This book contents: Chapter 1 An Overview of the Short Animation Process; Chapter 2 Story Story Story; Chapter 3 Organization; Chapter 4 Storyboarding and the Story Reel; Chapter 5 Character Design and Creation; Chapter 6 Libraries and Linking; Chapter 7 Rough Sets, Blocking, and an Animatic; Chapter 8 Good Sound; Chapter 9 Managing Animation at the Project Level; Chapter 10 Dialogue, Sound Effects, and Music; Chapter 11 Final Sets and Backgrounds; Chapter 12 Simulation; Chapter 13 Rendering and Compositing; Chapter 14 Final Edit. //ir