Summer Animation

Storyboards

166 Students: Storyboarding

The most important ingredient is to have a PLAN. 

Don Bluth used to say, "If you fail to plan - you plan to fail".

In order to PLAN - you have to THINK. Ask yourself these kinds of questions:

• a. What is the purpose of this scene?
• b. What is the character doing in this scene?
• c. How does this scene contribute to the whole piece?
• d. What is the mood of the scene?
• e. What are the emotions of the character?
• f. What came before...what follows?
• g. Do I have enough images to explain the story? (Show it to another person and ask them if     they under stand what is happening).

Below are sample Story Board Animatics

As you watch all of them, pick one and count the number of changes that happen and count each change as a frame.

For Thursday, please read chapter 1 in the textbook
"Ideas for the animated short" be ready to talk about your projects theme and the story archetypes.

October 26, Drawing Challenge

Here is Today's Monster Draw Challenge

Remember... The goal is to be inspired by what you 

see and to reinterpret the character. Select the link 

below for the image.

http://amonsterdrawing.blogspot.com/

October 25, Drawing Challenge

Here is Today's Monster Draw Challenge

Remember... The goal is to be inspired by what you 

see and to reinterpret the character. Select the link 

below for the image.

http://amonsterdrawing.blogspot.com/

October 24, Drawing Challenge

Here is Today's Monster Draw Challenge

Remember... The goal is to be inspired by what you 

see and to reinterpret the character. Select the link 

below for the image.

http://amonsterdrawing.blogspot.com/

October 16, Drawing Challenge

Here is Today's Monster Draw Challenge

Remember... The goal is to be inspired by what you 

see and to reinterpret the character. Select the link 

below for the image.

http://amonsterdrawing.blogspot.com/

Cartoon Bible

Welcome Summer 2014 Students

I welcome one and all from the Cave... Summer 2014 

Cartoon Animation is about to begin.

See you all on Monday June 16. 

More on Story Boarding for the 166 students

Here is a link to some amazing story boards and animatic studies. It would be worth your time to spend 10 minutes looking them over, they are truly an amazing treasure.

http://animationelysees.tumblr.com/tagged/storyboards

Below are the boards from the earlier Batman opening trailer that I posted.

165/166 Homework

165 Students:
On Thursday bring in your 2 point perspective backgrounds for the sack drop project.
166 Students:
On Thursday you should have drafts of all the main characters from your Bible projects ready to show. On Tuesday of next week the character pages should be done so that you can begin the storyboarding process.

See you then...

Acme broadcast info

Storyboarding

165 students:

You will storyboard the next animation before you animate. Planing out your camera angles is very important to the story telling process. Use the 16 panel page.

166 students:

The 16 panel page is for you to create quick sketches. It's your chance to experiment, storyboards take time, this is how we as animators plan out our story. Once you have decided the camera angles and the types of shots you want, you can then create the final layout onto the 3 panel pages with greater detail. Remember... The 16 panel pages are for the draft version only... No details on them.

For both 165 and 166 students:

Beginning - The images usually establish where the story is taking place, determined through the background and camera angles and framing (long shots to establish the scene, medium shots to give more detail and close-ups for emotional reactions). The beginning may also give information about when the story is happening. Most importantly, the beginning of the film should introduce the main characters- the protagonist, or hero, and sometimes an antagonist (the character or thing that will challenge the hero). Secondary characters may also be introduced in the beginning.

2. Middle - The action that affects the main character will take place in sequences that illustrate what happens to the character
and how he or she reacts to the situation. In a 30 second film, you will have time for only one or two of these event-and-¬response sequences, each one increasing the emotional reaction of the character. This is accomplished first through the animated character poses and expressions and also by cinematics: changing the framing of the camera, the length of the shots and how they are juxtaposed (edited).



3. End - The climax of the story should have the most cinematic intensity in the way the shots are framed, the background is designed, and the character's action is illustrated. As the climax subsides (the denouement), your storyboard should illustrate how the hero has changed as a result of his or her experiences. This change can be a new awareness, outlook, or attitude and can be shown through the character's gesture, expression and movement.



Reminders

165 Students
Homework: 
1. Printout a black and white image of a politician and have it ready for class on Thursday.  Make sure the head can be seen clearly and is no smaller than 3" x 5"
2. On a 8 1/2" x  11" sheet of paper, draw a 1 point perspective room, add a door, window, and a shelf on the back wall. Use a sharpie and ruler, the image will be used as a backdrop for the next animation.
3. Most of you finished up the simplified comic strip on the storyboard handout last night, if not... go ahead and work on it,  we will look at them on Thursday.
166 Students
Homework:
1. As you finish you character turns this week,  you will need to start thinking about backgrounds. Create an electronic file with images that can inspire your layouts. Next Tuesday, I would like to see some loose layout sketches. I will be talking more about backgrounds tonight at 7:00 in A106 and on Thursday.

Everyone: See you tonight... I hope you can make it!