scenes and sequences?

[Donomator]

Hello. I am currently working on my own animated project and I am trying to organize my scenes and sequences. I am very confused about what scenes and sequences really are. Is a scene similar to a chapter in a DVD movie? Is a sequence all the cuts and shots that make up a scene? Any clarification would help siginificantly. Thanks.

[arif]

as far i know, a sequence contains lots of scene.....suppose,a story is going on in the interior of any room...they are must be lots of scenes in the room..we could tell it an interior Sequence.......a story contains lots of sequence in various places...every sequence has lots of scenes...
(waiting for more constructive answer from Don)

Regards,

Arif

[DNethery]

In the traditional animation system developed at Disney the entire movie (Production) is divided up into Sequences , and there are individual Scenes which make up those sequences. (In trad. animation a "Scene" is the same thing as a "Shot" if you're from CG or Live-action ).

Looking at the Disney scene draft from Production 2082 (Sleeping Beauty) , Sequence 19 we see for example:

Sequence 19 , Scene 29 and Scene 30 animated by Eric Cleworth for the Close-up of Maleficent saying : "No! and then on "It cannot be !" Maleficent takes off in whirling magic animated by Amby Paliwoda (Maleficent) and Dan MacManus(effects)

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_jL0PYTVd-Zs/SrZn9_LRfUI/AAAAAAAACWU/oIZhs0kamUo/s800/SB_SEQ19_26.jpg

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[asifaarchive]

The way I always organized it, a sequence is a series of scenes that take place in a specific location (all with the same background and color model). A scene is one continuous piece of action with a scene cut, wipe or dissolve to another scene at each end.

[Don Bluth]

The way I always organized it, a sequence is a series of scenes that take place in a specific location (all with the same background and color model). A scene is one continuous piece of action with a scene cut, wipe or dissolve to another scene at each end.

asifaarchive
Your definition is not entirely accurate. There can be several scenes in a sequence. All of those scenes may not necessarily have the same background or color model. The color model usually changes from scene to scene as the character moves through different lighting situations. As for the backgrounds, they could also change from scene to scene.

I have a different way of organizing this definition; see if this works for you. A scene start is determined by its camera angle. Whenever the camera changes its angle on the action, that is the beginning of a new scene. In animation lingo, several scenes each with its own camera angle but all dealing with the same subject matter, constitute a sequence. For the live action and CG people, the definition is the same. Whenever the camera changes its angle to view the action, it is the beginning of a new shot. The only difference in the definition would be that several shots constitute a scene.