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hkthatgffan · 10 months

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NEW VIDEO ON MY CHANNEL!!

I recently had the chance to talk with Ethan Marak of Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, about his work on the Gravity Falls episode Little Gift Shop of Horrors.

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He shared some great new info on the stop motion process and never before seen photos from the set.

Below is a transcript of what I asked and his answers...

1. How did you get involved with Gravity Falls and were you a fan of the show beforehand?

I was working as an Animation Director at Stoopid Buddy Stoodios when this project came my way. The studio producers would cast Animation Directors to projects that were a good fit, and my known love of classic stop-motion animation in the Ray Harryhausen style made them consider me for this job.

2. Alex Hirsch mentioned in the GF box set that they contacted you directly about working on the show? What was that process like?

As I recall Alex was very into the idea of using stop-motion for this episode and he was very enthusiastic and excited visiting the set and seeing all the puppets and sets. When we translate an established 2d animation to stop-motion, there are a lot of creative considerations and decisions that need to be made for the designs and animation style to work. As I remember Alex trusted us to guide that process, and was flexible with any small limitations that came up.

3. Additionally, he mentioned that Disney originally did not want to do stop motion due to the cost and so Alex said he inquired about frame by frame costs and looked through everything that was done to see if it would fit the budget. How did that whole situation affect the filming and in turn, what was it like working with Alex and the GF team?

I wasn’t involved in any aspect of the budgeting for the project so I’m not sure what give-and-take with Disney occurred to make the numbers work for stop-motion. I don’t remember feeling like the shoot was under-funded.

4. How much creative freedom did you have in regards to the episode? Were things planned out beforehand or did the crew let you come up with ideas for the stop motion as you went along?

The team from GF provided character designs, storyboards and backgrounds. It was our job to create the puppets and shoot the animation in a way that fit into the background plates convincingly. I can’t remember for sure, but I think GF did the final compositing themselves. Everything is meticulously planned out in stop-motion animation, so that we don’t spend time building or shooting anything that isn’t going to be on screen. We had a lot of freedom as far as the style of the animation, and we were going for a cartoony look that worked for GF but also paid homage to Harryhausen, which meant paying more attention to the weight and subtleties than we might on other projects.

5. Were there any scrapped/deleted or cut aspects of the animation that did not make it into the episode? These can be scenes either planned out or animated that never made the final episode.

Not that I recall, no.

6. Would you be okay with sharing any behind the scenes photos, videos, memories, stories or more from your work on the episode that would be okay to be public now? These can be of the shoot, interesting stories or trivia about it, crew reactions, set up, etc. I understand completely if that is not possible but it would be great to learn about/see the animation process for this episode, the sets, characters, etc.

I’ll let you know if I ever find the behind the scenes photos I took.

Side note: Ethan did find a ton of photos to send to me that you can access here or as I shared below...

However, there were several I was asked to not share, such as behind the scenes images of the character designs and storyboards of the animated version of the monsters that was used to help map out the movement of the stop motion. Those are internal works that are not allowed to be shared and I will sadly not be able to. That said, @robertryancory shared these designs of the character publicly years back that look very similar to what I was sent. But what I was shown were colorized versions and almost final looks of the characters.

7. Do you still own the models or sets made for this episode? If so, what condition are they in (and if possible could a photo(s) be provided)?

I checked with the studio and as far as I can tell the puppets were given back to Disney at some point. There was a brief period where I remember the puppets were displayed in the lobby at Stoopid Buddy Stoodios.

8. Overall, what were your thoughts on working on Gravity Falls, the episode overall and the show later on? If Alex Hirsch or another GF crew member from it were to ask about helping in work on a new project, be it for GF or another show, would you do it?

I really enjoyed working on the episode and it is a stand-out project for me! It came out really beautifully and the GF team was really kind and respectful to us, and genuinely interested in our process. I’d absolutely partner with Alex on something else if it came up.

9. One extra question; Did you work on the mini stop motion bumper for Disney XD as well? If so, what was that like and what ideas were made for it that perhaps did not make the final promo?

Yes I directed that spot. It was another really cool project that gave us the ability to bring GF to life in stop-motion. The Stan puppet was amazing and looked so good- and our animators really brought him to life. We went though an extensive design process for the XD logo creature before deciding on the version you see in the spot. The goal was to make it look convincing as a taxidermy creation that Stan would have built, and to work in as many little eyeballs and body parts as possible that could move around.

BEHIND THE SCENES FOOTAGE OF THAT PROMO!

A huge thank you to Ethan for sharing this info and photos with me. Please do go check out his personal work on his Instagram, as it's some really cool retro stuff that I really loved checking out.

