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Star vs. the Forces of Production Numbers and Storyboard/Director Rotation (Season 2)

In February 2015, Disney ordered a second season of Star vs. the Forces of Evil, way ahead before the official premiere of the first season which was on March 30th of that year. Disney Channel aired a special preview of the first episode “Star Comes to Earth / Party with a Pony” and the impact of the leaked video of the intro from 2014 Comic Con created an instant fanbase right from the Star from Tumblr, Deviantart, Reddit, and many other fan sites across the web.

Now with Season 2 over, let’s debunk and analysis the directors, storyboarders, the rotation process of the crew and the production numbers.

Again, the series number is 474S followed by the season and episode number,

Season 2 (Written in 2015-2016, Aired in 2016-2017.)

Directors rotate every third episode. Storyboard teams rotate every sixth episode.

With Mike Mullen leaving Disney TVA (Television Animation), there was room for a new director, Giancarlo Volpe. His past credits include Avatar: The Last Airbender, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and Green Lantern : The Animated Series). With Dominic Bisignano as the creative director of SVTFOE, he his now co-directing with Aaron Hammersley

The people who come up with the outlines and premises (the stories) are:

Daron Nefcy: Creator, Showrunner and Executive Producer

Aaron Hammersley: Supervising Director

Dominic Bisignano: Creative Director

John Infantino: Story Editor

Amy Higgins: Staff Writer

Directors/Teams (Out of 41 stories/episodes) (Segment 11 minutes)

Team Hammersley/Bisignano (14 episodes) (15 segments)

Team Piluso/Varon (14 episodes) Infantino co-directed one

Note: During production of The Bounce Lounge

Team Volpe (13 episodes) (15 segments)

And for half hour episodes, they use two production numbers instead of one.

Example Storm the Castle takes up one number. (#134A and #134B).

Now with episodes like Bon Bon, it takes up two (#224 and #225.)

Production Numbers (and Studio)

201 - My New Wand! - Hammersley/Bisignano - Rough Draft Korea

202 - Ludo in the Wild - Hammersley/Bisignano - Rough Draft Korea

203 - Red Belt - Piluso - Rough Draft Korea

204 - Mr. Candle Cares - Volpe - Rough Draft Korea

205 - Fetch - Hammersley/Bisignano - Sugarcube

206 - Star on Wheels - Piluso - Rough Draft Korea

207 - Star vs. Echo Creek - Volpe - Sugarcube

208 - Camping Trip - Piluso/Infantino - Rough Draft Korea

209 - On the Job - Piluso - Sugarcube

210 - Wand to Wand - Volpe - Sugarcube

211 - Goblin Dogs - Hammersley/Bisignano - Sugarcube (and Golden Wolf for the “Goblin Dog Trip” sequence)

212 - Starsitting - Piluso - Sugarcube

213 - Starstruck - Hammersley/Bisignano - Rough Draft Korea

214 - By the Book - Volpe - Rough Draft Korea

215 - Into the Wand - Hammersley/Bisignano - Rough Draft Korea

216 - Hungry Larry - Hammersley/Bisignano - Rough Draft Korea

217 - Girls’ Day Out - Volpe - Rough Draft Korea

218 - Sleepover - Piluso - Sugarcube

219 - Game of Flags - Piluso - Rough Draft Korea

220 - Friendenemies - Volpe - Rough Draft Korea

221 - Gift of the Card - Hammersley/Bisignano - Sugarcube

222 - Is Mystery - Hammersley/Bisignano - Sugarcube

223 - Page Turner - Piluso - Sugarcube

224/225 - Bon Bon the Birthday Clown - Volpe - Rough Draft Korea

226 - Naysaya - Volpe - Sugarcube

227 - Pizza Thing - Piluso - Sugarcube

228 - Spider with a Top Hat - Piluso - Rough Draft Korea

229 - Raid the Cave - Volpe - Sugarcube

230 (or 233) - Trickstar - Hammersley/Bisignano - Sugarcube

231 - Running with Scissors - Piluso - Rough Draft Korea

232 - Baby - Volpe - Rough Draft Korea

233 (or 230) - Mathmagic - Hammersley/Bisignano - Sugarcube

234 - The Bounce Lounge - Piluso/Varon - Sugarcube

235 - Crystal Clear - Volpe - Rough Draft Korea

236 - The Hard Way - Hammersley/Bisignano - Rough Draft Korea

237 - Heinous - Varon - Sugarcube

238 - All Belts are Off - Volpe - Sugarcube

239 - Collateral Damage - Hammersley/Bisignano - Rough Draft Korea

240 - Just Friends - Varon - Rough Draft Korea

241/242 - Face the Music - Volpe - Sugarcube

243/244 - Starcrushed - Hammersley/Bisignano - Rough Draft Korea

Rough Draft Korea (22 stories)(24)

