Given the slow manner in which traditional animation is produced, it is almost always easier to synchronize animation to a pre-existing soundtrack than it is to synchronize a soundtrack to pre-existing animation. Storyboard artists will have regular meetings with the director and may redraw or 're-board' a sequence many times before it meets final approval.īefore animation begins, a preliminary soundtrack or scratch track is recorded so that the animation may be more precisely synchronized to the soundtrack. The images allow the animation team to plan the flow of the plot and the composition of the imagery. A storyboard has an appearance somewhat similar to comic book panels, and is a shot by shot breakdown of the staging, acting and any camera moves that will be present in the film. Process Writing and storyboarding Īnimation production usually begins after a story is converted into an animation film script, from which a storyboard is derived. 1.6 Traditional ink-and-paint and camera.

Colored pencil animation group