How to Make an Animated Short Film

Learn all the different steps I took when making my latest animated short film.
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So I’ve recently released my 3rd animated short film Tasteful, and I thought I’d make a video showing all the steps behind making an 3D animated short film, from start to finish and explain them as simply as I can, so that even if you’re not from the animation or visual effects industry you’ll get an idea of what it takes to make an animated movie.

Steps:
1) Story (00:25)
2) Script (00:48)
3) Concept Art (01:10)
4) Storyboard (01:32)
5) Animatic (01:55)
6) Modeling (02:30)
7) Rigging (02:51)
8) Previs (03:38)
9) Animation (04:25)
10) Texturing (05:10)
11) Lighting (05:25)
12) Rendering (05:40)
13) Editing (06:12)
14) Color correction & Grading (06:29)
15) Music & Sound design (07:10)

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[ashrafalsharafi]

"Bad animation is like bad acting ", I like that.

[AMessful]

The collaboration between the creation of the film and the music has always left me baffled. I work in the industry as a 3D-Modeler, Supervisor and I do understand the creative process in the pre-production, I love writing ideas, stories etc. myself.
But the ongoing collaboration of film & music throughout the production is somewhat magical to me. I would be interested in knowing how this interlocks on a daily base and how you go on it in the creative process.

[longbelao]

that's what I am looking for. Not fancy stellar Walt Disney feature film making but a simple workflow that I think I can gasp quickly and be motivated about! Thank you!

[KarmaHampton]

*i’m just over here trynna make a crazy dream that i had an animation lol*

[moonena]

im just 11 years old my name is girlein my dream is to ba a animator or movie cartoon maker ☺ :) thank you for this video

[empathy]

Awesome job!
- Script
- Imaginations
- Skills and Tools
- Patience
- Market It

[alyse]

I love writing and I have several Genres of writing. This video is such a breath of fresh air for me. Thank you very much for the time that you have spent on explaining.

[JanCabatoan]

I will go to college, choose an animation related course. Master animation. Then I will work at Disney. 😀

[brilliantwriter]

I have a lot of stories that I want to bring to life in animation. I know nothing about animation though so I might need to take a class

[TheGreatest]

"There's a very cool surprise at the end" me:skips to the end

[bloopanimation]

*Get the complete 30 lessons course:*
In the course you'll learn about all the programs we used to make the film, as well as the creative steps we took when producing it.

[brickbybrickdesignstudio]

You're a wizard! Wish more people were as generous as you. Thanks for the course!

[dezo]

OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH I CANT WAIT TO MAKE MY OWN CARTOON CHARACTER I WATCHED THIS WHOLE THING AND I DONT REGRET IT NEW SUBSCRIBER THANKS SO MUCH ALL I GOTTA DO NOW IS WORK ON MY DRAWING SKILLS

[heidiboyce]

This helped me a lot thank you so so much! I’m a young animator so it really helps when I find these videos

[JuanPabloPlays]

Kudos to all animators and film makers out there. :) This is really amazing and needs PATIENCE. Good job!

[SudharSpeaks]

That amount of monumental effort! Stunning! ..and thank you for summarizing it all so well!

[ThePerrster]

DUDE MY FRIENDS WILL BE SO JEALOUS AND MY DREAM IS ABOUT TO COME TRUE I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT SO LONG LIKE 2 YEARS I HOPE THIS WORKS!!!!

[lonelyspark]

I want to create a tv show with 2D animation

[michalbotor]

holy moley! the amount of work needed is overwhelming!

[muhammadumair]

I always wondered "How the Sketches Came into Life", This video did a great deal in explaining the Mystery.