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script 155, 178, 203, 205, 262,

263, 271, 272

storyboard 154, 155, 156

development 77–108, 319–321, 326

artwork 73, 80, 82, 84, 85, 86,

87–88

bible 73, 77, 85, 87–88, 89–108,

324

characters 39–43, 59–73, 77, 78,

79, 80, 81, 84, 85

deal 80, 85, 326

design 70, 73, 77, 78–79, 80, 84,

87–88, 304–305

development executives working

with a creator/writer 83–84,

85, 263–264, 317

game 293–294, 295, 296–298

human 45–57, 61–62, 291

ideas 39–43

evaluating 43, 70, 78–79,

81–82

projects 11, 43, 77–108, 287, 326,

330

feature 3, 78, 80, 82–83, 84, 86,

153, 267, 275–278,

283–284

preschool 80, 81, 86, 87,

289–291

student 10, 43, 77, 86–87, 312

story 85, 111–115, 261–273,

275–276

visual 3, 153–173, 276

dialect 198

dialogue 19, 195–198, 272

absence of 120, 165–166, 168,

195, 198, 283

characteristics of 196–197

comedy 114, 182, 183, 193, 195,

196, 197, 272, 276, 280, 288,

291

direct/indirect 195–196

gender differences in 197

in games 296

in an outline 129, 132

in a script 167, 175, 195–198,

202–203, 204, 205, 262, 263,

265, 267, 268, 272, 273, 276,

280, 283, 288, 325, 326

lip-sync in real-time 72

on exposure sheet 7

on storyboard 3, 153, 154, 165,

167–169, 170

purpose of 195–196

ratio 195

recorded 2–3, 7, 9, 165, 168, 170,

197, 323, 328

tag 63, 326

director 2, 3, 7, 9, 85, 154, 155, 165,

169, 171, 263–264

art 3–4

technical 9

timing 3, 7, 155, 334

visual 153–173

voice 2

direct-to-videos 2, 3, 4, 7, 68, 86,

153, 186, 276–277, 284, 291,

302–303, 304, 305

storyboard 153–154, 169

DVDs 68, 86, 153, 169, 186,

276–277, 284, 291, 292, 298,

302–303

editing

film or video 9, 201, 276, 306

outline 133–134, 154, 264–270

premise 121

sound 3, 9

story/script 183, 203, 276, 291,

332

checklists for your script

197–198, 205, 261–273

episodic story 262

exposition 71, 72, 178, 196, 203,

262, 263, 268–279, 272, 326

exposure sheets 7, 8

feature animation 275–284

appeal 277, 278, 279, 283

budget 10, 275, 276, 277, 278

characters 3–4, 62, 68, 70–72,

153, 176, 265–267, 268, 275,

276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 283

developing 1, 78–79, 80, 82–83,

84, 86, 264–273

dialogue 195, 283

executives 2, 3, 9, 182, 193, 262,

263–264, 278

financing and distribution 2, 80,

86, 87, 277–278, 303, 330

marketing an original treatment

or script 275, 276–277,

283–284, 304–305, 312, 330

pitching 86, 276, 277, 284, 312,

330

presentation 84, 86, 284, 330

production 2–9, 10–11, 153,

263–264, 275, 276, 278

script 2, 3, 86, 111, 113, 114, 153,

264–273, 275–277, 278–283

acts 112

format 202, 275, 277, 329

length 275–276

storyboard 2, 3, 153, 168, 169,

276

story opening 176, 268–269, 283

structure 111–115, 130, 264–273,

280–283

television feature 277

theme 115, 265, 280, 334

treatment 2, 86, 153, 276, 284,

334

visual development 2, 3–5, 153,

168, 276

final checking 8

financing 2, 9, 80, 84, 86, 87,

277–278, 302, 305

flashbacks 163

focus groups 82, 327

format

bible 85, 89–108

outline 133, 134–150

premise 120, 122–126

prime-time animation 291, 329

script 155, 202–203, 206–258, 273

feature 202, 275, 277, 329

title page 202

series 77, 325, 327

storyboard 159–162, 165,

169–170, 190–191

Asian 169, 232–233, 235–238,

241–242, 246–247,

248–249, 251–255

feature 169

gags 1, 14, 60, 61, 67, 71, 132, 133,

169, 176, 177, 181–193, 287,

288, 291–292, 324, 328, 329,

331, 333, 334

building 114, 156, 183, 188, 189,

193, 204, 269, 272, 329, 331

comedy devices 184–189

ideas for 39–41, 42–43, 182,

184–189

in a feature 276, 280

in an outline 130–131, 132–133

in a premise 119, 120, 121

in a presentation 84

in a script 204, 268, 269, 270,

271–272, 273, 280

pace 1, 156, 204

props for 41, 42–43, 119, 167,

172, 182, 183, 188

running gag 181, 188, 193

testing 7, 291

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