Homework for Monday, March 4th

Develop the animatic of your chosen story! Bring the completed animatic to class. Be sure to start by implementing the drawings you have already created before adding new ones. Remember to flesh out the actions of your story!

If you want to go ahead, take care of parts of your animatic in this order.

• Integrate your thumbnails.
• Time your animatic in a rough sense with thumbnails only.
• Start adding drawings to flesh out the action within.
• Time your animatic again. Each time you do, you will improve the flow and pacing of your story.
• Extra note: Keep your animatic within the 30 second time frame.
• At this stage, you will probably see some stuff you can take out. Be willing to remove elements of your story that don't work as well.
• Once you like the art, start adding camera angles.
• remember to draw arrows on panels to indicate important movements from one panel to another!
• Once done, make a 960x540 movie and bring your thumbnails from sticky notes and index cards, your storyboard pro project files and your animatic to class!

TIP: Look for finished storyboards online to get a good idea of what makes a "quality" animatic sequence!

Example below: Spongebob Squarepants

Example Below:  Batman The Animated Series



Example Below: Avatar: Legend of Korra - Pro Bending Competition




This is a good example of how you can integrate 3D models, photographs, and other elements into your animatic!  Using outside sources can speed up the process of producing something clear and easy to understand for audiences!



Example: Gravity Falls





Example: Adventure Time