Creating an eye-catching animated video might seem like a very easy job,but in reality, the professional video animators strive a lot in order to create a masterpiece. Some people skip a few tips and gets confused when their video animation does not give a worthy effect to the audience.
Many factors are needed to be kept in mind while creating an animated video to make it attention-grabbing for the audience. Following are ten of the handy tips that an animator can take in order to create a stunning video animation.
- Think of a Creative Story to Follow
Any animated video becomes a blockbuster when it is followed by a striking script. Before actually creating the video it is essential to create the story that is to be implied on the video to give it a meaning and make it noticeable by the audience.
- Proofread the Script Before Finalizing It
After arranging the script for the video, the next thing to do is to proofread the storyline and dialogues. Read the entire script in a clear and loud voice so that you can actually hear the whole thing, as it will help you listen to what kind of story you are reading. If you think that the story is ok to go with, then start the animation process, else change the story first and do not at any cost proceed with the story-line that doesn’t satisfy you.
- Think Artistically to Draw the Sketches
It is very important to think creatively while designing the sketches of the video. All the characters, scenes, and objects should be drawn with clarity so that it could deliver a very precise and clear view for the audience and they will not felt lost.
- Keep Redrawing the Sketches Until They Start to Look Spontaneous
The drawings that you create for the animated video should look unprompted. If the characters and the scenes that you are sketching does not seem unplanned and spontaneous, then it is important that you keep redrawing them over and over again until they start to look impulsive, and gives the feeling of spur-of-the-moment.
- Perform All the Moves & Actions, And Record Them Before Applying It on The Characters or Objects
This practice has been followed by every professional animator and animation studio, to do the act before applying it on the characters, as this helps them to see whether the actions are appropriate to include in the video or not. If any of the movement or action seems inappropriate in any way, then it has to be removed or changed instantly.
- Study the Real-Life Characters To Infer That In The Video
Observing the characters from real life helps the animator to design the characters more beautifully. Only following the imagination sometimes does not work when it comes to designing an animated video, regular life people also inspires the animator to create perfect animated characters.
- Learn the Movement Psychology to Apply It On the Characters & Objects
Movement of the characters and objects depends on many different aspects, like the size and weight of the characters, or the material of the objects. Every feature plays a vital role in constructing the movement, which is why it is important to study the movement psychology.
- Apply The Gravitational Effects On the Characters & Objects
With the help of the gravitational effects in the animated video, it will give the real-life to the characters and objects, and makes all the objects and characters stay in a proper rhythm. Without the gravitational effect, there will be a lot of distortion in the scene,and it will make the viewers lose their interest in the video.
- Do Not Over-Animate Any Scene of The Video
Over animating the scene means providing too much detail in a limited time, which is evidently not possible for a normal person to grab all the information out of it. It is important that show a little of animation in every scene so that the audience can easily extract the information out of it without getting tangled.
- Set the Timing of The Movements Appropriately
The scene should not be taken too long to get to an end and also it should not be too fast to confuse the audience, which is why it is important to stretch the movement of the characters and objects accordingly so that it wouldn’t make the scene extended, or leave the audience in any confusion.
