Best Animatics

Hello students

I just wanted to share what I think are some amazing animatics. These students went incredibly above and beyond, added some cool animations, started thinking about how to visualize their audio, and it looks like they learned a lot, and had fun.

Here are the top two that stood out to me:

Does Jesus Have a Last Name?

What I love about this:

I loved seeing this student animate things such as the two biblical people saying, "What's your last name?" and "Huh/?$%" This shows me that the student is working in animation, which will help in SO many more software in the future.

I also was pleased to see multiple layers of information on the screen at once such as the "Gabby from NC" portion - where we saw the person's video as the background, with a map of NC, an arrow, and a text graphic all on screen at once. This shows me that the student understands layering visual content on the timeline.

Often times, beginner students will place those same images all on track V1 to be shown one after the other. So you might see Gabby, then an arrow (or word "from"), and then cut to a map of NC. In this video above, it's a lot more sophisticated of an edit.

Finally, I loved seeing the student struggle with how to visualize the audio content. Sometimes it's text, sometimes it's an icon, sometimes it's an animated image!

College Degree? Not Necessary

What I love about this:

I love the intro animation of the student's name because it shows that the student was working with animation, but also trying to find an interesting way to do it.

Later on in the video, the student adds text to some of the images, to highlight some of the things people say. There's a portion where text appears on the white-board, and I can tell that the student spent time ensuring that the font and the color (or opacity) made it look as close to being written on the white board as possible.

I also liked how this student worked hard to visualize what was spoken, but in a new way in the imagery. For instance, one of his experts talks about the fact that there were people who did not have a college degree who were successful. The audio never mentions Steve Jobs, or the Zuck, but the student chose to insert their images and names to reinforce what was said.

Closing:

Continue on the project, thinking about all of the things that I mentioned above, and try to apply some to your own project! Bye for now.