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Eudaimic
02-14-2003, 05:11 PM
Hey,

When you're doing a project that involves, say some 30 different shots of the same scene. In my case a WWII dog-fight.

Do you build each shot (or bundle a few) on its own, or do you animate the whole thing and set up cameras after the animation has been done?
dmcgrath
02-14-2003, 08:48 PM
A camera's motion or placement is the most important thing in staging a shot. You never see anyone in the industry, do a buch of animations and then add a camera. All of that takes time and money. First things first, draw some thumbnails of what you want in a scene. And then build the scene to fit. It's okay to make a huge scene, but I would break each camera shot down into a seperate file.
Eudaimic
02-14-2003, 08:51 PM
That's good advice. Thanks.
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