In this module, we learned about the importance of animatic and previsualization in film production.
For the animatic, we were given 2 scripts to choose from: “16 Blocks” by Richard Wenk and “Breakdown” by Jonathan Mostow. I chose breakdown. The first thing I did once I had selected a section from the script I would work from, was to print it out and mark out sections on it. I divided it into 16 main areas of action. This then made it easier to start drawing. I have never had to create a storyboard for an animatic before so I was unsure how to begin my drawings.
. Just like in previous modules I placed too much pressure on myself for my work to be perfect so I did some quick rough thumbnail sketches to get my ideas flowing. I was unsure how I would convert my rough thumbnail drawings into bigger and better drawings. (insert thumbnail sketches)
To better understand what animatics were supposed to look like I watched a couple of videos on YouTube as suggested by my Blender Tutor. I watched the animatics for a couple of Disney movies such as “Frozen 2” and “Cars”. I looked at the Disney animatics to better help me understand how to draw people and how they fit into their surroundings, and I used the “Cars” animatic as a reference for how to draw cars. It wasn’t all too helpful as the cars are animated and with human characters rather than being entirely animatic.
Watching other animatics was useful because it helped me better understand how my animatic should flow compared to just a few storyboard tiles.
Most of my reference images were actually just from conducting quick Google searches. I found it very helpful to look at lots of images with slight variations in the poses I was looking for. This allowed me to think about how I could show the emotions and thoughts of the characters only through my drawings.
I keep a physical reflective diary where I write comments from my peers and tutors to help me when I go back to edit my work after a reflection.
Reflective journal notes:
Practising timings:
Premiere Pro:
Using Premiere Pro was quite easy as I have had experience with it in the past however I followed the videos provided by my tutors to learn how to add things such as subtitles. I found adding subtitles to be very useful because it helped my scenes flow better. Instead of there just being a prolonged period of time where nothing was happening, the subtitles show the dialogue between the characters and their general speech and comments.
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