Sugarcube (19 stories)(20)

Storyboarders/Writers (Star is a storyboard-driven show)

Crew

Aaron Hammersley (201, 202, 205, 210, 215, 216, 217, 224/225, 226, 241/242, 243/244)

Dominic Bisignano (201, 202, 205, 207, 210, 211, 215, 216, 217, 222, 224/225, 226, 241/242, 243/244)

Piero Piluso (203, 208, 209, 219, 227, 228)

Giancarlo Volpe (204, 207, 210, 217, 226

Brett Varon (206, 212, 218, 223, 228, 234, 240)

John Infantino (208, 211, 226)

Tyler Chen (213, 239, 243/244)

Evon Freeman (201, 205, 211, 219, 226, 227, 232, 238, 243/244)

Jushtin Lee (202, 215, 222, 230, 239

Cassie Zwart (227, 236, 241/242)

Sarah Oleksyk (230, 236, 241/242)

John Mathot (203, 209, 219, 227, 231, 237)(243/244) (Not sure if his storyboards didn’t make it into the final episode. - Bisignano.)

Gina Gress (231, 237, 243/244)

Zach Marcus (206, 212, 218, 223, 228, 234, 240)

Le Tang (204, 207, 210, 217, 224/225, 226, 232, 238, 243/244)

Sabrina Cotugno (207, 214, 220, 224/225, 229, 235, 241/242)

Amelia Lorenz (207, 214, 220, 224/225, 229, 235, 241/242)

Either Regulars or Freelance?

Marc Ackland/Riccardo Durante (216, 222, 233)

Freelancers?

Aleth Romanillos (205, 211)

Brandon Kruse (208)

Annisa Adjani/Natasha Kline (221)

Story Freelancers

Katie Crown (204)

Amalia Levari (205, 211, 215)

Todd Casey (207)

Ben Joseph (208)

Nate Federman (211)

Suzie Vlcek (213)

Bobby Miller (Daron Nefcy’s husband) (216)

Eric Acosta (232)

Christian Magalhaes & Robert Snow (233)

Bryan Caselli (238, 239)

Chris Walsh (241/242)

Let’s break it down, now.

Again, directors rotate every third episode. storyboarders/storyboardteams rotate every sixth episode.

Team Hammersley/Bisignano (14 episodes)

They have a “miscellany pool” of boarders.

201 - 2x01A - My New Wand

Story: Daron, Aaron, and Dominic

Aaron Hammersley, Dominic Bisignano, Evon Freeman

The crew worked back to back on this episode and Ludo in the Wild.

202 - 2x01B - Ludo in the Wild

Story: Daron, Aaron, and Dominic

Aaron Hammersley, Dominic Bisignano, Jushtin Lee

205 - 2x03B - Fetch

Story: Daron, Aaron, Dominic, and Amalia Levari

Evon Freeman, Aleth Romanillos, Aaron Hammersley, Dominic Bisignano

211 - 2x07A - Goblin Dogs

Story: Daron, Aaron, Dominic, John, Amy, Amalia Levari, and Nate Federman

Evon Freeman, Aleth Romanillos, Dominic Bisignano, John Infantino

Filler or no filler. Nate Federman is back.

213 - 2x05A - Starstruck

Story: Daron, Aaron, Dominic, and Suzie Vlcek

Tyler Chen

Semi-filler but semi-improtant. .

215 - 2x12A (2x11A) - Into the Wand

Story: Daron, Aaron, Dominic, John, Amy, and Amalia Levari

Aaron Hammersley, Dominic Bisignano, Jushtin Lee

216 - 2x11A (2x14A) - Hungry Larry

Story: Daron, Aaron, Dominic, John, Amy, and Bobby Miller (Nefcy’s husband)

Aaron Hammersley, Dominic Bisignano, Mark Ackland & Riccardo Durante

This was meant to be a standalone episode with “Spider with a Top Hat”. I expected the Diazes to be celebrating Dia de los Muertos. (Important since Marco’s half Mexican). Halloween is much of a commercial choice and more popular then the Day of the Dead. Plus seeing Marco’s family heritage can be interesting. But hey, Marco’s dad is now an American citizen since he immigrated there so he likes Halloween for it’s art.

Note: I thought Mark Ackland & Riccardo Durante will be a new team, but they seem to be freelancers. According to Riccardo Durante’s Linkedin, he worked on Star from August 2015 to January 2016.

