Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-32347396-20170914114920/@comment-25316824-20170920023748

RT doesn't like animating establishing shots. How many shots do we have of Beacon? 2 or 3 and the building doesn't even look 3-D. (http://rwby.wikia.com/wiki/Beacon_Academy/Image_Gallery)

Given how much time was spent at the school its a shock that we don't have a detialed look at the school.

Cinematically, leaving Schnee Manor means that you have to show the Manor or at least a part of it. I'm sure there is some scribbled down sketches but animating large establishing shots is rare and probably difficult/ time consuming/ tedious.

Overall, it was probably better to invest that time in giving us good aerial shots of Menagerie although there should have definitely been more people. Just goes to show that RT is streched/ skimping on the animation budget.