We were tasked to create an animatic in which we must use the sound; both dialogue and superimposed we are planning to use, along with the animated characters on screen. I completed a piece of research (below) into why animatics are used and the best way to create an animatic.
Research
An Animatic is the oldest and historically the most popular form of animation. In a traditionally-animated cartoon, each frame is drawn by hand. (Wikipedia).
An animatic is produced in the pre-production stages of a film. The director usually meets with the storyboard artist to discuss how the scene's of the film should play out. The end result is a mini-movie, that resembles an animated version of the media product that has yet to be filmed. The animatic, is the chance in which the director is able to be creative and test his idea's through the use of the animatic, another advantage of producing an animatic is that a detailed plan of the film can be tested this saving time (and money if a professional production). The animatic can also be a useful tool even when the film is shot, as the animatic can be used as place holders if a part of a scene is to be changed, re-filmed or needs a high amount of editing.
Storyboard Quick, which is the software that our media group will be using. This piece of software removes the traditional hand drawing of storyboards as there is no drawing necessary. It is easy-to-use through just choosing a background, character and then a prop.
ATLAS media productions decided upon taking photos and inserting these into Storyboard Quick in which we used animated characters to resemble our characters positioning within the film.
