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Sometimes we get ambitious. Sometimes we design too many new locations and characters, which use up time
, money
, and resources
. Sometimes, we gotta balance out all the expensive stuff by making the CHEAPEST episode we can.
( #BigCityGreens THREAD)
, money, and resources. Sometimes, we gotta balance out all the expensive stuff by making the CHEAPEST episode we can.( #BigCityGreens THREAD)
So "Cheap Show" is our meta love song to animation re-use, hilariously written and storyboarded by @kianamaiart and @caldy with a brilliant story by @kennybyerly.
Here's my favorite @caldy joke that had to be cut for time. We already had enough "production cost" jokes, but I love the calendar gag. Scratch voices for everyone by Chris!
By keeping the Greens in the living room for the whole episode, we avoided designing a ton of new backgrounds. Next, we wanted to poke fun at 90's clip shows, which used old clips as a "new episode" to save money. https://twitter.com/BCG_NoContext/status/1294808694685827073
But we quickly wanted to spin the clip show format into something new, while still reusing old animation. Therefore we get Gramma's weird re-dubbed flashback from "Gramma's License". (PS, I voiced the robot dinosaur in this) https://twitter.com/BCG_NoContext/status/1294809184786100226
For Cricket's Weezie story, we used an old shot from "Cricket's Shoes". Lamar Woods (the voice of Weezie) often improvises the majority of Weezie's catchphrases. https://twitter.com/BCG_NoContext/status/1294809717831806976
Another way to save on animation costs is to not animate! We used @kianamaiart's storyboards for this sequence and got @PaulNakauchi1 (Hanzo from Overwatch!!!) to say "Something in Japanese" https://twitter.com/BCG_NoContext/status/1294810060816867328
We reused the same BG from "Fill Bill" as seen in the flashback clip. I LOVE the little humming tune that Bob Joles did here. https://twitter.com/BCG_NoContext/status/1294810845374033921
Another way to save money in animation is to limit movement. For this sequence, we wanted to see how few drawings we could get away with. Tilly's is the best--just ONE drawing! The others required a little more acting, but it's minimal. https://twitter.com/BCG_NoContext/status/1294811951932022786
Wanna save money in animation? Turn off the lights! https://twitter.com/BCG_NoContext/status/1295037599443300352
With such a meta episode, we just had to... https://twitter.com/BCG_NoContext/status/1294814268106444800
We discussed this joke a bunch. Is this going too far? Are we breaking the world? DOES BILL KNOW HE'S IN A CARTOON???? https://twitter.com/BCG_NoContext/status/1295037926762569728
