Animatic Production

The formation of our animatic was to produce a storyboard which involved shot by shot drawings. We created a first draft of eight basic shots to practice the technique we would be using in our final animatic. We included a brief description explaining the shot type (Close-up, medium shot etc.). Using a video recorder, held in place by a tri-pod to ensure we got a clear and detailed image, we took still footage of each individual frame we had drawn. Having completed the storyboard and filming we captured the images into Adobe Premiere Elements. Then placed it on a timeline where we could split the clips up individually and alter the frame rate, stretching the length of the image to the desired time. We did this in time to our track (Ja Rule featuring Tank – Race Against Time) by importing it into the same timeline allowing us to work with both audio and visuals simultaneously. We then uploaded our Finished animatic into a Youtube account for viewing.

The animatic proved to be more simple than we first thought. It reinforced our idea and in our opinion showed us that the combination between our theme and track selected will work well. The animatic helped us visualise our project and gave us more direction. we learnt that we will need many more angles of the same footage and scenes to make quicker editing and cutting for a more authentic music video.
Editing on the beat is the vital as it creates a link between visuals and audio, key to making it look authentic
We also discovered that more shots of the performer/artist would be needed for the chorus of the track but this doesn't need to be done on location which saves time.