Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Story Background and Theory; Chapter 2 Finding Ideas; Chapter 3 Acting; Chapter 4 Building Character and Location; Chapter 5 Building Story; Chapter 6 Off the Rails; Chapter 7 The Purpose of Dialogue; Chapter 8 Storyboarding; Chapter 9 Staging; Chapter 10 Developing a Short Animated Film with Aubry Mintz; Appendix;

About the Author

Karen Sullivan is faculty at Ringling College of Art and Design, teaches courses in history, concept development, and preproduction practices for animation. She has lectured internationally on story development for the animated short, written articles and guest-edited SIGGRAPH issues on concept development for animation. Gary Schumer, faculty at Ringling College of Art and Design, teaches courses in traditional animation, storyboarding and concept development for animation. He worked for Walt Disney Feature Animation from 1996-2004, as Effects Animator, Assistant Animator, Manager of Training and Training Coordinator. He also worked on Brother Bear, Mulan, Tarzan, and Lilo & Stitch.