Abstract:
Animation pre-production is a complicated and detailed process that includes
script-writing, character design, world-building, storyboarding, color-scheming,
and many other disciplines. It requires a skilled generalist with vision and a
strong understanding of the multifaceted processes of visual storytelling. My goal
for this project was to develop as a pre-production generalist and to practice vital
skills I will need in the industry. For this project, I wrote, scripted, planned, and
produced the first issue of a web comic with animated elements. I originally
planned fifty pages but downsized to fourteen when I realized my goal would not
be met in one semester. I have titled the story Hellbound and plan for it to be an
ongoing urban fantasy series for young adults. What you are about to read is a
detailed record of four months of work on this project, start to finish.
