Hey Fretslayer, For a pro-guitarist you make a pretty good film editor! I liked the timing of your editing and cuts, and the music and animation work very well together. The quality it is now is still very effective for telling your story. I like your style on this. I didn't think it was too dark, and that it successfully emulated the feel of the original film which was also dark in the night scenes. I tried to watch the second one, but I was only able to listen to the music, no picture. I must need a codec update.
 
  I'm a musician too, and the original reason I got into 3d, and animation was to add something different to the show; graphics for CDs, video for performance backgrounds, or a promo DVD we had planned. Now my band has disbanded but I still love messing with Carrara.
Keep posting your stuff. I'll be happy to give it a look and a listen.