Over the weekend, my friend from University (Ben) connected me with the creator of a podcast called The Average Podcast. They wanted an animatic to accompany some of the best audio each week, and Ben said the work really didn’t agree with him.
I created an example of the work I’d be able to make and Alfie, the creator, loved it! And I really enjoyed making it. Doodling each frame is exactly the sort of work I enjoy the most – and there’s a lot of creative license. I’m so pleased that my interpretation of their audio has pleased them.
In terms of what I’m doing, it’s a challenge. I’ve made animatics in the past for myself, but never on the iPad. I found a small app that lets me do pretty much exactly what I need to in terms of stringing frames together in time with the audio.
Next time, I think I’ll split up the shots on the editing app and edit those finished videos together. Whenever I needed to tweak something in the first half, for example, the whole rest of the video jiggled out of sync with the audio. This created unnecessary work for myself.
I will link the YouTube video when Alfie posts it onto his channel as well.
I’m so excited to have the possibility of consistent work doing exactly what I love the most! If you’d asked me a week ago, I would have told you there was almost no chance it could happen at all. It’s also invaluable experience to get more similar work.
SEASIDE ILLUSTRATION 