Make your storyboard and animatic Make break-apart [segmented] character from your model sheet Elements of a Flash Animated production
Elements of a Story
SCRIPT Review the script from the boy who cried wolf Check out rat and penquin script and dial. script ANIMATIC 720 x 540 pixels is the aspect ratio for TV Think of it as a comic book. Basically an animated storyboard Use Layer folders Guide layers do not render in final animation [modify/layer] Use pose-to-pose setups IF you transfer flash to video go to 25 fps. Otherwise stay with 12 fps. Black Matte: rectangle tool, line to none, fill to black, top layer, make very large black rectangle to extend past the stage Second layer of top of that one, fill to red exactly the size of the movie stage, position 0,0 ... copy/paste the red on the black and hit DELETE CAMERA MOVESPan In 3d, the pan is the camera turning around, often along the horizon line. In 2d we have to move the backgounds laterally. Trucks and Zooms A Zoom uses the camera lens A Truck camera simply moves in [you can see some examples like Jaws where the camera trucks in on the subject but the bkgrnd stays still] To make a truck Make one layer for subject, one for background Foreground grows toward viewer Slowly center out the background, make sure the center point is int eh center Camera shake Put the entire animation into a nested symbol and move it a little Fades Cross-dissolve Fade to black SOUND Add sounds to animatic Individual lines of dialogue and effects Event sounds good for sound effects that you re-use. Works like a symbol. Sync is not great, poor for dialogue. Streaming sounds use this for the animatic you can scrub the file and hear the sound Add a layer called dialogue Some tips Turn symbol into a silhouette set briteness to 0 Backgrounds color cards Explosions, red blue yellow flashes 8-24 frames Dont use bitmap backgrounds Tight shots, simple bkgrnds |