Scheduling your film

Scheduling is all about making sure that you do the right things in the right order.

In general, the best order to do things is:
1.Script
2.Character Design
3.Background Design
4.Storyboard
5. Lay out
6.Voice-recording
7.Animation
8.Sound effects
9.Post-production

West, M.

Making an animated film : a practical guide

West, M. (2005) 3 Ideas and Planning. In: Unknown. eds. (2012) Making an animated film : a practical guide. 1st ed. Ramsbury: Crowood., p.42.

Personally I find having a raft voice over gets me a head start.