I’ve been wondering so long how it is actually to make real animation movies. Well, i know that they all came from Computer Generated Images which will include all hi-tech graphical software to act. I’ve also using Adobe Flash and after effect to do some ‘animation’ before, but it is not what i mean, you know.

I just found the really-happen steps when Movie Industry making animation movies. I got it from Pixar actually. here is some brief steps to take, if you as curious as i am :

1. An employee or some other poeple get an idea of a story. He or she will make presentation to some member of development group, to see whether it will belived by the audience and it has possibilities.
2. The idea then will be short documented to summarize it and making development from other same ideas to be mixed and balanced.
3. The document then will translated into storyboard. Storyboard is an hand-drawing comic book version of the movie, and it will be the blue print for the animation action and dialog.
4. Then, temporary sratch voice are dubbed into the storyboard reels.
5. the reel is made, it is an videotape that allows cleans up storyboard sequence to stand alone.
6. The art department will dress the story by creating look and feel for the sotry and character based on the documented guide, storyboard, brainsorming and their creative ideas.
7. The character, sets and properties are either sculpted by hand and then scanned in 3-dimensional or modelled in 3-D directly.
8. Dressed the set. Make an really-llok environtmetal set and property such as chair, tables, tress etc.
9. Translate the story into 3-dimensional scene, coreograph the character in set with virtual camera and capture the feel and emotion.
10. Using each of their unique software, they animated the shots.
11. The stes and shaded and lighting are made by computer aid.
12. Render the data. This is the step where all: shoot,set,color,character etc translated into single frame of film.Somehow it will need huge process and really rely on softwawre capability to ensure the quality of rendered product. Not to mention the hours to have it finish.
13. some final touched are added including musical and sound effects.

There are the steps, hope you enjoy it, whether you just an animation movie freak or someone who really want to make or inlvolve in animation movie industry.