P3. STORYBOARD

You must storyboard your animation in FULL.

Even if you're not necessarily sure how it will all plan out (if your rotoscoping etc) you MUST show that you have some idea how your animation is going to pan out.

Remember - A STORYBOARD SHOULD BE COMPLETE, WELL DRAWN AND BE A DOCUMENT THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE GIVEN TO SOMEONE ELSE FOR THEM TO ANIMATE. SO NO STICK FIGURES AND REMEMBER YOUR WORK ON PROJECT 1.

Here's some advice on storyboarding animation:

Content – It should be clear from your storyboard what is included in each frame. This may be clear from the art work or notes that you have added to the storyboard

Composition - think about angles, framing and mise-en-scene.

Tweens and keyframes - to help your plan out your animation sketch out the key movements that your characters will make.

Movement - indicate movement with the appropriate arrows.

Annotate - this is a working document so feel free to scribble instructions where necessary.

THIS  IS NOT A DOCUMENT TO JUST GET OUT OF THE WAY THIS MUST SHOW PLANNING, CARE AND CRAFT.


Above are industry standard storyboards. Do your storyboards for your previous animation pitch compare well with these - if not do something about it.

If you're not confident with your drawing download a storyboard template and do it digitally.