Project 7 2D Animatic

Project 7

2D Animatic

Introduction:

So in this project I was suppose to make another storyboard as a 2D Animatic. Why do I say "Storyboard", well it's because a 2D Animatic is basically a storyboard just with few twists. I was also suppose to find music and sounds for the Animatic and also show asset movement by arrow or animated elements within the frame. Using images, texts and links to other animation fims i am suppose to show benefits of a 2d Animatic so here it is!

2D animatics is used to estabilish pacing of the movie, music preliminary recorded dialogs and sounds effects may also be included where appropriate to enhance details. Animatic may be little more then temporary arranged storyboard and it may give information about movement of objects (assets) and the camera. Animatic is where sound clips and voiceover are added and motion is introduced to characters. This method can be created quickly for a specific video and the work of the projects can evenly be distributed throughout process making everything so much easier. BUT it can also waste alot of the time if not done correctly! It is important to have a good vision of what you want to create, the audience you want to reach with it and the goals you wish to reach as those choices influence the decisions what to create!

Production:

So i started with my first drawing from the final storyboard where the camera is positioned outside the house, simply because I wanted to start with the scene outside with kinda sun rise feel to the scene. I had in mind this movie I don't remember where it's from exactly but I think its from some Disney old stuff where camera pans around and there sun rising up and the birds and singing, that's what I had in mind for this scene. As the Camera is zooming in towards the bedroom window music of singing birds. 

This is where I started drawing the new sketches starting with the scene in the bedroom where the person is sleeping when he get's abruptly woken up  by the alarm clock. Whole scene is basically him getting out of bed and heading towards the door. I ended up with around 10-11 drawings which were "ok" for a animatic but now i  had to go look for music and sounds to add. It took me awhile to find a website where i could download sounds for free or without any license so i could use it freely. 

I came over this website freesound.org which was freaking awesome, it had everything i needed for my animatic from singing birds to alarm clocks!

 With all sounds and music downloaded I started up Windows Live Movie Maker, imported all the pictures and just as I was about to put in soundtrack it didn't work.
Apparently the program didn't recognize the files cause i had Windows 10 installed on the pc and the program was outdated. So i went over to their website to check if there was any update but still no solutions. So I went on the web again and searched for a Movie editing program which is easy to use when i came over Filmora. Extreamly easy to use but the editing options are really minimal you can't have more then 1 soundtrack line so I was left with not much of choice. Cause i was thinking about using separate sound track for the sound and one for music in the background.

Evaluation:

So to answer all the questions and give back feedback about the project without writting a whole wall of text. What i learned is that sound can be a good helper when it come to giving out information to the audience when illustration fails. Sounds is like extra information which is a great when production is limited or the budget is. I will definitely take from this experience and use it to create more cleaner and obvious reaction sketches next time! When it comes to the role of Editor i knew much of it from before. It is Editors responsibility to make sure that the work will reach the audience it is he who must add or remove content to make changes so the message reaches the people.
And lasts the color isn't really needed for 2D animatic but it depends on who is going to see the animatic. If its only for editing purposes just for the animator team then no you don't really need, but if you plan on showing this to a studio or some partners there is nothing wrong in adding some more life into the story!

Ive enjoyed the project learn a lot got into some small problems with my pc and some programs but nothing that can't be overcome. I was thinking about getting another video editing program thou cause this one is used now is too simplified and there is hardly any editing options for soundtracks.
I'm not entirely satisfied with the outcome but hopefully next time i'll be prepared better! (dam you windows) :D