if the final show looked like that I don't think I would have ever watched it
It's unique compared to a lot of stuff today but jeez
still the only tv show that pronounces oregon correctly
music near the intro is to binge by gorillaz
Oh, wow, Stan dodged a fucking bullet with his design.
was this on the usb drive at the bill statue?
is the gnome wizard justin roiland
Interesting to see how much of this story managed to make its way into the first real episode
[QUOTE=chipsnapper2;50823628]Holy shit the artstyle is good[/QUOTE]
Still 0 effort in the linework of active elements.
Painted backgrounds, even bad ones, will automatically look better when this is the case.
It's been a while for me but isn't this Pilot pretty much exactly what we got? What are the differences?
-nevermind-
I find the description more interesting than the pilot.
''In 2010 recent CalArts grad Alex Hirsch pitched "Gravity Falls" to the Disney Channel. He wrote and drew the storyboard entirely on post-it notes and a rushed pilot was commissioned by Disney to a small low budget flash animation studio in Canada.''
From what I've read, you need to show a lot more than just a storyboard to get your pitched show made. Like a script, character art and even some animation (like a tiny pilot).
Could anyone any elaborate on this?
[QUOTE=Kaelnukem;50825404]I find the description more interesting than the pilot.
''In 2010 recent CalArts grad Alex Hirsch pitched "Gravity Falls" to the Disney Channel. He wrote and drew the storyboard entirely on post-it notes and a rushed pilot was commissioned by Disney to a small low budget flash animation studio in Canada.''
From what I've read, you need to show a lot more than just a storyboard to get your pitched show made. Like a script, character art and even some animation (like a tiny pilot).
Could anyone any elaborate on this?[/QUOTE]
this was the pilot which got the show into production. the actual show looked nothing like this and was produced in ~2011. you're right in saying that most shows don't get off with just a storyboard, but it's usually the final stages alongside character art and a script. then, if the studio likes the idea and everything looks dandy, they produce a pilot for a small budget (usually the first episode of the show, in this case it was remade with the new art style and animation team.) they usually don't expect the director to do all that himself or with a small team so they'll commission a cheap studio to do it, in this case the canadian company, then have disney animation and their overseas company take over if they like it and want to put it in production. you'll notice this also has no real original music and very basic sound design, as well as some animation that obviously needs to be touched up. it's mostly just to give execs a good idea of what the real show will look like.
[QUOTE=IceWarrior98;50825213]It's been a while for me but isn't this Pilot pretty much exactly what we got? What are the differences?[/QUOTE]
Besides the obvious animation difference. The main one was the ending. In the actual series they end up fighting the gnomes directly as the gnomes jump together and form a single giant monster instead of the riddle ending. Another one was the episode began with Dipper finding journal #3 in a tree instead of the popsicle subplot and that the ending of the episode is where he receives his signature pines cap instead of heading into Gravity Falls with it.
[QUOTE=Fapplejack;50825715]Besides the obvious animation difference. The main one was the ending. In the actual series they end up fighting the gnomes directly as the gnomes jump together and form a single giant monster instead of the riddle ending. Another one was the episode began with Dipper finding journal #3 in a tree instead of the popsicle subplot and that the ending of the episode is where he receives his signature pines cap instead of heading into Gravity Falls with it.[/QUOTE]
also it's just waaay shorter. the montage is shorter and like you said there's no real overarching story in this. this is a half episode, the final episode is made for 21 minutes and this is only 11. it's mainly just to get their foot in the door with the series. i'm guessing though the journals and that story came much much later, since it was a major plot point in the first episode.
[QUOTE=Gamerman12;50825738]also it's just waaay shorter. the montage is shorter and like you said there's no real overarching story in this. this is a half episode, the final episode is made for 21 minutes and this is only 11. it's mainly just to get their foot in the door with the series. i'm guessing though the journals and that story came much much later, since it was a major plot point in the first episode.[/QUOTE]
Reminds me of the Family Guy pilot, which was pretty much all the same jokes as the first actual episode but with some story tweaks - and only small portion of the overall episode, basically as a tone setter for the jokes and style. Also really awkward looking.
Definitely cool to find nuggets of animation history, pilots tend to be really cool.
There are also a ton of Pilots that are just sorta out there that NEVER made it. For example, while Uncle Grandpa and Regular Show made it to people's TV screens, Danger Planet was piloted along with them. Of the 3, we already know which ones made it and which one didn't (except recently apparently it was released on CN as a 'short'?)
[media]https://youtu.be/f3UtG6jXSMo[/media]
The entertainment business can be weird.
[QUOTE=Fish_poke;50826143]There are also a ton of Pilots that are just sorta out there that NEVER made it. For example, while Uncle Grandpa and Regular Show made it to people's TV screens, Danger Planet was piloted along with them. Of the 3, we already know which ones made it and which one didn't (except recently apparently it was released on CN as a 'short'?)
