HOW to Animate a SHORT FILM // Filmmaking With Friends

💛💛 Today I’ve invited my friends to talk you through the process of making an animated short and chat about how we created “Warm Welcome” together 💛💛 - I think this is officially my longest video I’ve ever made… Wew! I hope it’ll teach you some of the ins and outs of the animation process as well as tips for working in groups. If you don’t have artsy friends to collaborate with though, fear not! The online space is incredible and a good place to find like minded individuals is in my discord community! If teamwork doesn’t sound like your jam though, the same principles can be applied to going solo :) - Apologies for some parts looking awkward and glitchy. Exporting this was a total nightmare and this was the least cursed export I could make after 4 attempts and a total of 68 hours of waiting... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - WATCH “WARM WELCOME” - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - OUR LINKS: X.K. Balashov: Anya Butler: Janelle Feng: Mu’izza Nur Rahman: Michelle Cheng: Ken Kamau: Izabella A.J: Jasper Wang: Roy Berardo: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 Introduction SECTION 01 THE BEGINNING: 00:02:06 Ideation SECTION 02 PRE-PRODUCTION: 00:08:15 Organisation 00:13:11 Storyboarding 00:14:57 Animatics 00:16:14 Character Design 00:21:14 Prop Design 00:22:35 Layouts 00:24:24 Colour Keys 00:27:41 Pipeline Tests 00:29:27 Style Guide SECTION 03 PRODUCTION: 00:30:56 Backgrounds 00:32:09 Rough Animation 00:37:37 Cleanup Animation 00:38:56 Colouring SECTION 04 POST PRODUCTION: 00:39:58 Compositing 00:44:17 Music 00:46:14 Sound Design 00:48:09 Editing SECTION 05 REFLECTIONS: 00:48:30 Reflections 01:04:39 Outro - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SOFTWARE USED: Procreate for iPad (miscellaneous): Adobe Photoshop (miscellaneous): Adobe Premiere Pro (editing): Adobe After Effects (compositing): Toon Boom Storyboard Pro (Storyboards Animatic): Toon Boom Harmony (animation): TV Paint (animation): Logic Pro X (music): How many Remys did you spot? ;)