Creating Your Animatic

 Once you have a complete storyboard put together and the rough timing for each shot figured out, you can then create a simple mock-up of your film.  

1)  Photograph each frame of your storyboard.

You may use your phone for this or you can borrow a camera if needed.  *It is very helpful to number each scene to identify later in editing.  

2)  Upload the photos to the computer, making sure they are in your folder on the network.  Put them in a folder that is clearly labeled.

 3)  Import your images from the network into Final Cut Pro.

*After you have saved the new FCP project to your network space, of course! 

*Note:  as a default, still images are set to around 10 seconds in FCP.  You can adjust the length of a still image by dragging the endpoint in the timeline...

 ...this is often a bit fiddly.

Alternatively, you can change the duration of a still image in the Viewer beforehand.

1) Double click on your image in the Browser to load it into the Viewer...

 2) At the top left of the Viewer, change the duration from 00:00:10:00

3) ... to 00:00:05:00!  Presto!  This clip is now exactly 5 seconds long!

Now when you drag your image down into the timeline, it will already be set to the exact time you require.  Do this for all of your images beforehand and you're basically done!