How to Write for Animation by Jeffrey Scott
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Contents
- 1 Getting Ready to Write
- 2 Writing for Animation
- 2.1 Basic Overview
- 2.2 How to Write a Premise
- 2.3 Developing Your Story Beats
- 2.4 How to write an Outline
- 2.5 How to Write a Script
- 2.6 Writing Description
- 2.7 Writing Dialogue
- 2.8 How to Write Funny Stuff
- 2.9 Feature, Internet, and Sample Scripts
- 2.10 Creating an Animated Series
- 2.11 Writing a Presentation, Bible, and Pilot
- 3 Selling Your Animated Project
Getting Ready to Write
Understanding the World of Animation
A Brief Overview of Animation production - From Script to Finished Cartoon
Types of Animation
Types of Distribution
Audiences
Types of Animated Media
Genres of Animation
Non-Prime-Time Animation
Prime-Time Animation
Choosing Which Type of Animation to Write
Tools of the Trade
Writing for Animation
Basic Overview
The Premise
Next Comes the Outline
Then Comes the Script
How to Write a Premise
Developing Your Story Beats
Logic
Putting the Beats in Order
Breaking a Scene into Beats
Story Dynamics
How to write an Outline
How to Write a Script
How to Begin Your Script
Editing Your Script
Writing Description
Visualization
The Importance of Communication
Continuity
Pacing
Writing Dialogue
Dialogue Checklist
How to Write Funny Stuff
Feature, Internet, and Sample Scripts
Writing an Animated Feature
Writing a Sample Script
Writing Animation for the Internet
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