Note: Great website for storyboarding, cinematography, and animation notes! http://www.floobynooby.com/comp1.html
Upcoming Dates:
Monday, October 1st: Bring to class at least 12 seconds of your animated film! Key animation should be completed on at least two parts of your sequence! If you are still working on in-betweens, know what needs to be done to finish up your sequence.
Friday, October 5, 2018: Turn-In for midterms assignments. (All assignments due before 5:30 PM.)
On the server, in the Classes —> AN200 section, create a folder with your first and last name. You should submit the following production content labeled as such.
Folder: Film Materials
Folder Should Contain the Following Subfolders: thumbnails, storyboards, animatic, character design, environment design, color design, scheduling, completed sequences
Thumbnails:
include pictures of your index card stories from the beginning of the semester. All three stories should be properly photographed or scanned in. Clearly label your stories from left to right, with 4 or 5 images per row.
If you have alternative endings, make sure they are scanned in seperately and labeled as such!
Storyboards:
Your storyboards should be exported from storyboard pro with the following formats: "Full Page", "3 Panel Horizontal", and "Overview 4x3 or Overview 8x10.” Please include all notes for Action, Dialogue, Slugging )if necessary), Scene Names, Panel Names, and Duration of each shot. As we begin building scenes with full color and crafting environments and the like, these notes will be essential.
Animatic:
Your animatic should be listed as a video file in this folder. “lastname_storyname_animatic” If you have created updates to your animatic, please add a subheading to the name indicating such ("_v1” “_v2” etc.) Be sure to convert your file! Make sure your entire story is accounted for.
Note: By next week, everyone’s animatic should have an added section for title cards, and credits. You can draw in a test title and test credits panel for now, but we need to account for the time that will be added to your story. As we move further in class, look up “cartoon title cards” on google.w, as well as the website http://artofthetitle.com for ideas on introducing and closing out your film.
Character Design:
Include color model sheets for each character in your film. if you are having trouble with your color design, please add your ideas for your artwork. Your model sheets should also represent your wishes for the look of your final film in terms of lineart size and volume.
Environment Design:
Include color model sheets of key environments in your film. Everyone has been working on developing these so far. If you have questions about the perspective or cinematography in your shots, please don’t hesitate to let me know during this week and next. You should also include any photographs you have taken of real-world environments or lighting or prop samples. Observation is key in improving your environments!
If you are still working on your environments, start building smaller, full color thumbnail samples to get a good idea for how you want your sequence to look.
Color Design:
Any additional color palette design samples should go here. As we continue, we will add any color palette swatches, color scripts, RGB values, and any other color design art in here.
Scheduling:
Create a calendar or spreadsheet (typed, not in sketchbook) for developing the rest of your film. Plan to finish your film a few weeks before the end of the semester. We will have some other smaller projects we will do during the semester, so use this time to figure out a reasonable pace to keep for developing your film each week! I will also give people individual advice on building x-sheets and production notes to speed up your film production.
Completed sequences:
Self explanatory. In your own hard drive, name these files however you need for now. When you are turning them in, label them as “lastname_seqence1” , “lastname_sequence2, etc.” As midterms approaches, any in-progress shot can be added here as “lastname_inprog1.”
Be sure to CONVERT ALL VIDEOS! Midterm grading will be determined by the following:
1: Clarity of Action and Storytelling in Animatics and Animated Sequences (At a glance, do we understand the story of your sequence?)
2: Composition/Spacing/Staging of Action: (Are you using the camera frame to the best of its ability?)
3: Timing of Action: (Are your sequences well-paced?)
4: Craftsmanship: (Clean lines? Clear lineart?)
5: Organization / Production Coordination
6: Completion of Preproduction Materials
