Evaluation of our Animatic

The role of storyboarding and animatics are absolutely fundamental to video in the pre-production process. They do not only allow the producers of the video to have a clearer and more vivid image of what the video will look like. But also allows them to see where any potential holes are and gives them the opportunity to fill the gaps and judge how long each shot should be.



Within our group of 4, we each delegated 12 shots to draw which would make up our complete music video. Once we drew them and a few corrections were made, we had a full story board. Separating the responsibilty was definitely a good idea as it made the job very quick and easy. It also gave all 4 members of the group an opportunity to excel in something that may or may not be our talent. Especially in my case where art is not my strong point, I learnt that being artistically develped was not a necessity to complete storyboards.

After we had our complete 44 images drawn out, we began the animating process. This involved videoing each image for 10 seconds and putting them all together. Henceforth creating an amimated affect.

The positive features of an animatic are that it puts into perspective how long each shot will be and can also imform the producers whether there are not enough slides or whether there are too many. This makes the animatic a very useful stage in terms of editing because it creates a platform and makes it look real for the first time.

One negative feature of animatics is that is is all still shot. This means it disregards any movement throughout the scene. Despite making it easier to judge, it is still hard when you cannot see the real actors in motion.

Despitite some positive feedback, it must be said that there was a lot of constructive criticism from our teachers and our classmates. A common issue that people had about our animatic was that they were unable to follow the story line and also the rhythm of the music didn't quite match up with the transitions. The good thing about this is that it is very easily adjustable.

The constuctive criticism has allowed us to progress massively as a group and make small alterations to what we presented that day. We have been more professional and detailed with our editing which will make our actual video more similar to the real music videos that we now see on Youtube and MTV.