Making The Visit - Backgrounds

After quite a long break for coffee and ice-cream that's lasted since November 2007, I am picking up the film right where I left off and this is my image for the evening. It's a background for a shot of Oksana's father leading her from home and into the forest. I'll start working on the two characters tomorrow. They will come up over the little knoll and walk toward us.

Here is the latest version of the animation done so far: