creating a morning show

i created this animation a while ago, but i thought i would write a little blog about the creation of the project.

when i was interning at minnesota public radio, my boss and i were talking about my focus in animation and came up with a project for me to do. i think he was making me feel better about being unpaid... and it worked. i came up with the idea of short videos for each of the main djs a 89.3 the current (the best music station in the twin cities). the morning show was first.

i wanted to do something that was reminiscent to the old days of radio. i wanted to go back to when men were men and women served men. i found this to be a great juxtaposition to the actual on-air relationship of steve seel and jill riley.

like any good animation, i started with a script and a storyboard and then an animatic. originally, jill wanted her line to include the "f-word" but after the animatic, i think it was pretty obvious that we should keep it clean.

i voiced the narration in animatic, but man, i do not have a good voice for 50's animation. i needed an adult voice. luckily, my boss had just the voice. thank you michael wells.

here's the animatic. sorry about the swear mom.