Preparation of the animation

Before starting the creation of the sequence, it is important to plan what we are going to do.

Writing a short script

We start by organizing our ideas with some brief writing work. We must describe the scene to be animated shot by shot. We can be creative at this moment of the process and imagine any kind of place and situation.

In the first part, we will put some useful information such as the title, exposure (for instance, Out-Day in order to indicate that the action happens outdoors during the day), and the number of the sequence. In our case, there is only one sequence, so we call it Sequence 1. This kind of information is usual in a movie script.

The action of the sequence is in the desert. In a very warm and dangerous place, our rat sees a trap after a very long walk. This trap seems to be there for him.

We will follow a rather traditional script structure. There is an initial situation, a disruptive element that happens, and then the fall. In the case of a...