Complete animatic

I created a complete (or as complete as I could) animatic. I did not want to dedicate too much time to it, so I spent just one whole day in the library and completed it, from start to finish. Although it is very simple and unrefined, I was quite proud of myself for achieving this in such a short space of time. I used Photoshop to create still of each of the main shots of action, and animated it by exporting as a quicktime file.

I mainly used my tablet for drawing directly onto the screen, and I kept details to a minimum by doing very rough sketches and leaving out backgrounds of scenes.

When I was finished I discovered at the whole piece came in at only 1:20, instead of the required 2 minutes for the brief. I will have to think of places in the animation that I can extend the length by slowing down the pacing; or else add another short scene onto the end. I still have yet to think about the credit sequence at the end of the film and how I want to display that.
I sent the final animatic to Chris so that he can tailor the music better to the timing. I'm looking forward to it all coming together in the end.

I used some stills from my favourite animations as examples for planning some of the shots. Examples include  Julia Pott's work.

animatic whole 2 from Cal McLoughlin on Vimeo.