These are the shots where her eyes form and then open. They will be interspersed with the ones showing the shaman's reaction.
Here's another shot of the shaman's reaction, rushing to catch the laying sword. A brief shot of Surai's eyes opening will go between this shot and the latter. I'm thinking about replacing the first two seconds with a closer shot of the shaman's face, but I'm afraid I'd have to sacrifice the sway of the camera, which I like...
Again, the shaman's colours are yet to be improved.
Beause of the low quality of the video, it may be difficult to observe the effects added to the woods. As in the previous shot, I've used two blurring effects: the Radial Fast Blur and the Vector Blur.
This is the shot where the shaman worries about the consequences of the enchantment and instinctively steps back. His colouring is not final, I've just painted his clothes someway so I could combine him with the background using the alpha channel.
I've added some blurring effects to the environment to emphasize the movement of the camera and the space between the trees and the shaman.
By the way, some of the shots will be cut in the final editing, so it doesn't matter if some character suddenly disappears at the last moment...
This shot has taken quite time. The hair and the dress' movements are drawn and painted frame by frame in Flash, as the body. I've added the background elements, particles systems and some individually treated flowers in After Effects.
So... let's go for the next shot! (Gosh, this is so painfully slow... I wish the satisfaction at the results was more proportional to the effort made.)