#71 = Hirai to Ren: Final thoughts
It was a long journey and I have a strong love and hate relationship with this film. In some aspects it does pull off greatly: the challenges of animating an imaginary creature created from scratch, the long still shots and the overall atmosphere of the film, I am really proud of these. Still, to review everything back from the beginning, I feel I am slightly on an incorrect path, or I am a little bit lost from what I am actually keen on. Let’s wrap up what is going on after these months: The film is almost done, but also not really done, yet. First, I have to admit I am too ambitious this time. On the one hand, it is a big project, on the other hand, I was excited about the settings. The original film is very long, with 7 pages of dialogue and 16 pages of storyboard, combined to an estimated 5 minutes of film. I didn't think that accidents would happen: my computer burnt down during midterm and I lost all my progress. Losing progress is not the biggest issue, the problem is my wo