[media]https://youtu.be/f3UtG6jXSMo[/media]
The entertainment business can be weird.[/QUOTE]
adventure time was denied by nickelodeon back in like 2004, and actually got picked up by cartoon network after the pilot went viral in 2006(?) because of nickelodeon's block of pilots called Random! Cartoons. nickelodeon's probably still kicking themselves for that.
random fact regarding gravity falls: alex hirsch hated the look of this so he actually got a ton of people he knew to work on the show. i was wondering how the hell he managed to get so many influencial people on the show, from emmy cicierega (sister of neil cicierega of potter puppet pals, the ultimate showdown, splendorman; he actually wrote some [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo7anKBcAdo"]original[/URL] [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpYBdOMh4GM"]themes[/URL] for GF) to [URL="http://gravityfalls.wikia.com/wiki/Matt_Chapman"]mother fucking[/URL] [URL="https://vine.co/v/MQx9Vxmb2gQ"]strong bad[/URL]. he aimed for internet people i guess, which is super cool cause it jump started a lot of careers (the guys from strong bad have their own show now on disney xd.) funnily enough, that's what happened to alex, cause he used to work on flapjack which spawned a ton of careers including pen ward, pat mchale (over the garden wall, costume quest cartoon) and J. G. Quintel (regular show.) adventure time did the same thing and i could go on and on about how being a storyboard guy on a show basically guarentees you a pilot somewhere along the line :v:
[QUOTE=Gamerman12;50826150]adventure time was denied by nickelodeon back in like 2004, and actually got picked up by cartoon network after the pilot went viral in 2006(?) because of nickelodeon's block of pilots called Random! Cartoons. nickelodeon's probably still kicking themselves for that.
random fact regarding gravity falls: alex hirsch hated the look of this so he actually got a ton of people he knew to work on the show. i was wondering how the hell he managed to get so many influencial people on the show, from emmy cicierega (sister of neil cicierega of potter puppet pals, the ultimate showdown, splendorman; he actually wrote some [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo7anKBcAdo"]original[/URL] [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpYBdOMh4GM"]themes[/URL] for GF) to [URL="http://gravityfalls.wikia.com/wiki/Matt_Chapman"]mother fucking[/URL] [URL="https://vine.co/v/MQx9Vxmb2gQ"]strong bad[/URL]. he aimed for internet people i guess, which is super cool cause it jump started a lot of careers (the guys from strong bad have their own show now on disney xd.) funnily enough, that's what happened to alex, cause he used to work on flapjack which spawned a ton of careers including pen ward, pat mchale (over the garden wall, costume quest cartoon) and J. G. Quintel (regular show.) adventure time did the same thing and i could go on and on about how being a storyboard guy on a show basically guarentees you a pilot somewhere along the line :v:[/QUOTE]
I remember something feeling really familiar about a lot of the humor in the show when I first watched season 1. I later realized when reading it that Matt Chapman was on board with writing and a lot of things clicked. Really happy they got somewhere further than just making SBemail, which I loved back in my middle school years.
Also the Cicieregas are great.
[QUOTE=spekter;50824597]Still 0 effort in the linework of active elements.
Painted backgrounds, even bad ones, will automatically look better when this is the case.[/QUOTE]
Hasn't that pretty much always been the case though
I mean when I was little and I watched cartoons I could easily tell what was going to move in each scene because it was clearly lower quality than the background
Most of the jokes seemed pretty ham-handed. Especially that "spill the beans". yikes. And that was only 3 minutes in.
[QUOTE=shaunr;50837920]Most of the jokes seemed pretty ham-handed. Especially that "spill the beans". yikes. And that was only 3 minutes in.[/QUOTE]
it's a childrens cartoon.
[QUOTE=halflambada;50838062]it's a childrens cartoon.[/QUOTE]
So? I've seen dozens of children shows- old and new with better humor.
Say what you like, this made me want to start watching the show for real.
Wander Over Yonder & Gravity Falls are my 2 favorite cartoons in recent memory. Both are extremely well made and I wish they had one last season.
[QUOTE=simzboy;50838820]Wander Over Yonder & Gravity Falls are my 2 favorite cartoons in recent memory. Both are extremely well made and I wish they had one last season.[/QUOTE]
GF ended really fucking well though, preeeetty much everything got answered and the fact that it ended with basically a movie in parts was perfect. Wander needed more though. gone too soon.
[QUOTE=NikoChekhov;50838489]Say what you like, this made me want to start watching the show for real.[/QUOTE]
Just remember to not look up anything that's not the direct episodes until you finish the series. One stray piece of fanart can spoil most of the series for you and believe me it takes some pretty heavy twists and turns.
Another major difference is that Soos clearly doesn't exist yet in this incarnation, since Stan got some of his lines.
I have to figure this pilot hit it out of the park for getting the ball rolling. I mean, it's basically the first episode but shorter, cheaper and in a second draft, and yet it's still so genuinely goddamn funny.
But yeah, the absence of the Journal really changes the tone, doesn't it? It feels more farcical and meandering, and the woods don't quite have that feel where they're somewhat dark and enshrouding. The Journal is the binding component that kicks off the big questions, and adds that ever-present air of mystery and danger. It brings everything focus, so that as funny as it gets you know at its heart that something bigger is going on beyond everything else.
Really, REALLY fascinating...
I love the journal but the ominous chanting and casually owning a book of the damned was freaking hilarious.
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