Pre-production: Scripts

After the story arc is made, scripts are prepared and the number one priority of this is to direct the characters and the sound production team.

The Characters

The most obvious scripts are the ones given to an actor/actress to read and act out their scene. The priorities of the script are that it has the spoken dialogue and when they're going to say it (i.e. after another actor has spoken or after a pause). In some scripts, they will include the way it's said in (angry and shouting, quiet and sad etc.). Here is an example of a short scene from "The return of Duck Dodgers."










The Sound Production Team 

This is mainly for musical composers and sound effects teams that will play Foley soundtrack for certain pieces of animation, or will be in the actual animation itself (usually the musicians). These type of scripts will guide the sound production teams to create a sound from common objects, which will be used later on in the Production pipeline.