Storyboarding and animatics: introduction

- Understand the difference between a storyboard and animatic.
- Understand the role of storyboarding and animatics in professional film making practice
- Draw and annotate a storyboard using different camera framing and movements
- scan a basic storyboard into Photoshop cc
- animate the storyboard in Photoshop CC to create a basic animatic
- export an animatic as a QuickTime movie.

Our high definition cameras and the latest professional equipment and software are available for your use throughout the course. It would be useful to bring a memory stick if you would like to take your work home with you (or portable hard drive – please note PC formatted hard drives can be read by Apple mac computers, but not written to.).

You will be taught using a range of techniques including workshops, short lectures, demonstrations, practical exercises, tutorials, group and individual assistance and hand-outs. Please note the City Lit uses Apple Mac computers in Animation, Cartooning, Digital arts, Film, Graphics, Illustration, Photography and Web design.