How to make an animated movie

To start of the posts for this semester, in which we have two sections of ARIL 421 (Advanced Animation) competing to create the best and most mind boggling animation, here is a little graph on how it is done (from this blog in German but actually from a French cable Art channel):

And to actually get something produced, you have to pitch your idea first (as the first group will next Wednesday. Here is a video from the LA times of "the big guys" talking about pitching their ideas.