Yaki and Yumi: Exposed
October 28th, 2005
Jun Falkenstein, my fabulous director has been working hard at creating the exposure sheets for Yaki and Yumi. What is an “exposure sheet” you ask? I have always called it a guide map of sorts, Jun calls them “blue prints”. They are used to help direct the overseas animators as to what sort of timing/acting to use when they animate the final project.
The voice track has been laid out by a “track reader” so the character’s mouth shapes are placed correctly. Jun also has cut out reduced pieces of my storyboard and done some drawings of her own to help explain what sort of action and expressions are needed.
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On October 30th, 2005 at 12:00 am
Amazing!! That those letters, numbers and few sketches will be guides into turning this into a full fledged animated show. There is a lot that the layman does not know about putting together an animated feature.
On October 31st, 2005 at 12:00 am
i am amazed anew at every post you put on this blog. this cartoon is fascinating and exciting and i can’t wait for all of the hard work to see fruition! i’m impressed with the whole crew you have working on this project, aliki. i guess it takes a village to give a bat a tummyache.
On November 1st, 2005 at 12:00 am
wow. I never thought about how complicated it was to get characters to hit their marks!
On February 9th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
[…] then add the timing of actions in between and around each dialog quip. The end result is one long x-sheet. (Think of it as a paper time line.) Every animator follows it. Even the camera man follows it […]