1812 - Opening Scene: Russian Hymn

The finished opening scene to my animation in progress, 1812. The animation is based on Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture which tells the story of Napoleon's failed attempt to invade Russia in the respective year.

See the final piece at https://youtu.be/T7xrM6spwaQ.

This opening scene is loosely inspired by the opening scene from The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EibUdcby8dY ) and includes the Russian hymn: Troparion of the Holy Cross. See my Digital Media blog for the lyrics: http://joeldavidmurray.wordpress.com/2010/11/15/russian-hymns/

I created the flag and text on Adobe Photoshop and animated it using Adobe After Effects tanks to a few tutorials you can also find on my blog at joeldavidmurray.wordpress.com.

Thanks to Edward C Yong for help with lyrics, translation and the cyrillic text.

Видео 1812 - Opening Scene: Russian Hymn канала Joel Murray