Just as I open the animation with a bound ribbon that "morphs" if you will, into a bird, symbolizing being unrestricted and tied down, I thought of something that might end the animation too. It was actually while meeting with my peers in the feedback sessions I arranged that someone (Michael) said I ought to think about a nice way to end the animation, rather than have it just fade out, so that's exactly what I've tried to do.
As the animation plays out, the migrating birds begin to disappear one by one. What if the last remaining bird, who I was actually debating whether they should live or die themselves, did in fact live, and flew off to greener pastures, but did so in a way that came OFF the train canvas background?
If I could merge the hand drawn imagery with the digital manipulation of live footage, I could perhaps create the illusion that the bird was flying OUT of the train itself, and away into the distant sky.
Here's a quick sketch to show you what I mean...
I think it would be a creative and fitting end to the animation, something that emphasizes the point of the animation, while at the same time bringing it back into the real world footage ready to be wrapped up as a whole.
Sure, it will need digital means in order to pull off, but I don't feel it violates my original intent of focusing primarily on non-digital means in order to craft an animated tale. It's an EXTRA idea that builds upon what I'll already have created by hand, so in that sense, I feel it works.
And if it doesn't, tough titty. It's a nice idea.
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