animatic

American  

[an-uh-mat-ik] / ˌæn əˈmæt ɪk /

noun

1. a preliminary form of a film, television commercial, or other video, consisting of a series of drawings with audio, usually compiled using video editing software.

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adjective

1. of or relating to animatics.

Etymology

Origin of animatic

First recorded in 1975–80; perhaps a blend of animate or animation and automatic

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Example Sentences

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animatic

Using an animatic process, shooting storyboards to mimic the film to come, allowed them to map each story to its practical counterpart.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2022

He worked with the animator Steve Markowski to create an animated storyboard, or animatic, of the scene.

From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2017

When we met him, he told us, "Normally, I don't like when people give me an animatic with a temp track on it, but since it's my music..."

From The Verge ● Oct. 20, 2016

The directors were only convinced they'd made the right decision when they sat down to watch an "animatic" of the movie - essentially a moving storyboard with temporary music and sound effects.

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2015

Enormous screens stretching from floor to ceiling line the walls, as well as the backdrop of the main stage, rotating through an animatic of each Warcross team.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

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