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T’S

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ff a

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he

re. T

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th

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of

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an

ima

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ab

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Hi!

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llo

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Her

e’s

a li

st o

f a

ll th

e th

ing

s yo

u n

eed

to

do

, to

ma

ke a

mo

vie!

PRE-

PRO

DU

CTI

ON

:

Th

ink

up

a s

tory

, use

yo

ur

ima

gin

ati

on

, bu

t m

ake

su

re y

ou

ca

n t

ell y

ou

r st

ory

th

rou

gh

sim

ple

an

ima

tio

n.

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ign

an

d m

ake

yo

ur

cha

ract

ers,

bu

ild s

ets

tha

t fi

t in

wit

h t

he

sto

ry y

ou

w

an

t to

tel

l.

Wri

te o

ut

the

det

ails

of

you

r st

ory

(th

e ‘s

crip

t’)

an

d f

igu

re o

ut

ho

w y

ou

will

sh

ow

th

e a

ud

ien

ce w

ha

t h

ap

pen

s in

th

e st

ory

(th

e ‘t

rea

tmen

t’ a

s th

ey s

ay

in s

ho

wb

iz).

PRO

DU

CTI

ON

:

Reh

ears

e a

nd

an

ima

te y

ou

r ch

ara

cter

s o

n t

he

set,

sh

oo

tin

g it

mo

ve b

y m

ove

, sc

ene

by

scen

e.

Rec

ord

vo

ices

an

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nd

ef

fect

s.

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d t

he

sho

ts a

nd

so

un

ds

on

to y

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r co

mp

ute

r, ch

ecki

ng

th

at

they

are

go

od

en

ou

gh

fo

r yo

ur

mo

vie.

POST

-PR

OD

UC

TIO

N:

Arr

an

ge

all

you

r b

est

sho

ts in

to t

he

rig

ht

ord

er

so y

ou

ca

n t

ell t

he

sto

ry -

th

is is

ca

lled

‘ed

itin

g’.

Join

up

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un

d e

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ts,

voic

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sp

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ects

.

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Pre-

Prod

uctio

n

Crea

te y

our

char

acte

rs, t

hink

up

a st

ory

& p

lan

your

mov

ie

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latt

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sm

all

ba

ll o

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last

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e a

nd

wra

p it

aro

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d t

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wri

st a

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ha

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limsy

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thu

mb

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the

sid

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MO

DEL

LIN

G TH

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CE

ME

AO

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1. Pi

nch

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sm

all

pie

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pla

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ctio

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An

ima

tio

n F

igu

re. P

ress

ou

t th

e ed

ges

un

til y

ou

ha

ve t

he

thic

knes

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u w

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t.

CO

VER

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BO

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W

ITH

PLA

STIC

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Soft

en t

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in y

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g

it. T

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sh

ap

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as

you

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ll sm

all

pin

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HAIR

NO

SE &

EA

RS

5. Ro

ll o

ut

two

eye

ba

lls u

sin

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hit

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last

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fla

t a

ga

inst

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stic

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ve t

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aro

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ye m

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men

t.

Bri

ng

yo

ur

eyes

to

life

wit

h e

yelid

s th

at

blin

k! R

oll

two

pin

ches

of

fa

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olo

ure

d p

last

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e in

to b

alls

, fla

tten

into

a d

isk

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pe

big

en

ou

gh

to

co

ver

the

wh

ites

of

the

eyes

.

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e m

ou

th is

act

ua

lly

mo

uth

s! A

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ast

fiv

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iffe

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ap

es m

ad

e fr

om

sm

all

pin

ches

of

red

or

pin

k p

last

icin

e, r

olle

d in

to b

alls

an

d

fla

tten

ed in

to s

ou

nd

sh

ap

es

an

d f

aci

al e

xpre

ssio

ns.

7. Ro

ll tw

o s

ma

ll p

inch

es o

f d

ark

pla

stic

ine

into

a b

alls

an

d

stre

tch

ou

t sl

igh

tly

into

arc

hes

. Pla

ce t

hes

e a

bo

ve t

he

eyes

lig

htl

y –

you

will

wa

nt

to b

e a

ble

to

mo

ve t

hem

ea

sily

.

