animaticn.
/ˌanᵻˈmatɪk/, U.S. /ˌænəˈmædɪk/ Film and Television.
A preliminary mock-up of a film, television commercial, etc., consisting of a succession of images from a storyboard edited together with a soundtrack.
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1977 N.Y. Times 24 June iv. 9/3 He had high praise for animatics, which are rough commercials.
1989 Commercials Apr. 25/2 Other competing agencies had produced animatics but it was the whole feel of the idea which impressed Condron—not the presentation techniques.
1990 Times 28 Dec. 3/5 A riveting, moody 60-second ‘animatic’ of the opening witches scene of Macbeth.
2005 Dreamwatch Feb. 47/3 Take, for example, the animatics employed by the director in his detailed pre-visualizations.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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