Final Animation!

I'm really happy with the outcome of this animation, especially because I have had very little experience in the past using Maya. I was especially happy with the lighting and how the natural sun and sky setting in Maya turned out. However, there is always room for improvement, and after watching this back a few times I can now see changes that I would have made if I were to do this again. 

• If there had been time, we would have liked to add some 2D ripples to the water, to give it a bit more life, as well as some 2D visual splashing to match the sound effect when the robot falls into the water. 
• Just after the mermaid pushes the robot into the water, I think it would have looked better if she then dived under the water herself, because she appears under the water in the next scene. 
• If we had more time, it would have been nice to have added some 2D or 3D elements to the background, such as birds or bubbles. 
• There is some inconsistency with the horizon, at one point it is all grey and then in another scee it becomes blue. This is something we would have fixed if we had a bit more time. 

One change that Ollie made to the underwater scene was that he added another layer over the top and animated it slightly in After Effects, in order to make it slightly more water like. This worked really well and I'm glad that we deiced to do this because it looks a lot more effective!