it out when I have the streamers animation from Bo and I have finished the cloud explosion myself.