221 - 2x09B - Gift of the Card

Story: Daron, Aaron, Dominic, John, and Amy

Annisa Adjani & Natasha Kline

222 - 2x10B - Is Mystery

Story: Daron, Aaron, Dominic, John, and Amy

Mark Ackland, Riccardo Durante, Jushtin Lee, and Dominic Bisignano

Mark and Riccardo’s second out of their three episodes.

230 (or 233) - 2X15B - Trickstar

Mark Ackland, Riccardo Durante

Jushtin Lee, Sarah Oleksyk

Before Sarah met Cassie.

233 (or 230) - 2x17A - Mathmagic

Story: Daron, Aaron, Dominic, John, Amy, Christian Magalhaes & Robert Snow

Mark Ackland, Riccardo Durante

Plus, this is the last of Mark and Riccardo’s episodes.

236 - 2x18B - The Hard Way

Story: Daron, Aaron, Dominic, John, and Amy

Cassie Zwart, Sarah Oleksyk

239 - 2x19A - Collateral Damage

Story: Daron, Aaron, Dominic, John, Amy, and Bryan Caselli

Jushtin Lee, Tyler Chen

Tyler Chen’s third episode.

Team Piluso (then Varon during “The Bounce Lounge”).

(John Mathot & Piero Piluso) then (John Mathot & Gina Gress)

(Brett Varon & Zach Marcus)

203 - 2x02B - Red Belt

Story: Daron, Aaron, Dominic, John, and Amy

Piero Piluso, John Mathot

206 - 2x03A - Star on Wheels

Story: Daron, Aaron, Dominic, John, and Amy

Brett Varon, Zach Marcus

208 - 2x05B - Camping Trip (co-directed with John Infantino)

Story: Daron, Aaron, Dominic, John, Amy, and Ben Joseph

Piero Piluso, John Infantino, Brandon Kruse

209 - 2x06B - On the Job

Story: Daron, Aaron, Dominic, John, and Amy

John Mathot, Piero Piluso

Takes place during the events of “Starsitting”. After Piero rotates, Brett and Zach see how Star and Marco babysit Buff Frog’s tadpoles.

212 - 2x06A - Starsitting

Story: Daron, Aaron, Dominic, John, and Amy

Zach Marcus, Brett Varon

Adjacent to “On the Job”. When Piero rotates...

218 - 2x09A - Sleepover

Story: Daron, Aaron, Dominic, John, and Amy

Brett Varon, Zach Marcus

219 - 2x08A - Game of Flags

Story: Daron, Aaron, Dominic, John, and Amy

Piero Piluso, John Mathot, with Evon Freeman

223 - 2x13A (2x12A) - Page Turner

Story: Daron, Aaron, Dominic, John, and Amy

Zach Marcus, Brett Varon

227 - 2x12B (2x11B) - Pizza Thing

Story: Daron, Aaron, Dominic, John, and Amy

John Mathot, Piero Piluso, w/Evon Freeman and Cassie Zwart

228 - 2x11B (2x14B) - Spider with a Top Hat

Story: Daron, Aaron, Dominic, John, and Amy

Brett Varon, Zach Marcus, Revisions by Piero Piluso

Another standalone episode paired with “Hungry Larry”, and I’m guessing this is an episode to calm down the audience after “you-know-what”.

231 - 2x16B - Running with Scissors

Story: Daron, Aaron, Dominic, John, and Amy

Gina Gress, John Mathot

Gina’s first episode.

234 - 2x17B - The Bounce Lounge (co-directed with Brett Varon)

Story: Daron, Aaron, Dominic, John, and Amy

Zach Marcus, Brett Varon

Piero’s out and Brett’s in as director.

237 - 2x19A - Heinous

Story: Daron, Aaron, Dominic, John, and Amy

John Mathot, Gina Gress

I wish not to speak of this episode, but I will, even though how I much I “hate” that episode.

240 - 2x20B - Just Friends

Story: Daron, Aaron, Dominic, John, and Amy

Brett Varon, Zach Marcus

Team Volpe

(Giancarlo Volpe & Le Tang, then Le Tang & Evon Freeman)

(Sabrina Cotugno & Amelia Lorenz)

204 - 2x02A - Mr. Candle Cares

Story: Daron, Aaron, Dominic, and Katie Crown

Giancarlo Volpe, Le Tang

207 - 2x04A - Star vs. Echo Creek

Story: Daron, Aaron, Dominic, and Todd Casey

Sabrina Cotugno & Amelia Lorenz, Revisions by Giancarlo Volpe, Le Tang, and Dominic Bisignano

When it’s hard to work with restrictions like “Star is shown smashing a police car”. It was a mistake that Star made in the episode and she ran from the police. After that Volpe and Tang stayed on their longer, making revisions, creating new scenes, and the song “Anything You Want To.”

