thoughts on the process

Let's say you've got an idea for a cartoon. But you're not a cartoonist or animator. So you decide to find an animator to work with you. You've got to communicate your idea to the animator. How do you do that?

Script. Storyboard. Animatic. Soundtrack.

Okay. I admit I don't know much about making a script. I skip the script stage and go straight to thumbnailing the story out on paper and then cleaning it up and making a storyboard. A thumbnail script is still a script. It's all in the format.

My tool for thumbnailing? Post-It Notes. They're perfect for creating a quick story. And you can add or remove and change around pretty much everything as you go. The perfect tool for writing for a visual medium.