Halloween Barn Animation

Hey all, this is a sample draft of a Halloween themed project that I have been working on during the first week of Spooky Season. There are plenty of small things I will improve but the biggest thing is getting the flock of birds to move more smoothly through the air. Right now I am using a technique that relies on emitting the birds from a deforming mesh's volume, but unfortunately things seem a bit too jittery. That said, now that I have proof of concept I can spend more time sculpting realistic looking birds which should help a lot. The lantern object is actually the part I am most proud of but you can hardly see it at all from so far away. In the future I may create additional camera shots which can highlight smaller things like that.

Happy Spooky Season everyone!