Production Plan

Useful questions about making animation

1. What is the central goal or storyline?
   
2. What are the main characters or images that will be included?
   
3. Are any special permissions needed, perhaps for the use of copyrighted properties?
   
4. What specific content items, if any, are required by a client or other outside party?
   
5. What are the restrictions on contend, if any?
   
6. Which media will be used within the work?
   
7. Which techniques will be used to realize the project?
   
8. Are there any other works(animated or otherwise) that could provide inspiration for the current one, or perhaps compete with it? If so, how are they similar or different?
   
9. What is the visual style of the work?
   
10. What is the aspect ratio and probable screen size of the completed work?
    
11. What type of sound design will be used?
    
12. How will the work be made accessible for special-needs audiences?
    
13. What is the desired outcome of the project?-How will the titles look and what information will they. Or must they, contain?
    
14. Who is the audience?
    
15. How will the work be made accessible for special-needs audiences?
    
16. What is the desired outcome of the project?
    
17. Who will ”greenlight” the project, or allow production to begin?
    
18. Who will evaluate the project before it is complete?
    
19. What is the timeline, including the work’s due date?
    
20. What technical resources are available?
    
21. What financial resources are available?
    
22. Who will be on the crew?
    
23. What skills do crew members bring with them?
    
24. What skills will crew member need to learn?
    
25. Are outside services needed and, if so, what are the cost?
    
26. What are the potential problems in realizing the project?
    
27. How will the work be exhibited, and what are the requirements and limitations of the format, including color requirements?
    
28. How will the work be distributed?
    
29. What are the main selling points of the work? Is there anything that makes it unique?
    
30. If applicable, what are the merchandising possibilities of the project?
    
31. How will the production process of the work be documented, both in terms of paperwork and photographic or motion picture images that can be used in creating a making of documentary or assembling a production-related website?
    
32. How will artwork, digital files, and other components of the work be archived when they are no longer in projection?
    
33. After the project is complete, could it be extended into other forms?
    
34. What is the long-term potential of the concept?