I am finishing up a high resolution version of the NYC Tsunami scene this morning.Looking back at this scene I am now thinking it might be good to fully animate the wacky wavy balloon arm crowd from the 2021 NYC New Years Eve celebration. According to the production specs on this page the film was completed in 2023, so this might be the perfect scene to animate on the final day of the year. The problem of course is that this may take a few days to fully animate.
The scene now has some very subtle animation of a few arms moving in slow motion. The scene as it is works and is only on screen for one second. This is the type of dilemma I keep facing. Is the scene good enough or do I need to make it exceptional. The film was good enough in May of this year and I have spent the last 8 months making each scene the best it could be. I start each revision with some trepidation but when complete I feel like it is the best scene in the film. The trouble is, I can’t be sure when the film is really done, since it can always be made better.
I am also aware that very few film festivals will want to screen COVID Dystopia since most festival judges would like to believe the pandemic is a thing of the past.