Prelayout/Workbooks/Final Storyboards

Whats this stage we just entered ? We are calling it "prelayout" .

Denis Lambert and Ettienne William are here from Studio 352 in Luxembourg joining our team , going over the boards and getting us ready for layout.

We are going over each sequence, making final compositions, designing the shots carefully, trying to plan where the wind is blowing from scene to scene, where the light is what efx we need and which dept. will need to make what (handdrawn animation, cg animation or compositing?)

The animatic is down to 84 minutes and I think its working well...and we are all systems go for full production next year...which is only a few short weeks away....