I managed to scan everything in at a good resolution, and cut the frames to be exactly 16:9 ratio through Photopea, an online software suggested by Joe. I found that directly importing screenshots into Photopea kept their resolution much better than copy-pasting them from a separate document, even if it took a little longer, so I went ahead with that, as I wanted the drawings to look as good as possible. Some frames were slightly smaller than 16:9, which meant I had to cut some of the corners out, but it was a pretty smooth (if slow) process overall.
I chose iMovie as my video-editing software of choice, as it was the program I used throughout all of high school whenever there was a video to make; it’s not particularly advanced, but it has all the essentials, and i feel comfortable using it.
I lined up all the frames one after the other, and set specific times to each of them. I managed to keep it all at around 40 seconds, but I’ll admit the pace is faster than I’d like: I wanted my story to feel complete, with a proper introduction, dilemma, resolution and conclusion, so I had to speed up some aspects to make it all fit in less than a minute.
As I’m writing this, I’m still working on the sound for the animatic, though I’m nearly done with that too. I’ve been pacing around my house and its surroundings trying to find things to use for sound effects, and I’ve collected quite a few already. Some of the items I’ve used include a Tamagotchi, a tin robot, a rock smacking against a can, and a toy volcano.
The astronaut doesn’t talk, but I did record myself doing some noises for him (mostly grunts, gasps, and a 7-second yelling sequence that left me with a headache after 4 tries to get it right), to not make him a complete mute and add some general noise to the animatic.
The formative deadline’s in two days now, but I’m not worried at all. All I really need is to drop some sounds in and, as far as I’m concerned, I’m read to send it in. I’m proud of what I’ve done so far.