Animatic

Below is the animatic for our video. The animatic consists of photos we went out and took, put on a timeline and linked to our song "Gotta Boyfriend". We used the computer programme 'Final Cut Pro' to complete this. The photos displayed are meant to represent scenes from our actual video. The animatic is basically our storyboards but in picture. Our animatic is very short and lasts a total of 18 seconds, however feel that from the pictures used, you can gain a greater understanding as to what we hope our video will look like. As said before, we are not 100% sure whether we will use certain shots, i.e. the girls on the bus, but we have included this on our animatic as it is something we hope to do. Here is a rough outline as to what we hope our video will look like:


We designed our animatic before we actually begun filming for our video. This gave us all a great chance to practice using "Final Cut Pro". For quite a while I found using this programme really difficult. The only thing I could really do was use the 'razor' tool to cut away what we didn't want. Although I struggled at first, I eventually got the hang of using the programme (more so when editing footage for our video) and found myself learning numerous new skills, that I will definitely find useful! One particular feature of the animatic that I like is the fade that takes place 14 seconds into the animatic. This transition has given us ideas that we can possibly incorporate into our video, which may visually enhance the overall dynamics of the video.
To improve on our animatic, I really think we could have included more photos. As you can see it is very short and only lasts for a small segment of the song. This would also provide a more detailed account of what are video entailed and at what part of the song certain things would take place.
I am really pleased we created this animatic, as it has allowed me to see what are video may look like, which has given me confidence in achieving a good standard of work. I have found it really useful and am grateful as to the skills I have learned so far via "Final Cut Pro".