Animation 5/5 - The result

I was correct, it was very fiddly to animate, however we are pleased with the end result.

After working out the timing and positioning for each figure we decided to have the gymnast travel 6 rings back (to the last red ring). The character would be placed in 2 positions in each of these rings, that would make 12, then we had to to the same to bring the gymnast to the front again to make up 24 frames.

We had to reshoot this twice as we did not get the timing quite right. The figure did not move enough over the first 14 frames which would have meant a sudden change of motion. The animation would therefore have lost its smooth flow and rhythm that we were looking for.

After re-shooting I put the pictures into photoshop and lined them all up simultaneously to ensure the animation didnt jump around too much.

Here is the end result.