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disneytva · 6 months

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Disney Branded Television Announces "Mickey's Christmas Tales" Shorts As Sequel for Mickey Saves Christmas For This Year's Holiday Season

Disney Junior, home to some of the most beloved series for preschoolers, will present “Disney Junior Magical Holidays,” an abundance of festive programming for the whole family to enjoy beginning FRIDAY, NOV. 24, through SUNDAY, DEC. 31.

The programming will include the premiere of new stop-motion shorts “Mickey’s Christmas Tales” on MONDAY, NOV. 27 on Disney Channel, Disney XD and Disney Junior, which follow Mickey, Minnie and their pals as they celebrate the holiday season, the shorts will drop on Disney+ on FRIDAY NOV 29.

The shorts serve as a sequel to last year's "MICKEY SAVES CHRISTMAS", Stoopide Buddy Stoodios and Disney Television Animation return to produce this shorts, the shorts are Directed by David H. Brooks.

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#Mickey's Christmas Tales #Mickey Saves Christmas #Mickey Mouse #David H Brooks #Disney Channel #Disney XD #Disney Junior #Disney Jr #Stoopid Buddy Stoodios #Youtube

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meleemario720 · 6 months

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Finally back home from my trip and was greeted with the stupidly rare Buddy Thunderstruck plush I almost forgot I ordered!!! ⚡🐶

He now lives with Darnell on my mic stand!

#meleemario720 #buddy thunderstruck #darnell fetzervalve #netflix #stoopid buddy stoodios #plushies #plush toy #plush

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selfieignite · 5 months

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Looks like this is the concept art for Karen Gillan and Emily Kapnek's new animated musical series, Rhona Who Lives by the River. Karen Gillan will voice the main character, Rhona #3.

Alan Cumming (Spy Kids, The Good Wife, Schmigadoon!) confirmed his role as Hamish, the father of Rhona, on his website. Still waiting on official news for John Cho's casting, but it's most likely he is part of the project. There still hasn't been any promotion for the show, so if it does not premiere this month, hopefully it will be released in 2024 on Disney+.

#rhona who lives by the river #john cho #karen gillan #selfie abc #userelenagilbert #alan cumming #animated musical series #stoopid buddy stoodios #disney plus #as told by ginger #speculation #karengillandaily

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tio-trile · 2 years

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HI I really love your art! It's always so expressive and fluid. I was just wondering, how did you get into storyboarding as a career? Do you have any advice for anyone who might want to get into it (beyond general technical skills in composition, figure drawing, etc.)?

Aw thank you so much! I didn't set my mind specifically on doing storyboards as a career in school -- I knew I would be happy to work on anything in pre-production (that involves drawing). My university did have a more generalist approach to animation so we had to do everything in the pipeline, which included storyboards, and also I've always admired the beautiful pencil storyboards in Iain McCaig's Shadowline, which I used to read piously.

Upon graduation and apprenticeships I did not end up getting a fulltime job anywhere 🤣 so I started to do freelance storyboards for live-action commercials through an agency (day rates were awesome but NO job stability) -- and one day, one of my professors from school called me into the studio he was directing at for a fulltime storyboard position. That kickstarted my career in animation storyboards. The longer you work in the industry, the more connections you have; I spent about three years at Stoopid Buddy Stoodios before a director from there recommended me for a Dreamworks project that was looking for board artists, and that's how I ended up here now. As for my Lightchaser projects -- when I was job hunting, a senpai told me to add as many people as I can on LinkedIn, and once you hit 500+, HR will start contacting you -- and Lightchaser did contact me for freelance storyboards once I hit 500+ connections 😂

My first and foremost advice (or warning??) for anyone that wants to get into storyboard is that you really, REALLY have to love drawing. You do get to do a variety of things for the job, but it is mostly drawing and drawing FAST all day everyday, 40+ hours a week, a hundred or more drawings per day...so if you realize that you don't actually love drawing that much too late, this job will be hellish 😂. (On the bright side, if you DO love drawing, this job is awesome!!!) In terms of technical skills, I would say that perspective is the most important aspect for storyboarding in my mind, and (don't quote me on this but I've heard somewhere) it's also what recruiters tend to look for, so having solid perspective skills is a must. Also a really good way to learn and improve is to study how others do it, be it someone's portfolio website, or shot-by-shot copies from movies (I've found that watching a movie on mute is a good way to study the shots without being distracted). Best of luck!

