Disney Animation (:
Disney’s animation process is basically like everyone else. First a storyboard has to be made. The storyboard is presented to a group of animators and directors. Once the story is laid out, the voices are recorded. This is done first so the animators will know what the characters are going to say. After the dialogue is recorded, animators make out rough sketches of just the characters.
The drawings are usually really messy and color isn’t added yet, and there are no backgrounds. When the entire film is drawn onto paper, the animation drawings go to the inking department. There, the inkers copy the animation drawings on to clear celluloid acetate, its sometimes also called Cel. After the outline of the characters has been made, the unfinished Cel's go to the Painting Department. The painters flip the Cel over, and paint the colors on the back. They paint on the back so the characters appear crisp, and have an outline. Before the Animation Cels get photographed a background must be added.
Because a Cel is clear, and it only has the painted character on it, if a background is made, it will show through. Usually backgrounds are painted with Tempera or Water Color paint. In some Disney productions the background was painted on glass, and combined with other glass. Now all the combined elements can be photographed. The final product is not filmed with a normal projector, or camera. A special device, with a lens mounted facing down on to a tabletop captures each frame of the animated feature. Usually, the background is placed into a special mount, then covered with the Cel, then covered with a large piece of glass, then photographed. After all the drawings have been filmed, the dialogue is added. Sometimes the film is edited at this step.
