Identify the reference points to start breaking the shot down into a series of thumbnail images and learn to avoid the common errors while animating a character.
Aaron Blaise’s Approach to Animating a Scene

Lessons
02 Pose Test
Start adding drawings between your rough pose thumbnails, to flesh out animation.
03 Scene Review
Review the scene for accuracy before continuing, it is important to make sure things are working before committing to the timely process of animating the scene.
04 Mouth Shapes
Aaron guides you from pose test to hitting the dialogue keys so you can animate what you’re hearing.
05 Breakdowns, Inbetweens and Arcs
Learn the difference between “breakdowns” and “in-betweens” and implement them into your animation; also see how arcs can be use in multiple ways.
06 Animation Demonstration
Recap what you learned and apply it, animating a scene, following the full process from beginning to end.