#Sorry for the wall of text alksjdhs #ask #anonymous #nice ppl #my work #Please don't take me too seriously and also ask me if anything isn't clear. Or if you vigorously disagree.#No fanart recently because I'm STORYBOARDING so much 🙄 but I AM in the middle of reading Nona rn 👀👀

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bbcviral · 28 days

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Stoopid Buddy Stoodios Taps Jonathan Schneider As President http://dlvr.it/T4zXgh

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dorothydalmati1 · 8 months

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Obscure Animation Subject #36: M.O.D.O.K.

Originally posted on Twitter on March 15, 2023.

Based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, the show was developed by Jordan Blum and Patton Oswalt, directed by Eric Towner and Alex Kramer and produced by 10k, Multiverse Cowboy, Stoopid Buddy Stoodios and Marvel Television.

The show premiered on Hulu with one season of 10 24-minute episodes on May 21, 2021 (ironically my 17th birthday), and was positively-received by critics. However, it was announced as cancelled in May 2022, although Blum had plans for a second season as announced in April 2021.

Craig Erwich, Hulu's head of content, stated in January 2022 that more seasons of M.O.D.O.K. would be determined solely by the Marvel Studios team. However, given how limited advertising the show got, it was a commercial failure, but by cancellation, it finally gained attention.

You see, according to Whip Media's viewership tracking app TV Time, the show was the 3rd most anticipated new television series, during the month the show was announced as cancelled. By that time it was too late but it did attract an audience, like with 101 Dalmatian Street.

As for what I think of it, haven’t seen it. Does look interesting though, but Henry Bean did describe the show as mid. What a coincidence it was released on my 17th birthday, but, I learned on Discord that Santa Inc. was also released on someone’s 17th birthday. Wow, pain!

#M.O.D.O.K.#obscure animation

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ptbf2002 · 8 months

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My Top 10 Adult Swim Shows

Attention Swimmers, Hm, Swimmers, Got Some Announcement To Tell You, Every Night On Cartoon Network, It's All Kids, Out of the pool, for Adult Swim, So, Here's My List Of Top 10 Shows On Adult Swim

#10 The Brak Show

#9 Robot Chicken

#8 King Of The Hill

#7 The Boondocks

#6 Samurai Jack

#5 Rick And Morty

#4 Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal

#3 Harvey Birdman: Attorney At Law

#2 Futurama

And #1 American Dad

Honorable Mentions: Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Family Guy, My Adventures with Superman, Metalocalypse, Unicorn: Warriors Eternal, Bob's Burgers, And Squidbillies

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The Brak Show Belongs To Jim Fortier, Andy Merrill, Pete Smith, Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. Wild Hare Studios, Turner Entertainment Company, Williams Street Productions, LLC, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, The Cartoon Network, Inc. Warner Bros. Discovery Networks, Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution Warner Bros. Television Studios, Warner Bros. Television Group, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. WarnerMedia And Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

Robot Chicken Belongs To Seth Green, Matthew Senreich, Mike Fasolo, ShadowMachine, Stoop!d Monkey, Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, LLC. Sony Pictures Digital Productions Inc. Sony Pictures Television Studios, Sony Pictures Television Inc. Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. Sony Entertainment, Inc. Sony Corporation of America, Sony Group Corporation, Williams Street Productions, LLC, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, The Cartoon Network, Inc. Warner Bros. Discovery Networks, Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution Warner Bros. Television Studios, Warner Bros. Television Group, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. WarnerMedia And Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

King of the Hill Belongs To Mike Judge, Greg Daniels, Plus One Entertainment Co., Ltd. Toon Boom Animation Inc. Rough Draft Korea Co, Ltd. Toonzone Entertainment, Wild Horse Animation Group, Y.R. Studio, Yeson Entertainment, Bandera Entertainment, Deedle-Dee Productions Judgemental Films, 3 Arts Entertainment, 20th Television Animation, 20th Television, Hulu, Disney Streaming, Disney Television Studios, Disney General Entertainment Content, Disney Entertainment, FOX Broadcasting Company, FOX Entertainment, FOX Corporation, And The Walt Disney Company

The Boondocks (2005 TV series) Belongs To Aaron McGruder, Madhouse, Inc. Lotto Animation, Inc. DongWoo Animation Co. Ltd. MOI Animation Co., Ltd. JM Animation Co., Ltd. Studio Mir Co., Ltd. Adelaide Productions, Rebel Base Productions, Sony Pictures Television Inc. Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. Sony Entertainment, Inc. Sony Corporation of America, Sony Group Corporation, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, The Cartoon Network, Inc. Warner Bros. Discovery Networks, Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution Warner Bros. Television Studios, Warner Bros. Television Group, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. WarnerMedia And Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

