This document outlines 11 steps for preparing a budget for an animation short film project, including establishing separate cost pools for story fees, production staff, art direction, song production, and other elements. It provides details on necessary teams and expenses for each step, such as writers and consultants for step 1 of story fees and script development, a production designer and art director for step 6 of art direction and visual development, and an editor and animation timer for step 10 of animation direction and pre-editing. Transportation and shipping costs are also accounted for in step 11.