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

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

And the manager wrote back, "This sounds really interesting. Do you have an animatic?"

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

She cued up a rough, three-minute animatic of the film — a complete sequence of hand-drawn storyboards strung together with dialogue.

From New York Times ● May 23, 2013

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