The document outlines the key stages of animation production: 1) In pre-production, a concept is developed through storyboarding to plan the visual elements and dialogue is recorded. 2) Production involves modeling characters and assets, rough animation tests, and adding voiceovers and music. 3) Post-production comprises final editing, sound effects, music scoring, and multiple rendering passes to approve the final animation.

2. PrePRODUCTION

4. • A Concept is made, all the animators and
directors come together to discuss the entire
film.
• Once the Concept is laid out, the dialogue is
recorded. This is done before animation, so
the animators know what the characters will
say.

7. • Goal of the Storyboard: The storyboarding
process determines the success of the project.
Storyboards increase in complexity according
to budget, and will show the key visual
elements at various points in the animation.

8. PRODUCTION

10. • the animators can make rough sketches of just
the characters. Usually these drawings are
quite messy, there is still no color, or
background.

12. • With an approved storyboard, the project enters
the production phase
• During the modeling phase, assets for the
animation are drawn or modeled in two or three
dimensions.
• In the end, 3d models define the topology of the
objects that will eventually be animated. The
level of detail required for a given model is driven
by the resolution of the final image as well as
how close the camera gets to a model in the final
animation.

13. • Roughing out animation timing: We will do an
initiatial 'blocked out' rough animation called
a PLAYBLAST. This early version of the
animation will use untextured, low resolution
objects using correct timing.
• It allows us to focus on getting the scenes,
cameras, animations and object placements
fine-tuned without expending unneccessary
time on rendering high resolution movies.

15. • Voice narration and music soundtracks are
added. It is sometimes necessary to change
the sequence of shots or trim the shot
durations of a given animation. This is often
done to synchronize the visuals with a
voiceover or to improve the timing of an
animation.

16. POSTPRODUCTION

17. • Final Edit ( Colour, grading, edit image)
• Sound FX
• Music scoring
• Titles, credits and combined picture with
sound
• The final 3D Animation is rendered. Generally
this takes about 3 passes to correct all visual
errors, while also approving text spelling,
lighting.