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schemes or lighting effects. In others, simple pencil sketches to explore proposed actions
may be adequate. These sketches often become the basis for the pencil test, a series of
simple sketches that are photographed and projected to test the design of animated
sequences. This allows directors, artists, and others to check the movement of objects
and characters and refine their ideas before committing the team to the development of
fully drawn and colored cels.
The sound track is a critical element of most animations. Spoken dialogue, sound
effects, and music create much of the dramatic effect of the production and they must
be precisely synchronized to their corresponding images. A scratch track is a draft ...