To get the timing right I've done a quick placeholder recording of the poem narration (in GarageBand). This'll make it much easier to plan out the storyboard and animatic, and get the length of each scene right etc. Next jobs are storyboarding and animatics, getting some designs down, and sorting out a nice voice for the narration, as my deep brummie accent isn't going to cut it!

 It's coming in at around 1:40 with room to manoeuvre so far.