Animatic Storyboards

An animatic storyboard is a digitally created storyboard that is created by still images taken and being edited together in sequence. This method has the same technique as hat animated films, short films etc. use. It is a much more visually helping type of storyboard compared to the basic hand created storyboard.

Animatic storyboards still require illustrations/sketches of the individual shots, but with the use of digital media it is possible to edit these frames together in a more accurate motion and time way.

This process allows the animators and directors to work out any screenplay, camera positioning, shot list and timing issues that may exist with the current storyboard. This animatic storyboard is a great help to animators as it cuts down the possibility of having to delete scene from the final production, animation is a long, time consuming and expensive process which is made easier, and cheaper by cutting the amount of footage that the final production needs to have removed.

Sounds can be added at this process to once again help with time and motion, as to see how long speach will actually take to perform. A sondtrack or score could also be added here to get a basic understading of how the piece will look and feel with the selected musical score or soundtrack.