Workflow

Question 1

Casting

Answer 1

Stage in which you seek for all the information necessary to do what the director and production asked you for.

Question 2

Gathering

Answer 2

Stage in which you do a work of imagination and exploration t create an entertaining shot.

Question 3

Planning

Answer 3

Stage in which you plan your work in order to be clear and original.

Question 4

Technical Layout

Answer 4

Stage in which you investigate all the technical problems and set the scene to be effective.

Question 5

Staging

Answer 5

Stage in which the staging is done and checked the narrative and choreography.

Question 6

Blocking

Answer 6

Stage at which all the major poses are created for the director so he’ll have all the information of timing and poses you want to transmit.

Question 7

Blocking Advance

Answer 7

Stage which you for seek energy and check that the physical properties works thanks o your rythm and spacing.

Question 8

Splinning

Answer 8

Stage which you go in spline mode, work on the body dynamics and check that everything is fluid and readable for the director.

Question 9

Polishing

Answer 9

Stage in which the shot is refined, arcs are checked and where you add more texture.

Question 10

Shipping

Answer 10

Stage in which you check that you scene is clean, with its proper nomenclature for the following departments and ensure that everyone knows about it.

Question 11

Exposure sheet

Answer 11

Exposure Sheet (or X-sheet, for short), is a table which containing a breakdown of the action, dialogue and sound, for each frame of the animation and guides the animator.

Question 12

Phrasing

Answer 12

is the process of separating the actions of a shot in short sentences.

Question 13

Thumbnails

Answer 13

Small sketches to plan animation.