Animatics (Appendix 23)

For our next stage of group planning, we are filming our animatics to give us an idea of the timescale and the shots we are using with the correct timings. Our story boards have been drawn up and we are filming each still that is drawn in each box. Ten seconds worth of footage is taken per shot. This is done so that we can capture them into premiere elements and manipulate them due to the length of shot that we require in the actual video. We are effectively pre filming our music video with a cartoon/stickfigures. This is an important part of our planning procedure as it is a far more visual manner and we can ut it down on paper rather than having our plans purely in our heads. This too aids in a more consensual view shared between the three people in this group. It's helping our planning as we will be able to see our still plans in a more complex and dynamic format after it has been captured on elements. We will then be able to lay our track underneath the images and give us a true feel for the additional gaps that need to be filled and hopefully any problems that come to light will be easily fixed.