However, the scratch track used during animation typically contains only the voices, any vocal songs to which characters must sing-along, and temporary musical score tracks the final score and sound effects are added during post-production. A completed cartoon soundtrack will feature music, sound effects, and dialogue performed by voice actors. Given the slow, methodical manner in which traditional animation is produced, it is almost always easier to synchronize animation to a pre-existing soundtrack than it is to synchronize a soundtrack to pre-existing animation.

The storyboard artists will have regular meetings with the director and may have to redraw or 're-board' a sequence many times before it meets final approval.īefore true animation begins, a preliminary soundtrack or scratch track is recorded, so that the animation may be more precisely synchronized to the soundtrack. The images allow the animation team to plan the flow of the plot and the composition of the imagery. The storyboard has an appearance somewhat similar to comic book panels, and is a shot by shot breakdown of the staging, acting and any camera moves that will be present in the film. The oral or literary source material must then be converted into an animation film script, from which the storyboard is derived. 2.9 Computers and traditional animationĪnimation production usually begins after a story is conceived.1.10 Computers and digital video cameras.1.8 Traditional ink-and-paint and camera.

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