Thanks for the feedback, I really appreciate it.
Pritchard, all that masking was terribly tedious and tiring, it took up most of 3 hours.
Haha, I actually only masked two frames out of the entire thing - with the hat and the Piece of Resistance. Most of them were long enough that I could stick them on to the edge of the pot to secure them in place long enough to take the frame.
With the amount of time I had to make this film I decided it was better to pick a short, sweet idea than attempt a larger scale production. I'm really thankful that I did pick the smaller project, I doubt I would have finished anything more involved.
The scientists is supposed to be doing some sort of space log or something, I figured that would be a good way to introduce and explain.
The microscale set was the most fun to build (and film ), and I love how it turned out. Yup, that was an Exo-Force light tube.
The sound design was another fun part of the film, every sound effect here besides the muffled explosion I recorded on Friday and Saturday of the contest.
Thanks again for the feedback.
In case anyone's interested, here are some behind-the-scenes pictures. Not the greatest since I had to snap them and start doing more BRAWLing.