Storyboard written plan (paper and digital) for scene 4 + walrus/seal warm up sketch
The original write up/description by Charlotte of my scene:
The context/description of the scenes (3 & 5) that come before and after mine:
Starting my storyboard, I was able to reference Jonathan’s completed storyboards and animatic (shown below) which was extremely helpful for figuring out how to start my scene and to link it with his.
Jonathan’s storyboard (specifically the shots that happen before mine):
And Jonathan’s animatic:
My initial rough storyboard:
Page 1
Page 2
Adding in values and perspective lines + more camera notes to help clarity and depth:
As I was drawing the storyboard, some parts didn’t work out or I wanted some shots to continue over multiple boards. As the storyboard is now, this is the updated written storyboard plan:
My scene has a lot of action but I thought this would be important to include so it gives me something interesting to animate but also fit with the tone of this part of our overall group animation. The seal represents anger so having a lot of action made sense to me.
References
These video references were helpful in how to actually approach the process of storyboarding, the dos and don’ts and how to get as close as possible to an efficient and effective storyboard I could then use to reference for my final animation. The animal video references helped me draw the key pose I wanted for the animal characters.
https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/what-is-a-storyboard/
https://www.wildlifeonline.me.uk/animals/article/red-fox-behaviour-the-social-hierarchy