Producing Animation

Producing Animation: The 3D CGI Production Process

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Catherine Winder and Zahra Dowlatabadi give an overview of the 3D CGI production process from pre-production through final film/video output.

Producing Animation: Storyboarding

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This month, Catherine Winder and Zahra Dowlatabadi delve into the crucial pre-production step of storyboarding. This is the last step to economically keeping a film on track and shouldn't be taken lightly...

Producing Animation: The Development Process

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What is the role of a producer during development? Plenty! This month's Producing Animationexcerpt by Catherine Winder and Zahra Dowlatabadi details the process.

Producing Animation: Building the Budget

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Marie Beardmore details ways for U.K. animators, seeking to make their own works, can obtain funding in order to eat and animate!

Producing Animation: Buying and Selling Projects

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This month's Producing Animation excerpt by Catherine Winder and Zahra Dowlatabadi features stories of advice from the pitching room!

Producing Animation: The Producer's Thinking Map

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This month's Producing Animationexcerpt by Catherine Winder and Zahra Dowlatabadi features a visual guide that summarizes the main steps involved in producing an animated project, be it feature, television or direct-to-video.

Producing Animation: Getting In The Door

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This month's Producing Animation excerpt by Catherine Winder and Zahra Dowlatabadi discusses animation's three main job categories and a little about how to get started in each.

Producing Animation: An Introduction

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Welcome to Producing Animation, Catherine Winder and Zahra Dowlatabadi's new book, which discusses the nuts and bolts and beyond, of the mysterious art of producing.