When you try to bring a story to life, it starts in your head and you see possibilities for it, but it's just one damn thing after another.
Tom HanksAn animatic is a process where every voice and every sound effect is added to rough animated drawings and it lasts exactly as long as the final movie. So you actually get to go into a screening room with the rest of the cast and you get to see it all at the same time.
Tom Hanks