Giv

ing

yo

ur

cha

ract

er a

pa

ir o

f sh

oes

will

hel

p t

o c

om

ple

te t

he

loo

k o

f yo

ur

cha

ract

er a

nd

giv

e it

mo

re b

ala

nce

. Ro

ll tw

o b

alls

o

f p

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a c

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ha

pe

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d d

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PR

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Sta

rt w

ith

a s

ho

rt a

nd

sim

ple

sto

ry -

on

e yo

u c

an

te

ll w

ith

just

on

e o

r tw

o c

ha

ract

ers

an

d s

imp

le

pro

ps.

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dec

ided

to

tel

l a s

tory

ab

ou

t G

ust

off

, a

nd

th

e d

ay

he

trie

d t

o f

ish

fo

r a

bir

d! T

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ake

it

mo

re f

un

, I’v

e w

ritt

en o

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my

sto

ry a

s a

po

em.

FISH

ING

FOR

BIR

DS

One

day

, Gus

toff

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a c

razy

not

ion

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beg

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put

his

plan

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otio

n.H

olly

was

com

plet

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lost

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ords

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said

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goi

ng fi

shin

g fo

r bird

s!’

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trai

n th

e bi

rds t

o be

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mat

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stof

f th

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idea

was

gre

at!

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tche

d a

net t

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ake

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apA

nd fo

und

a bi

rd o

ut e

atin

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raps

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abo

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dro

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is sis

ter r

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save

the

pet:

‘Sto

p! W

hat a

re y

ou d

oing

, lad

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u’re

nut

s! H

ave

you

gone

mad

?’

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off

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ard

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ord,

But

set a

bout

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ping

the

bird

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s he

step

ped

up, i

t got

a fr

ight

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in a

fla

sh to

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flig

ht.

OK

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ry t

ime!

I’m t

he

dir

ecto

r, G

ust

off

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ay

wh

en w

e st

art

!

Act

ion

!

6

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tled

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trie

d to

go

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r it,

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cau

ght h

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et u

p in

his

kit.

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cont

rapt

ion

wor

ked

alri

ght -

It ta

ngle

d Gu

stof

f up

real

tigh

t!

Gust

off

let o

ut a

mig

hty

yelp

,Lo

okin

g fa

r and

wid

e fo

r hel

p.Lu

rchi

ng a

roun

d, th

is w

ay a

nd th

at,

Cra

shin

g do

wn

wit

h a

grea

t big

spla

t!

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ks to

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e w

as fr

eed

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onl

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ter h

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gree

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neve

r aga

in g

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r bird

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ng

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ot

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th

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lish

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hel

ps

me

wo

rk o

ut

an

d p

lan

my

mo

vie,

st

ep b

y st

ep.

Shot

list

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ishin

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r bird

s

Shot

1 -

LS

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off

ente

rs fr

om th

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ftSh

ot 2

- L

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fly

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head

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p w

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its l

eft o

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king

the

grou

nd

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ot 5

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rom

the

left

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Shot

6 -

LS

Ann

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ters

righ

t of

scre

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Stop

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ot 1

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vem

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som

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Prod

uctio

n A

nim

ate

your

mov

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char

acte

rs

Do

I lo

ok

go

od

?

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hel

p y

ou

pre

pa

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ach

m

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yo

u t

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t h

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p a

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ph

oto

gra

ph

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ho

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you

r a

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.

Get

yo

ur

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set

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t’s

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Posi

tio

ns,

PLE

ASE

, ev

eryb

od

y!

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ou

r fi

rst

scen

e -

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wa

nt

to s

ho

w G

ust

off

loo

kin

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up

at

the

sky.

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spo

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s a

n id

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go

t G

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p a

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Phew, I’m tired after all that movie work, but it was great fun,

wasn’t it?

They have a red carpet for us, and Fishing for Birds up

in lights!

And we still have to go to the premiere!

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