Replicating Whiteboard style

Equipment used

When replicating the whiteboard animation style I worked in a group with two others.

Choices made

-Our setup was very similar to the videos I have already reviewed , containing many of the same assets. These included a whiteboard, marker pens, a camera, a tripod, and a remote for the camera. The whiteboard and camera were fixed into position to avoid unwanted movement and the lighting used was the basic room lighting. As all whiteboard animations must be composed of the same basic elements there was little we could do to differentiate from the videos we saw before hand other than change marker colours. I have found what defines one animation to another using this style is its content rather than setup.

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Changes made to colour scheme and background

-As stated before there was very little that can be changed when making a whiteboard animation. We decided to use three different colours of marker rather than one, this allowed each artist to focus on their own part of the animation without affecting another's work. This was also a good opportunity to see how colours other than black show up against the white background.

Comparison

-After putting together our animation and viewing it, I have found very clear differences compared to the original videos I reviewed. Firstly our animation was created in 2 hours meaning ours couldn’t be as long as the others, which likely took a lot longer to put together. The red and blue markers used clearly show up on the white board but don’t make the same impact as the black on white. I noticed that the room lighting though consistent is much dimmer than expected making the whiteboard more grey than white. This is important because had the whiteboard been better lit the markers may have made a stronger contrast and therefore stood out more, in the other videos they clearly have light shining much more intensely at their whiteboards.