Thanks for the comments guys!
BWJC,
Glad you liked that pan. It was one of the first shots I thought of, and the first that I shot. I tried to have longer shots in this film, and avoid cutting unless I needed to, so that probably contributed to it being slow. Of the older westerns I've seen, they tend to have slower pacing, and I was trying to channel that feel a bit. Seems I accomplished that a bit too well. However, I'm happy with it.
Mighty,
I have no idea either. I kept animating and animating, trying to finally finish everything, and didn't realize just how much I had done until you pointed it out. The script was only 1 1/2 pages, so even I'm surprised that it expanded to this length. Thankfully, post-production was simple and I was able to recover some time with that.
Twickabrick,
Thanks! I was afraid I may have mangled this ending, as it had to lead naturally into "If Prison Bars Could Talk" so I felt that it may have only shown two-thirds of Duh's transition, with the other being shown in the next film. Thankfully, it all seemed to work out in the end!
Yeah, I certainly overused the contest theme in the dialog. However, the dialog was continually being revised until the very end, and I guess my sleep-deprived brain didn't realize just how much it would stick out. Sorry about that!