I created my background scene from a collage of magazine cutouts. I sourced images from pixabay.com (an open source picture database). I cut out shapes from the textures I printed to create my cast. Each part that had a moving element was attached at the “joint” using string and tape.

For my fading to dark transition between walking and the campsite, I gradually turned off lights in my house. I moved the river slightly and turned off a light source until all lights were out. During my campsite scene, I utilized one of my bright side lights to reflect red light towards the animation periodically. This gave the scene a sense of flickering light from the campfire.

In order to create my campfire scene, due to inclement weather, I cut apart my first scene and edited it to create the second scene. I repurposed the background and added some darker trees.

I went to http://bbcsfx.acropolis.org.uk/ to gather appropriate background noises and sound effects for my animation. I recorded the voices using the app Voloco. The app allowed me to tune the sound and apply some basic noise reduction. Each voice segment was a separate file that I trimmed and added to the video where appropriate.