Story is the structure that gives form to animation; then if you intend to animate a piece, the natural question would arise, an animated piece about what? What is the story and how do you arrive at it?
The purpose of this article is to build our understanding of creating an animated short. We will investigate and explore the
animation process, and by throwing a serious study on the work of others, perhaps
we will gain valuable insight into production workflow, helping us to form a
better plan for the assembly of our own work. Hopefully, we will map a route to
a smoother production process.
Animation production doesn't need to be some big mysterious
thing, or to be put in terms that are overly academic. An animated story can be
as simple as "Man lifts box", or an overly complicated saga of
several volumes, but it is story that drives the action.
