I began my motion graphic project by sketching out my idea in a storyboard. I wanted to use a moving fire and then have the scene pan up the chimney, following a spark to a scene of rooftops, where there are many sparks. The concept behind by video was the idea that everyone’s lives are as complex and unique as your own, but we all go through similar experiences and life events, with the suggestion that each building in the scene has a fire of its own. I had not worked with After Effects before and had some difficulty getting used to the programme, so began with very simple elements, including some hand drawn assets and a few lines of moving objects. One thing I would have liked to do was replace the fire lines with flame-shaped objects, to make it more realistic. The art also ended up having two styles – one with white outline and one a more cartoonish look, but I think they ended up working well together. I primarily used the position transform, trim paths, and opacity transform, so as not to overcomplicate the project. I also used sound from a copywrite free track on SoundCloud, which inspired the fire imagery initially, as it has the crackling in the background.