Animating the virtual cameras

In this section, you will finally get to animate all the virtual cameras we’ve added to all the shots in the previous section. More specifically, in Shot_05, Shot_06, and Shot_07, you will also animate the space shuttle as per the storyboard.

But before we jump back again into the Level Sequencer, let’s learn about the Level Sequencer’s playback controls. In the bottom-left corner, you’ll find all the Level Sequencer’s navigation and playback controls:

Figure 10.27: The sequencer playback controls

Here are what the controls are and their equivalent shortcuts:

• 1: This sets the start maker indicated with a green vertical line ([)
• 2: This jumps to the start of the timeline (up arrow key)
• 3: This jumps to the previous keyframe (,)
• 4: This jumps to the previous frame (left arrow key)
• 5: Play in reverse
• 6: Play forward (spacebar)
• 7: This jumps to the next frame...