How to... create a how to animatic.

This is the first animatic for our 'How to..... empty a bin' instructional video. My partner Katherine did all the hand drawing of the storyboard, as her technical abilities in this area are stronger than mine. We then scanned the images, and I added colour to the frames in photoshop before taking them into Final Cut and adding sound effects to create the animatic. Overall I think it gives a fairly decent feel for the flow of how the final video should look. I'm pretty sure we'll end up needing a few additional shots when we start filming, or find some shots will have to be modified to fit with the physical restraints of the final filming location, but as an overall guide it works well. None of the shots should present too much of an issue when filming, there is very little to be shot outside so the elements and natural light aren't going to present a problem. We just need to achieve the correct lighting in a dingy kitchen. The animatic runs to 1 minute 13 seconds, which gives us plenty of room to add additional material if needs be, without running over the 2 minute limit.