Writing The Screenplay
We are instructed to create index cards with our main story points and a few sketches to get a rough idea of the storyline. With this, we create an industry-standard screenplay, which has a specific format for animation. Each page of a script is generally regarded as a minute of screen time (with this in mind my script would be just less than 2 pages long.) For any dialogue in the film, the characters' names appear in capital letters, speech follows on a new line. I don't plan on having dialogue in my animated piece in this instance, so my script will be significantly shorter than one that does. I would still need to describe any scene changes plus camera directions. Scene setting is usually kept to a minimum of detail.
The Storyboard
The storyboard is the visual part of the plan for how the animation will look. It consists of simple sketches that show the scene and intended camera angles. A few words are incorporated alongside the images to give sound and dialogue instructions. Arrows are used to indicate direction of movement of any elements. The boxes in which one draws are usually screen aspect ratio. The quality of the drawing does not particularly matter and does not have to match that of your finished output.
Storyboard Animatics
A storyreel shows the storyboard on screen in real time. It involves capturing the storyboard images on camera or scanning them onto a computer. A voice over can be included with the video for any dialogue that the animation will contain. The main point of the reel is to test for pacing and length.
The main purpose of each of these three creations is to avoid wasting time and money at later stages by having to reshoot or recreate any scenes.
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