Today I have my rough draft story board to share on my blog. It may not make much sense to someone who may try and follow along, but the sketches help me visualize what I need to be creating in Flash. Unfortunately these scenes are snapshots of an animation, so the transitions  were left out. There was also a couple additional elements added at the end that are still in progress.

What I did…

Today I am ready to begin my Flash animation. I have been creating some elements in Illustrator that will be later dragged into Flash before being manipulated by the Flash software. I have also decided which names I will be using for the title sequence. The credits I have chosen are the following:

Screen Play by Steve Kloves

Based off the novel by J.K. Rowling

Directed by Mike Newell

Produced by David Heyman

Starring Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter

Emma Watson as Hermione Granger

Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley

Executive Producers David Barron

Tanya Seghatchain

Music by Patrick Doyle

Why I did it…

These credits seemed to be the most important for the movie. I could not include all the credits (because it would make my animation way too long) I think that with these 10 names, plus the title of the film, I hope to keep the animation relatively short. My goal will be two minutes and my maximum will be 4.

The first scene I am going to start animating today is the Warner Bros logo with a transition into the first credit. Second, (which I will probably not get to today) I will start creating the Goblet of Fire with second credit in the flames of the fire.