I animated my sequence in small chunks. This meant that the render times were small (no more than 3 hours) and I could easily adjust the flow of the sequence in editing software afterwards. I used Adobe Premier. This is a very 'easy to use' program and I recommend it to everyone. I imported all of my finished renders and while consulting my story board I put each scene roughly in place on the timeline. Thankfully I stuck to my story board, this made this stage much easier.
Then I set about shortening the clips to make then flow correctly. I also used cross fades between a couple of the scenes, as they a very effective for conveying passing time. This took a few attempts to get right. When I added the music I did have to fiddle about with the scenes again. i sort of used cues in the music to determine when the scene changes should happen.
Because some scenes show the burger van far away (like at the start, when the Rocker is walking past in the distance) I adjusted the volume of the music to make it louder the closer the camera is to its source. (the radio in the burger van) This gives the sequence much more depth, It sounds like the music is part of it rather than just being played over the top.
With premier I did have a few problems when exporting. I found that the quality of the finished sequence wasn't as good as that of final renders. Does anyone know how to adjust the compression settings in Premier? I'm not sure if it is the compression that is the problem, but I think it may have something to do with it.
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In the render output menu under the compressor section select none and also check the maximum bit depth box. This will mean that your video will stay just as crisp as when you rendered it. However this also means that it will keep its full file size which really is not a problem as DVD's can hold 4.7GB. My video came out at 3GB.
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