First time i'v every made so had a look at some to make sure I was doing it right.
I had a look at a few of the chapter Animatics for The Legend of Korra:
The only really difference really is that mine is in colour as I exported the frames directly from my storyboard.
I had a go at trying it in Flash, but it wasn't really giving me the results I wanted, so I moved to Premier Pro as I can use it a lot quicker and chuck in a couple of the effects I wanted.
As my project places emphasis on music I cut the sequences to the tracks as carefully and as closely to the beats as possible especially as there are points in the 2 tracks that pull the story forward and convey the ideas/emotions i'm going for.
I'm really happy with it. It runs for just over 2 minutes which is perfect as I'm aiming for no longer than 3.5 mins and I wanted to account for an extra 1 minute for a proper and more complete dance sequence - which I know will be the trickiest bit.
What was really useful is that it highlights the gaps in my scenes and where I need to make sure there's action / movement happening so the frames don't drag out. I'll probably update this with a couple of extra frames / loops at the beginning and during the dance sequence.
The first track is 'Via Purifico' was composed by Nobuo Uematsu for Final Fantasy X - I won't be using it for the final thing, but it's very close to the sound I was going for when designing my character ad story. The next track 'Hope' by Old Lumps is exactly what I had in mind for the story and i've gained permission from the composer to use it - but it's still early days so there's every chance this could change.