210 - 2x04B - Wand to Wand

Story: Daron, Aaron, Dominic, John, and Amy

Le Tang, Giancarlo Volpe, with Revisions by Aaron Hammersley and Dominic Bisignano

214 - 2x07B - By the Book

Story: Daron, Aaron, Dominic, John, and Amy

Sabrina Cotugno & Amelia Lorenz

217 - 2x08B - Girls’ Day Out

Story: Daron, Aaron, Dominic, John, and Amy

Giancarlo Volpe, Le Tang

220 - 2x10A - Friendenemies

Story: Daron, Aaron, Dominic, John, and Amy

Amelia Lorenz & Sabrina Cotugno

224/225 - 2x14 (2x13) - Bon Bon the Birthday Clown

Story: Daron, Aaron, Dominic, John, and Amy

Amelia Lorenz, Sabrina Cotugno, and Le Tang, with Revisions by Aaron Hammersley and Dominic Bisignano

Le Tang did the fight scene between Star and Ludo. Amelia Lorenz was asked about who boarded what. She said she took the outline from the start of the episode (Bon Bon’s 100 year flashback) to the end of the first half where Star, Janna and Glossaryck found Bon Bon’s grave. Hammersley re-boarded a section of the episode (from Marco getting ready in the bathroom to Jackie arriving). Note: He boarded “Waiting for Me”, I think. (Sabrina and Dominic did the scene of Marco and Jackie on the bench too.)

226 - 2x13B (2x12B) - Naysaya

Story: Daron, Aaron, Dominic, John, and Amy

Giancarlo Volpe, Le Tang, Evon Freeman, with Revisions by Aaron Hammersley, Dominic Bisignano, and John Infantino

If Naysaya was produced after Bon Bon, I’m surprised. The episode’s story was mentioned in Bon Bon by Jackie.

229 - 2x15A - Raid the Cave

Story: Daron, Aaron, Dominic, John, and Amy

Sabrina Cotugno & Amelia Lorenz

This episode is full of surprises, wait and see.

232 - 2x16A - Baby

Story: Daron, Aaron, Dominic, John, Amy, and Eric Acosta

Le Tang, Evon Freeman

Evon and Le’s first episode together.

235 - 2x18A - Crystal Clear

Story: Daron, Aaron, Dominic, John, and Amy

Amelia Lorenz & Sabrina Cotugno

238 - 2x19B - All Belts are Off

Story: Daron, Aaron, Dominic, John, Amy, and Bryan Caselli

Evon Freeman, Le Tang

At least this is tolerable rather than “Heinous”.

NOW...

The last two episodes are... Let’s just say they combine two storyboard teams for each episode.

241/242 - 2x21 - Face the Music

Story: Daron, Aaron, Dominic, John, Amy, and Chris Walsh

Sabrina Cotugno, Amelia Lorenz (Volpe), Sarah Oleksyk, Cassie Zwart(Hammersley/Bisignano), with Revisions by Aaron Hammersley and Dominic Bisigano

To understand who’s scenes are which, Amelia Lorenz explained that she did Queen Moon’s song, the scenes of Star, Marco, and Ruberiot at the Diazes’ house until the scene where Star says “Talk time”. Then Cassie did the other Star and Ruberiot scenes. Sarah did the subplot of Queen Moon talking to Ludo’s family and riding on Dennis, Ludo’s little brother. Sabrina did Star’s song sequence, then Cassie again did the final scene after the song.

243/244 - 2x22 - Starcrushed

Story: Daron, Aaron, Dominic, John,and Amy

Gina Gress (Varon), Le Tang, Evon Freeman (Volpe), Aaron Hammersley, Dominic Bisignano, Tyler Chen. John Mathot’s boards may or may not have ended up in the final product.

According to Dominic Bisiginano, he and Gina Gress did the opening scene. Gina Gress did all the party scenes, Dominic did Oskar’s keytar scenes. Aaron Hammersley did the Magic High Commision storming into Ludo’s temple. Evon did Ludo being interrogated by Queen Moon. Le Tang did the action. Tyler’s boards were all over the place but he did the scene of Marco and his dad, Rafael, in the kitchen, and him and Star on the stairs.

The last thing I want to talk about is Evon Freeman rotating to all three director teams.

Hammersley/Bisignano: My New Wand!, Fetch, and Goblin Dogs

Piluso: Game of Flags and Pizza Thing

Volpe: (Partnered with Le Tang): Naysaya (I bet she came way late on revising certain bits), Baby, All Belts are Off, and Starcrushed.

That’s it everyone. Hope you enjoy.

#star vs the forces of evil #svtfoe #aaron hammersley #dominic bisignano #piero piluso #giancarlo volpe #brett varon #tyler chen #daron nefcy #svtfoe spoilers

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