Pre-Production

What is Pre-Production?

          Pre-production generally involves using a team of people to come up with the concept for a project, usually within the film, video game, or animation industry.

Pre-production includes but is not limited to:

• casting
• budgeting
• writing/screenplay
• storyboarding
• concept art
• set designers
• costume/prop design
• score production

Concept Artist

        A concept artist, or usually a team of concept artists, are in charge of imagining the beginning sketches of what a character, environment, prop, etc.
will look like. They are in charge of giving a certain feeling to their work, be it within the features that character has, or in the colors or atmosphere of a background environment. 

      The process of conceptualization usually starts with a team that spew out many different ideas for a character. An art director either helps to choose one design, or incorporate all features into one final sketch. This is then made into a refrence sheet that is sent to the animator, 3D modelers, costume makers, etc. 

     Concept art can either be stylized or photo realistic. In the case of character art, a design should match whatever style the art director find appropriate for the project. Here are some examples of stylized and realistic concept art. 

  

Developing your environment is also a very important job. People who draw concept art for the places a project takes place in must be very sure to add the right features that will give the viewer the right impression of their world