Cocoa farmer explainer: characters, storyboard and animatic
Vincent L. Anderson
Demo: fictional brand, not client work.
Animated preview: the payment moment
I made the opening of a story-led explainer film for a fictional cocoa-farmer platform, Kokoleaf, in the illustration-and-animation approach. The 2:52 script in 12 scenes follows two neighbors in southwest Nigeria: Bisi sells through the platform and Kunle does not, from harvest and sale day to her season record, input credit, alerts and Kunle signing up. A character sheet keeps both farmers the same in all 12 storyboard frames and in a 64-second animatic of the opening minute at 1280x720 with open captions for the voiceover lines and a music bed; there is no voice, because the film calls for a human voiceover. An 8-second GIF shows the payment moment. Demo, not client work.
Character sheet: Bisi and Kunle, four poses, four expressions, palette and costume rules each.
Storyboard frames 1 to 6: dawn over two farms, the farmers meet, harvest and drying, two very different sale days, Bisi's record.
Storyboard frames 7 to 12: input credit against a moneylender, pickup at the dealer, alerts, the next harvest, Kunle signs up, end card.
Animatic, opening 64 seconds: Bisi's payment reaches her phone at the buying station, with captions for the voiceover.
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Posted Oct 7, 2026
Opening of a story-led explainer for a fictional cocoa platform: a 2:52 script following two farmers in southwest Nigeria, a character sheet, 12 storyboard frames and a 64-second captioned animatic with a music bed.
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