Week 2
DESIGN
ANIMATION

CUFANM503A DESIGN ANIMATION AND DIGITAL
VISUAL EFFECTS

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Design Animation - Term 1 2011

Last Week
 Design

Principles used by

Disney
Squash and Stretch
Anticipation
Staging
Straight ahead action and pose to pose
Follow through and overlapping action
Slow in and slow out
Arcs
Secondary action
Timing
Exaggeration
Solid drawing
Appeal

Cambridge International College Design Animation
- Term 1 2011

Storyboards

Cambridge International College Design Animation
- Term 1 2011

Storyboards
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The storyboard is a key design document that the entire production team uses as a base for developing an interactive program.
Think of it as a more detailed flowchart, which outlines:
A story
The look of the interfaces
And how will they function
○ Along with how a user might interact
○ Any animations!!!
Cambridge International College Design Animation
- Term 1 2011

Cambridge International College Design Animation
- Term 1 2011

Storyboards
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Storyboards a great way to begin to visualise the story
A great storyboard artist is a great communicator (not necessarily a great artist/illustrator) Cambridge International College Design Animation
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Storyboards
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“At our studio we don’t write stories, we draw them”
- Walt Disney

Cambridge International College Design Animation
- Term 1 2011

Storyboards
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Provides an inexpensive way to test whether an idea or concept is going to work. Cambridge International College Design Animation
- Term 1 2011

Storyboards
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“If I can make things work on paper, then I can make them work on the set”
- Kevin Costner

Cambridge International College Design Animation
- Term 1 2011

Storyboards

Cambridge International College Design Animation
- Term 1 2011