After Effects Development:

After successfully creating fire & smoke, I used brown paper, masking tape, charcoal and paint to draw up a mixed media forest scene to scan in and use as the background for my animation... By making it a 3D layer, I could add lights and camera effects to give the animation more depth...

Next I need to add the fire wood, as well as the tribal faces emerging from the smoke... Then I can sync the timings with the music and my animation will be complete!