Shot 49 Development - The Party at Betty's Diner

The party people at Betty's during the last scene have to be detailed enough to show their character and emotion without adding to my workload too much as well as making the frame when the camera pans across the diner too busy. There will also be balloons, confetti, steamers and waving arms throughout the pan to show hoe excited the people are and to build up the reveal of William in his waitress outfit serving Betty's friends drinks.

Party People Silhouettes - Heads

Here are the developments I have made with the character heads:

Block shapes with no detail, male and female

I then added mouth shapes to make the characters who are facing front appear happy like the characters facing to the side

I then added eyebrows and eyes to the characters to make them feel more alive, yet some look a little freaky

I then reduced the impact of the eyes and eyebrows by reducing the size and overall garishness of them

Party People Silhouettes - Arms

Champagne Bottle - Sealed and Unsealed 

This will be animated in After Effects too, as the cork is separate from the bottle asset. I will parent these together and add motion blur so the transition between the bottle closed and open won't be obvious.

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