Animation explained

Now that my animation is complete and the video has been created, I thought that it would be a good idea to create a short commentary on it to explain what the character is doing and what he may be thinking.

Firstly, I chose a piece of music called 'Moten Swing' by Oscar Peterson. This is a lounge jazz track which seemed to suit the mood of the video.
It starts with a pan of the area where three players are playing cards.
As Maverick leans forward to pick up the cards, his glasses fall down his nose. This idea was obtained from my original film that I made a friend who had the same problem of glasses falling down his nose. He then pushes them back up.
Trying to bluff the other players, he risks all of his chips, hoping that his opponents will fold. Getting slightly edgy, he takes off his glasses to try to concentrate more. As he taps his two fingers around the mouth area, he discretely looks to his left to see what his opponents face looks like. Wiggling his fingers now, this idea was again taken from the original video that I took of friends playing cards. After he has laid his chosen card and the other players have laid their cards, he realises that he is not going to win. (Starts shaking his head).
In anger, he throws down his cards and pushes his glasses off of the table.
The final shot is of Maverick exclaiming that he could never have won with the poor hand that he was dealt. He shakes his head in disappointment and disgrace, whilst holding out his hand to show that he is annoyed with the cards he had.