References

These are the books that I have been looking at as I discover them.

Laybourne, Kit. The Animation Book. 1st Edition. New York, New York: Three River Press, 1998. Print.

Thomas, Bob. The Art of Animation. 1st Edition. New York, New York: Simon and Schuster, 1958. Print.

Grush, Byron. The Shoestring Animator. 1st Edition. Chicogo, Illinois: Contemporary Books, 1981. Print.

To begin

There are steps to animation that you want to follow for your film to stay organized.
(I am personally love lists so by laying out the order of business it always me to organize my thoughts.)
Some steps to planning Animation
1. Story
2. Characters
3. Sound
4. Music
5. Direction
6. Layout
7. Animation
8. Background and color