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Pre-production of a movie is always the most important
part. It is the longest part
in the whole film-making process, even more than actually filming because
there is
so much to organize. Otomo's manga was already cinematic in its pace and
fluidity
which made this stage somewhat easier, but Otomo still had to draw out each
individual scene so the crew knew exactly what was going to be made. Very
little
visual post-production is done to animation because it is a waste of effort
and money
to create the cels that may get edited out. Therefore the storyboard has
to be very
tight and precise.
Colour storyboards as preparation for the 'look' and 'feel' of the scene.
From this the artists can understand the composition and colour palletes
Otomo has in mind.
Black and White sketches from the Akira script. Otomo drew all the initial
storyboard sketches himself to obtain, for himself, the filmic quality
and
desired pace of manga. The last is a layout drawing for a back-alley.
Character Model Sheets. These are made to show the final design of the
characters- by looks and colour codes. Essential in the preproduction,
these
kind of drawings would act as reference to the animators/colourists.
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