I have found a news report that I have cut up to fit the length and style of my animation. From this I can see the main sections that I will need to include and therefore have drawn out an animatic. This is a new method for me, as I have not made 2D animations before, and when planning for projects that include video elements I have always used storyboarding. Basically animatics are a very basic hand drawn version of the final piece.
To see an example of an animatic click this link- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FinPTn-Rg-M.
From my research, it is clear to me how I will go about beginning the actual animation process in Flash, how to export the video and how to use audio within Flash for an optimal performance in the final exported project.
I should mention the nitty gritty parts of the animation process too, if you haven’t read my previous post updating you on my animation project, it might be a good idea as I have mentioned a lot about the actual animation techniques I will be using.
Although before I begin animating, I would feel much more comfortable knowing I have all of the graphics work done. Not because I’m worried about these, I generally really enjoy the design process of a project as much as the technical parts. But if I am animating a scene and realise I need something extra, or do not like the graphics I have drawn then I would like to have spares handy to go asap.
This part of the project is definitely underway, as I have already created an animatic I know exactly what to create digitally, as I have drawings to work from.
As I have seen previously in a lip syncing tutorial, I’m going to first arrange the audio appropriately, as I have two pieces to import. These are the opening news tune, and then the broadcast itself. I do not have to worry too much about slicing up the news report in flash, as I have cut and pasted together the report from audacity.
On a side note in relation to this, I highly recommend that if you need any audio work done (generally low key) then go and download audacity here - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
I’m not sponsored by audacity or anything, it’s just a brilliant program to get to grips with easily and above all, it’s free.
As for the rest of my project I will be updating this blog on my progress, so if you would like to see the developments of my animation then keep reading! Or even if you would like to just have a look at the finished piece, I will upload it here first.
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