Samurai Jack Belongs To Genndy Tartakovsky, Digital eMation, Inc. Rough Draft Korea Co, Ltd. Cartoon Network Studios, Williams Street Productions, LLC, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, The Cartoon Network, Inc. Warner Bros. Discovery Networks, Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution Warner Bros. Television Studios, Warner Bros. Television Group, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. WarnerMedia And Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

Rick And Morty Belongs To Justin Roiland, Dan Harmon, Justin Roiland's Solo Vanity Card Productions Harmonious Claptrap, Starburns Industries, Bardel Entertainment, Inc. Rick and Morty, LLC, Green Portal Productions, Williams Street Productions, LLC, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, The Cartoon Network, Inc. Warner Bros. Discovery Networks, Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution Warner Bros. Television Studios, Warner Bros. Television Group, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. WarnerMedia And Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

Primal (TV series) Belongs To Genndy Tartakovsky, Studio La Cachette, Cartoon Network Studios, Williams Street Productions, LLC, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, The Cartoon Network, Inc. Warner Bros. Discovery Networks, Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution Warner Bros. Television Studios, Warner Bros. Television Group, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. WarnerMedia And Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

Harvey Birdman: Attorney At Law Belongs To Michael Ouweleen, Erik Richter, Bardel Entertainment, Inc. Rough Draft Korea Co, Ltd. Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. J. J. Sedelmaier Productions, Inc. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. Cartoon Network Studios, Williams Street Productions, LLC, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, The Cartoon Network, Inc. Warner Bros. Discovery Networks, Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution Warner Bros. Television Studios, Warner Bros. Television Group, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. WarnerMedia And Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

Futurama Belongs To Matt Groening, David X. Cohen, Digital eMation, Inc. K Production Sdn. Bhd. Rough Draft Studios, Inc. Rough Draft Korea Co, Ltd. The Curiosity Company, The ULULU Company, 20th Television Animation, 20th Television, Hulu, Disney Streaming, Disney Television Studios, Disney General Entertainment Content, Disney Entertainment, FOX Broadcasting Company, FOX Entertainment, FOX Corporation, The Walt Disney Company, Comedy Central, Comedy Partners, MTV Entertainment Group, Paramount International Networks, Paramount Domestic Media Networks, Paramount Media Networks, Inc. And Paramount Global

American Dad! Belongs To Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker, Matt Weitzman, Yearim Productions Co., Ltd. Underdog Productions, Fuzzy Door Productions, 20th Television Animation, 20th Television, Disney Television Studios, Disney General Entertainment Content, Disney Entertainment, FOX Broadcasting Company, FOX Entertainment, FOX Corporation, The Walt Disney Company, TBS, Warner Bros. Discovery Networks, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. WarnerMedia And Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

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giovannasun · 1 year

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joshgorle · 1 year

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Ultra City Smiths. Stoopid Buddy Stoodios Toronto. AMC 2021

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disneytva · 8 months

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Witch Hazel casts a spell that turns Mickey & the gang into their costumes.

"Mickey and Friends Trick or Treats" a stop-motion special by Disney Television Animation and Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, that one network wasn't enough...

Sunday October 1st at 7:00PM EST only on Disney Channel, Disney XD and Disney Junior, Streaming NEXT Day only on Disney+.

#Mickey and Friends Trick Or Treats #Mickey and Friends: Trick Or Treats #Mickey Mouse #David Brooks #Stoopid Buddy Stoodios #Disney Television Animation Specials #Disney Channel #Disney Junior #Disney Jr #Disney XD

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brinis19 · 1 year

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Steve Aoki and Seth Green’s Stoopid Buddy Stoodios Join Forces https://www.blog.metaversenftleaders.com/2023/02/steve-aoki-and-seth-greens-stoopid.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=tumblr

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mycryptoposts · 1 year

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actionfigureinsider · 1 year

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Ushering in the New Year, ‘Stoopid’ Becomes a Noun! - @StoopidBuddy Stoodios, #NFTs and the @RoseParade

Ushering in the New Year, ‘Stoopid’ Becomes a Noun! – @StoopidBuddy Stoodios, #NFTs and the @RoseParade

Stoopid Buddy Stoodios Brings the Nouns DAO Art Project into the Real World During the 2023 Rose Parade® BURBANK, Calif. (December 28, 2022) – The creative minds at Stoopid Buddy Stoodios move beyond the screen and into the real world this January 2 as they bring the digital arts community Nouns into the 134th Rose Parade®Presented By Honda in Pasadena, Calif., with a stunning float that…

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bodybybane · 1 year

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'Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special' animators talk Marvel canon and James Gunn's DC future: 'Something great is coming'

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