Monk of Milkweed Production Blog

Production blog for my Junior Thesis January 2017 Harrison Schaeffer

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Monk is at it again! Catch him tomorrow at the Vidlings and Tapeheads “Made in Michigan” program. And come see me tonight at the opening reception. Bring all your Monk merch for me to sign.

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It’s here! I’m releasing it to the public! Enjoy it!

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Monk of Milkweed selected for Detroit International Festival of Animation 2017

This is the grand premier of my junior thesis! Come on out to the Tangent Gallery on April 7th or 8th for a fun night of animated shorts and to see Monk of Milkweed screened for the first time!

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Some faces

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It’s done, everybody. It’s officially done. Monk of Milkweed is completed and I have another piece in my filmography. Thank you all for the support; I hope you enjoyed the ride. 

I’m currently submitting to film festivals so I’m keeping it private until I hear back from them. If I get into any local ones, I’ll let that be its grand premier before revealing it to the public. 

Until then, wish me luck. And if you know of any film festivals that you’d like to see it in, give me a holler. And if you really, REALLY need to see it right now, well, send me a message and say pretty please. 

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IT’S ALMOST DONE

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This is a picture of my friend Jeff working on the musical track for the film. I haven't heard anything yet, but it's been described as "weird" and "good" much like the film itself.

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backgrounds I did for harry’s film

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I can’t express how thankful I am for Ham

FOLLOW HER

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COMING SOON

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Some fan art by @hamtarto

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It’s all coming together now!

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I’ve passed some work off to other, younger students at CCS to give them an opportunity to work on a senior’s film and understand the production pipeline (and of course to save me some time :) I made direction sheets and everything. It’s like I’m running a little studio! 

They’re way more excited about coloring than I am, I’ll tell you that. Saving my life over here. 

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CHECK OUT THAT DEPTH OOOH YEAH BABY

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What more do you need from a color sheet anyway? 

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Thankful for layers 

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*heavy breathing*

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*hair smush*