In creating the animatic itself I used 16:9 paper so that each frame is consistent, the main materials I used were marker and I had referenced my original environmental designs and mood board when choosing colours.
I wanted to focus on the shading being able to enhance the atmosphere, with it being more airy and dream-like as I wanted it to contrast the harsh environment.
Above are the final scenes I drawn and coloured, I then photographed and edited them to fit a 1910×1080 size. I also during this time recorded some ambient and foley noises to be included. What I found was difficult is recreating specific noises like a fire crackling or the noise of a cat walking on snow however the way I overcame this was recording noises which would seem similar: snow has a crunchy noise and I related that to how small pebbles sound like when walked on so used that, for the fire I slowly crunched a bag of pillow stuffing so that the noise would play out overtime. I then moved to put my scenes together in premier pro.
Putting the scene together:
I put each scene and sound recording into premier pro and moved to timing my scenes so that each would play for a certain amount of time when needed. I also placed each specific sound recorded to be played for a certain time too, keeping in mind how long each scene they are used in matches up. I then played the finished product and going off the critiques I had gotten in the class review I changed around a few sound placements and removed others if they confused the narrative.
For the final task I uploaded the final video and this is the result:
What I feel worked well in this was the use of colour and the designs of the characters and environment. I feel it was communicated well that the cat was in a harsh environment and needed food being that of the fish, it was interesting to see how I could take the expressions as the main designs are quite simple. The only thing I would say which could have improved the animatic would have been to add directions in the shots them self to show how I would want the camera to act. Overall the process making this animatic was an enjoyable one which I would love to work on in my own work.