Series
of panels that contain a visual interpretation
of the screenplay is called storyboard.
Storyboarding is a process where a
storyboard artist along with the director,
the character developer and the background
or the layout artist, discusses the
entire script and plans in advance
the camera placements, the camera
and character movement, etc.
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
Design
characters based on the script and
the storyboard.
BACKGROUND AND
LAYOUT
Design
backgrounds that will be scene based.
IN-BETWEENS
Drawings
that are drawn between the key drawings
are called In-between drawings.
KEYFRAMES
Keyframes
or key drawings are extreme drawings,
which define the first and the last
position of the character in action.
CLEAN UP
Assistant
Animators trace the Lead Animator's
Rough drawings, adding detail and
cleaning up the lines as hey go. Confusing
details, like the lines on the back
of this character, are clarified for
the painters: and coloured ink lines
are indicated in coloured pencil.
sometimes, the lead assistant will
select a representative drawing from
each scene and do a single sample
clean up drawing to show other Assistants
how the scene should be cleaned up.
SCANNING
The
Clean up drawings are then scanned
in the computer.
INK AND PAINT
According
to the colour model corresponding
character is coloured.
COMPOSITING AND
EFFECTS
Different
layers of Characters and background
merged to make a complete frame.
FINAL OUTPUT
A
fully developed frame ready to be
broadcasted.
SARAVANA KUMAR R
(FLASH ANIMATOR TRAINEE)
GRANTHAM
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