3D Animation Essentials
Chapter 4: Exploring Animation,
Story, and Pre-visualization
Chapter 04 Overview
• Using principles of fine art and
traditional animation
• Building a good story
• Using pre-visualization techniques
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Other story principles
1. Use Empathy not sympathy the
audience will respond better
2. Rule of three – ever notice events
happen in 3’s in stories
– Looney Tunes the Coyote try’s and
fails 3 times to capture the
Roadrunner
3. Show the audience the story do
not tell them the story, this is
more rewarding experience for the
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audience
Using pre-visualization
techniques
• Basic shot framing
• Camera movements
• Editing
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Basic shot framing
• Is the composition of the
camera
• The camera can aid in
storytelling by making the
audience feel a certain way
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Camera movements
• Moving the camera can be
tricky and needs to be
motivated
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Editing
• Is the final stage where each
shot is put together in its final
form to tell the story
• Editing can make or break a
project
• Bad editing can confuse an
audience
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