Published between 1982 and 1995
It shows the animator what the scriptwriter and the director have in mind. Again it is much better to get the interpretation of a scene sorted out at the start rather than trust to luck that the animator sees it along the same lines as the director. What if you are the scriptwriter, animator and … Read more
Babycham Party storyboard by Speedy Cartoons. page 1 | page 2 | page 3 Printed in Animator’s newsletter Issue 9 (Summer 1984)
I spent an anxious week waiting for my Agfa 40 Moviechrome film to be returned.
You have to correct a yellow cast with a blue filter so I bought 3 from the Cokin range.
My camera has an electronic release (remote control) so there is little vibration when I press the release.
Television’s insatiable appetite for new material has encouraged the development of a more economical style of cartoon animation.
In shot three, the caveman enters. This re-used the cels from shot one. The caveman with the brontosaurus took up most of the cel so walking him into the scene would allow the leading edges of the cels to show.
When all the words had been written in, I went back over the sheets and noted the mouth movements.
When I’m shooting a cycle of cels I start with the pile in order, face up on the left of the rostrum with the first one on top.
Geoff Arme tells us about making the award winning film ETHELFRED THE EVER READY recently shown on the BBC 2 Film Competition.