Shots animated by @bananimator for the TAZ: Balance trailer! That excellent Garyl shot?! Those roughs are all her! You can see more of her excellent work in this great 11th Hour animatic:
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Shots animated by @bananimator for the TAZ: Balance trailer! That excellent Garyl shot?! Those roughs are all her! You can see more of her excellent work in this great 11th Hour animatic:
Shots animated by @bananimator for the TAZ: Balance trailer! That excellent Garyl shot?! Those roughs are all her! You can see more of her excellent work in this great 11th Hour animatic:
While the design team started work on the characters, our director @thirdchildart storyboarded the trailer--a roughly drawn, black and white loose version of the final product.
These boards were timed out with dialogue and temp music. Most editing was done in this stage--deciding which shots didn’t fit, or which should be extended. Then the whole trailer was cut up shot by shot to give to the animators!
After @goknights and @gullshriek completed the character designs, our animation lead @itsleahelaine created these cleaned up turnaround sheets for the characters we would use the most! These would then be turned over to our animators, along with storyboards of their shots for timing and reference!
Trailer Process 03: Character Designs!
@gullshriek and @goknights drew our character and costume designs! As shots were rearranged or simplified, some of the designs sadly didn’t make it into the final trailer. But now they’re here for YOU to enjoy! (LOOK AT THAT BEAUTIFUL KILLIAN)
TRAILER PROCESS 02!
Colorscript! The rough thumbnails were divided into sections and handed off to our color key artist @paticmak ! Some keys had very specific instructions or reference from the director. Others, Pati used her own amazing sense of color and style to design the key!
LOOK AT HOW GORGEOUS THESE ARE.
TRAILER PROCESS 01:
After getting her final script approved, our director @thirdchildart thumbnailed out the trailer. Those red lines are for each new camera angle--no red lines means those thumbs are all part of the same shot.
This is a first pass at what shots would be in the trailer and how they would fit together. If you compare them with the final, this first pass is pretty close! Shots were trimmed here and there for clarity, and the final edit order of the final montage shuffled around to better fit the wonderland track. These thumbnails were then divided into sequences, handed off to the color key painter, and used to build lists of what characters, settings, props, and costumes need to be designed.
The Adventure Zone: Balance Trailer (watch here) (credits here)
Thanks for making these awesome gifs!
1. Enter the THB! Animator: @itsleahelaine Color: @thirdchildart Effects: @lane-garrison
2. BOB! Full Shot: @thirdchildart
3. PttM! Full Shot: @thirdchildart
4. Hey Thug! Animator/Cleanup: @itsleahelaine Color: @kipskiff
5. Garyl! Animator: @bananimator Cleanup/Color/Effects: @thirdchildart
6. Paloma's! Animator: @rustnut Cleanup: @taylorkramos Color: @paticmak Lighting/FX: @thirdchildart
7. Nooooooo... Animator/Cleanup: @itsleahelaine Color: @insertdisc5
8. God Lied. Animator: @rustnut Cleanup: @itsleahelaine Color: @starprophecy141 Effects: @thirdchildart
9. Refuge! Full Shot: @thirdchildart
10. Well... Animator/Cleanup: @itsleahelaine Color/Effects: @thirdchildart
BACKGROUNDS:
2, 9 Lineart: @wyaldling
5. Animated: @bananimator
All Else: @thirdchildart
“We’ve always struggled with finding a quick way of communicating why #TheZoneCast is worth listening to. Hopefully, this trailer for the Balance arc does the trick. Thanks for sharing it with everyone on Earth.”
Enjoy! And check out the list of trailer credits here! https://taztrailer.tumblr.com/post/170107763441/taz-balance-animated-trailer-credits
TAZ: BALANCE Animated Trailer Credits
Here is the amazing team that put this project together! Check out their work through the links.
ART AND ANIMATION
ART DIRECTOR/EDITOR: Megan Lloyd. @thirdchildart across social media
PRODUCER: Val Petrone. @towsersfactory on twitter
COLOR KEYS: Pati Cmak. paticmak.portfoliobox.net
CHARACTER DESIGNERS:
Rachel Geiger. @gullshriek
Mickey Quinn. @mickequ on twitter
BACKGROUND LINEART: Michael Wyatt. @wyaldling on insta, mwyattart.com
BACKGROUND LINEART and COLOR: Megan Lloyd
EFFECTS: Lane Garrison. @lane-garrison, @lanegarrisonart on twitter/insta
ANIMATION LEAD: Leah Artwick. @itsleahelaine accross social media
ANIMATORS:
Em Stema, emstema.weebly.com
Harry Farrar, Harryfarrarart.com
Katy Shuttleworth, @jigglykat on twitter
Megan Lloyd
Millie Spouse, @rustnuttie on twitter
Morgan Hillebrand, morganhillebrand.com
Pati Cmak. paticmak.portfoliobox.net
Taylor Ramos. @glassesattatched on twitter, @taylor.ramos on insta
CLEAN UP ARTISTS:
Bianca Mansani, @alphacorvi
Dagny Phillips-Stumberger. @dagnificent on twitter, dagnificent.com
Elise Fachon. Instagram: @elisefachon, elisefachon.com
Jacob McCaw. jacobmccaw.com
Kimberly Gouge. kimberlygouge.com
Leah Artwick. @itsleahelaine
Megan Lloyd
Pati Cmak. paticmak.portfoliobox.net
Tony Vu. @tonydejavu
COLOR ARTISTS:
Adrienne Bazir, www.insertdisc5.com
Elise Fachon. @elisefachon on instagram, elisefachon.com
Emily Lloyd. @EmSmilingsMyFav on twitter, @starprophecy141
Heidi Holmeå Christiansen. @natteregn, heidiholmeaa.portfoliobox.net
Jess “Gemrys” Brown. @gemrys
Megan Lloyd
Pati Cmak. paticmak.portfoliobox.net
Phoebe Lewis. phoebe-lewis-art.com
Rachel Hickey. @rachel_greatest on twitter
Samantha Wuehler. @kipskiff
Scott King. @peabug
Sylladexter. @sylladexter
MUSIC AND SOUND
SOUND DESIGN: Megan Lloyd
TRACK 1: TRUE AMERICAN HERO
COMPOSER: Michael Biancardi, michael-biancardi
GUITAR: Joseph Facer
MIX ENGINEER: Trevor Okoren
WONDERLAND ROUND THREE
COMPOSER: Griffin Mcelroy
TRAILER EDIT: Michael Biancardi
TRANSCRIPT TEAM
This team divided up and listened to the ENTIRETY of TAZ:Balance to pinpoint the timecodes of all the dialogue and gags used in the trailer.
TEAM COORDINATOR: Dagny Phillips-Stumberger. @dagnificent on twitter, dagnificent.com
TRANSCRIPT TEAM:
Aidan LoGuidice
Alli Thomas
Amy Isaac
Becca Smith
Beck Poppins
Chelsea - KeikoPin
Daryl Bartley
Dagny Phillips-Stumberger
Dorian Hadgraft
Melissa Wolfert
Olivia Siegel
Samantha Dominguez
Rachel
Rebecca Frost
DIALOGUE SOUNDCLIP COMPILATION:
Dorian Hadgraft
Samantha Dominguez
Finally, a special thanks from all of us to the Mcelroy family, who taught us how to choose joy.