``7 Steps to Successful Story Concept Design''

1. Ideas (research)
2. Character brainstorm
3. Story concept sentence
4. 3-Act Structure Points
5. Screenplay
6. Storyboard
7. Story concept checklist

   Does the story work? Is it a good visual story? Is it a clever & original idea? Solid 3-act structure?

   Good range of emotions? Are character's motivations clear? Is there good reason to do story in 3D? Was feedback obtained?

Animation Guidelines: ``Disney 12''

General

D10: Appeal

• Are characters (visually) appealing?

Posing & Staging

D12: Pose-to-pose & straight-ahead

• Do characters strike strong poses?

D09: Solid drawing

• weight?
• depth (symmtery)?
• balance?

D03: Staging

• strong silhouettes?
• single/multiple character staging?
• effective camera staging?

Timing & Animation

D07: Timing

• good timing? too fast? too slow?

D05: Arcs

• motion paths: arcs or straight lines?

D04: Ease-in, ease-out

• good acceleration, deceleration?

D01: Squash & stretch

• do characters squash/stretch or are they rigid?

D03: Anticipation

• gaining momentum before performing action? or abruptly?

D09: Exaggeration

• good exaggeration or "overacting"?

D06: Secondary action

• supporting motion (e.g., body parts, hair, clothes)?

D11: Follow through & overlapping action

• secondary action follows through or synchronized to primary?