To create an animation based on the planetary structure designed in the first blog post, a storyboard was needed to visualise the final piece and to create guidance for the actual animation.
‘The storyboard is essentially a series of sketches that map the key events of the narrative, presented chronologically. This provides a visual bridge between the script or overall concept and the finished animation.’ (“How to Storyboard for Animation | Storyboarding Tips | Adobe”)
It is important as graphic designs to be able to visualize the results of a project and being able to create a storyboard for an animated piece adds a steppingstone to the design process. Storyboarding is also a great way to present the visuals happening within the mind.
This is the illustrated storyboard showing how the final animation will look, the storyboard shows eight scenes and annotations describing the camera angles throughout those 30 seconds. The animation will start zoomed into the first variation of Planet Earth from 3.8 billion years ago. The camera will then start to zoom out and pan down to reveal the other four Earth variations in a vertical chronological order. Once all Earth variations are in view, the camera will then pan to the left to reveal the full structure of all five Earth variations. In the last two scenes, the camera will then zoom into the left Earth variation, this being the modern-day earth we know. This animation will represent the timeline of the appearance of Planet Earth.
The video below is an example of the inspiration behind the animation. This animation shows the main object only through camera panning and zooming. This animation is also a good example of how the different Earth variations will look texture wise. Throughout the video the camera zooms into multiple planets which is a good way to visualize how the starting and closing scenes will look in this final animation.
References
“How to Storyboard for Animation | Storyboarding Tips | Adobe.” Www.adobe.com, www.adobe.com/uk/creativecloud/animation/discover/animation-storyboarding.html#:~:text=The%20storyboard%20is%20essentially%20a. Accessed 27 July 2023.
“Solar System 3D Animation | Planets Animation.” Www.youtube.com, 10 June 2021, youtu.be/nqPV8K6Zqfw. Accessed 27 July 2023.