Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A preliminary animated version of a scripted movie or television program.
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- noun An
animated storyboard , used especially in the development oftelevision commercials
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Examples
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But the point of an animatic is to convey enough of the timing and visuals so that everyone involved - the artists, the music/sound guy, geniuses all - are all coordinated in their efforts.
Locus Poll closing in a few days - April 15 frankwu 2007
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One of the things that you can do with your students is have them create an "animatic" storyboard animation of a classic short story.
This Week at Westwood: Horizon Evolves, Digiteen Begins 2008
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Think of it as a kind of "animatic" for a special effects sequence.
Home Theater Forum 2010
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Visualization sciences graduate student Bobby Huebel works on a computer-generated "animatic" in the Langford annex.
The Battalion 2008
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Funny thing is that when I was a kid, I was creating a sci-fi film with a pseudo Han Solo character that was very much modeled on Magnum, and I even created an animatic using that theme song.
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This set features 13 episodes from the sixth and seventh seasons (2008-9) and extras only available on DVD, including uncensored commentary on every episode; 29 deleted scenes; three animatic episodes with optional commentary; and several featurettes.
Five Best Movies Released On DVD This Week | myFiveBest 2009
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Some FX were less than perfect, the animation sequence was just an animatic and there were countless music cues borrowed from other pictures just waiting to be replaced by freshly composed score.
/Film UK - Zach Galligan Interview, Kick Ass Preview/Review, Saw VI Gets Real | /Film 2010
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Please put storyboards or animatic on the DVD release?
Yellow Cake on Vimeo 2010
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I spent the first 3-4 months making a full animatic of the video before we shot.
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Then Katzenberg watches an animatic of the boards and says, surprisingly, this needs a lot of work.
Sound Off: Kung Fu Panda - What Did You Think? « FirstShowing.net 2008
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