Review:

"Things are more complete in my head than they could be after a thousand lifetimes of using Max!!"

The final version of the video for Assignment 3 as submitted is all that was possible given the time and resources available. Sadly, critical sequences are missing, particularly the sequences represented in storyboard images 16, 17, & 18, that are 'key' to interpreting the remaining footage. A nebulous, grungy background was also intended to give context and scale instead of the solid black but I never did figure out how to use the masks in AE. At around 2:20 the music score does not loop correctly and gives a disjointed and false impression that we are reaching the end of the video. This is not helped by the anticlimactic crescendo when we learn the glass microscope slides, imbued with the characteristics of the preceding images, themselves begin to create an architectural envelope. This would have made a lot more sense if I had been able to model it as intended, and render with the appropriate qualities.

All in all, I believe the course is too short to be able to master Max, After Effects and Premiere, particularly given the time-sensitive nature of the exercises. And the course might benefit from a reduction in the number of tasks & assignments.