Animatic Reflections

An Animatic is basically a sequence of photographs that represent each planned shot, all put together with any planned sound effects. Each photography is shown for the planned duration of the shot it represents.

We made an Animatic so that we were able to get a general idea about where the camera will be placed for each shot, as well as being able to make adjustments to a shot i.e. framing and composition if it doesn't look quite right. Since we did shot the pictures for our Animatic at the first designated location, we were able to get a sense of how we were going to film the shots.

After we made our animatic, we looked over it with criticisms that are listed below:

Student Reflections

While we were shooting and editing our animatic, we realised that there were certain issues that arose including:

- Continuity errors:

• In some shots, the bed was left empty. To rectify this, we will ensure that Jess is always in the bed where appropriate.
• There were various issues in regards to Mise-En Scene. E.g. Posters on back wall constantly falling; "Monster Energy" cans stacked against wall fell over repeatedly
• The 2 lighting set-ups must be kept consistent, especially in scenes when using low key lighting. To enable this to be consistent we will use a lighting kit provided by the school.
• The alarm clock needs to be set to the right time each and every time we shoot the close ups of it (the clock) at the start.

- Mise-En Scene:

• Be mindful of large mirror on wall, to avoid reflections of crew members and equipment.
• Suitable lighting needed so that actors are visible in low key lighting.
• Certain props are missing and therefore are not in

Staff Reflections

-Titles:

• There should be consistency in how the titles are sequenced.

- Scripting

• The intonation used in some of the lines does not quite fit the scenes mood, this is due to all of the dialogue being added in at a later date as a voice over and will not be a problem when filming the sequence.

- Composition:

• There should be more shot diversity
• There should be more cutaways

One major piece of feedback that we were given from staff is that there is a lack of movement in our sequence. This is mainly due to the limitations of an animatic's static nature and is hard to fix unless there are a variety of transitions between separate shots.


These are all things which will be taken into account when we move on to the film opening's construction.