PROTOTYPE II

My second prototype was also on paper: STORYBOARDS. The next step was to project the visuals of the animation. My user testing would be to send these visuals with the poem cut with their corresponding frames to 4 of the same random students who understood my poem the first time, and see how they interpreted it the second round. I also planned to send these out to 4 new students who have never read the poem previously.

3 out of the 4 old students replied, and had positive feedback to the storyboards. They understood the poem better, even if it wasn’t quite how they envisioned it. 3 out of the 4 new students replied. They, too, were positive on the storyboards, but were already thinking ahead with the animation process. Many questions were asked about how it will be read. Logically, since the main character is a boy, they assume that the reader will also be male. They are interested and anticipate how it will happen…

My next prototype is an animatic, moving the storyboard frames as the camera moving, and including the overall sound effects that the full animation would have in the future.

The finalized STORYBOARDS: