As you do the exercises in this book, you will work with sketches and other files supplied
on the accompanying CD. These are your preproduction assets. Additionally, you
are strongly encouraged to put together as much information as you possibly can about
your intended project, no matter how short it may seem.
A poorly planned production will always fall short of its potential and give you many
headaches throughout your project.
You will seriously sandbag your project if you don??™t plan it effectively. Although you may get
sick of hearing this, it will always be true.
4 ?– chapter 1: Basic Concepts
Figure 1.2
A character sheet
Writing a Script
Whether a CG project has a ton of dialogue or doesn??™t have a single spoken word, both the
project and you will benefit from having at least a rudimentary script. Even abstract animations
can benefit from a script that presents a highly detailed explanation of timings
and colors, whether that script is typed neatly or scribbled on a cocktail napkin.
A script serves as your intention. Without having a clear intention of what you wish to
say with your film, your production time may as well be spent lying on a lounge chair
drinking iced tea; you will not get much done in either case.
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