Pre-production for animation

Planning my story:

Consider the narrative, Propp, Todorov, 3-act structure.

Pre-production documentation

• Interpretation of brief
• Purpose, medium, target audience, run time
• The developed storyline with a focus on events/ characters
• Synopsis/ treatment
• Sketches
• Storyboards
• Scripts
• Personnel and crew
• Running order/ Gantt chart

You should be producing some rough sketches of key characters and locations. 

Must ANNOTATE sketches: movements, facial expressions, clothing

Storyboard should capture the movements and facial expressions of your characters, use sketches to generate the storyboard. 

2D/3D Backplates
The cop-out option would be to source these from Google. Produce your own- you could photograph them for 2D backplates, or models them out of old shoeboxes, cotton reels, and pipe cleaners, or use 3D programs such as Autodesk, 3ds Max or Maya

Think about lighting as well.

Foley artists- produce sound effects