Production steps

• Concept - story, idea, effect..
• Story board, animatics
• Visual development (char. and costume design, sets/props, style..)
• [Audio - dialog, music, Foley..]
• [Tracking/roto, stabilization..]
• Scene planning/previz.
• Modeling, set extensions, matte painting
• Rigging
• Animation
• Effects
• Coloring and lighting
• Rendering

The rendered images are then composited with live action imagery and printed (recorded) out to film.