Scene test.

The bubble pop.

As the animation is based on what magic this bubble can bring once you're inside it, I wanted to make a clear division between the reality of being outside the bubble and the surrealism of what you see when you're inside the bubble. So with this, I wanted the bubble pop scene to convey that once it has popped, the boy has popped right back into reality. I played around on Flash for a bit to try and make the pop look as realistic as possible however, I found it to be too neat. I then went onto having a bit of a fiddle around on After Effects by using different solids and shape layers to mimic the stretches and tears you get when a bubble pops. I wont necessarily being using this in the animation but I will be playing around with the tools to give it a more realistic effect.

Bubble grows then pops.