I couldn’t quite figure out how to fix this problem so I went back to watching the recorded lecture where Luke talks about how to overlay zoetropes onto your exported animation in After Effects. It was so much easier. I figured out very quickly and there was no fuss. I was happy because I really wanted to include zoetropes as this stage is a great excuse to test them out and see what you can come up with.
This was my first Zoetrope I use, a sort of entrance flame to Stitch arriving. I added in sound effects I found on Youtube for what it sounds like when there is a flame jet. I was pretty impressed how well that it works once I got the timing right.
I added in blue lighting as another effect as I wanted to make it in Maya from the tutorial I found but it didn’t seem to work so this was a great easy solution for some fun effects. Also, it worked out nicely that it was the same colour as Stitch and the Booth.
I found that when the camera were moving it was really hard to include zoetropes as they didn’t look as believable. However, when the cameras were still, it made the shot much more interesting and realistic. For example here, the camera cranes along the crowd, pauses and then zooms into Stitch. I added the flames coming out of the booth while the camera had paused making that shot look so perfectly times and not too static.
Here I used the blue lighting again but made it so it looks as though it was part of the digital screens including the booth. This added to the illusion that they are digital screens so was just a nice little touch while this shot was stationary.
This was the finale shot or the overall scene. I wanted to litterally go with a bang like they do at festivals. So i used theses explosions as though they were fireworks and added the sound of a firework I downloaded from Youtube