Submersible Anamatic

Okay, this is the much anticipated (if anyone - other than Nia - is actually reading this) submersible anamatic. Which translates into "really rough animation." An anamatic is a way to get the basic movements of your story down. So, I knew I needed the crane to lift the sub, for it to move through the water, and then the scene on the floor of the ocean. Some of the movements aren't quite right (such as the fish, some of the crane movements, etc.), but the intent is there.

At this phase, your client can look at what you are producing and really start to cut or add scenes. Hopefully not add, really. It's better to be working from multiple shots and cutting down to what you want. A major difference between movie-making and animation is the editing process. Movies will shoot more than they need and then par it down after it is all said and done. Animation will try and nail down their scenes in the storyboard phase, if not the anamatic phase. Time is most certainly money in animations, usually by the second. So, you really only want to produce your final product.

Movements should be critiqued (i.e. those fish are stilted, try to work in more variety of motion paths; that crane shouldn't jerk like that, it needs a greater feeling of weight). At this point, something that was just in your head is now in a format that other people can give an opinion to. And opinions should be sought after. So, tell me what you think! (and let me know I'm not just talking to myself, cause I do that quite a bit)