Animatic number 2 from episode 67 of The Adventure Zone, a D&D podcast by the McElroys!
Art and sound design by me, story and audio by the McElroys
The first song is a pitched up version of The Chalice because Griffin didn't release the version that played under the flashback (and I didn't like the pacing of the dialogue, sorry Griffin).
Second song is Disrobed.
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This is a beautiful example of show don't tell. I didn't think this scene could get more beautiful after the 2 dozen animatics I've seen. Not to discredit others' hard work, but I was wrong.
It _would_ be a beautiful example of 'show, don't tell' if it made any sense. I'm guessing I'll have to watch the original game session for me to know what's going on in this animatic.
@@KyrstOak you could watch other animatic of this scene because they have Griffin's narration in them. Or spend like 80-ish hours listening to that entire arc of the podcast.
Oh I'm so glad you included Lup's experiences inside the umbra staff as well. What a treat. Thank you.
goddamn this made me happy all over again. i LOVE that you went through and put in the audio from the scenes that griffin was describing, just SUCH a good touch. every detail of this was perfect.
Ugh, this is FAN-FUCKING-TASTIC. I'm normally a little put off by animatics lacking the Griffin narration, but you did such a great job with the cinematic elements of these scenes that it came out beautifully. This is what I want from the eventual Adventure Zone movie that's totally gonna happen some day.
I know right!? This is so amazing. The music that tracked though, and the sound effects just all made it so great. I would be so down for a TAZ movie
They had better give it at least three movies. The richness of character and story deserve time at least as much as (and arguably much more than) The Lord of the Rings.
theres over 80 hours of podcast, 3 movies woudn't cut anywhere close to enough. a movie PER ARC is the least that woudnt rush the story too much
Movie? Honey, no. 20-minute episodic TV series. 8 seasons (for each arc, to put it roughly) plus a couple specials for things that happened in bonus/live episodes. 20 minutes, I think, fits well with the pacing and humor of the show, although making an episode per actual episode of TAZ might be ill-advised, despite the amount of narration it would cut out. Like, fight scenes that took almost an entire episode of podcasting could easily be done in a minute of animated television. But then there might be things that take longer to explain while translating to a visual medium and cleaning up the story a bit. For starters, if you keep at least some of the OOC banter (and how could you not), you have to have a set with all the McElroys in a basement you can cut to at a moment's notice, but pick which times it's worth it for the flow of a polished TV show, like when was it funny, and when was it not funny enough to justify the break in tension? Making a TAZ animated TV show sounds like hella work, honestly, but when you think about, it, it's technically already halfway done compared to other shows built from the ground up. You've already got a completed masterpiece of a story and all the voice work you could need (unless you want some awkward lines re-dubbed), the animation and editing isn't easy, but neither is the other stuff, and that's taken care of.
Your Ango is a good, good magic boy. Loved the whole thing, but your version of Angus was so sweet and innocent I felt like I had to say something.
Ok so normally I never comment on anything, but this animatic made me cry so now im OBLIGATED the emotion packed into this is just. on point. Lup's joy when she was released (and really all the emotions she shows, but THAT PART ESPECIALLY GOT ME), the sound effects, the EXCELLENT cuts and direction around griffin's narration. God this is just so good. Fucking stellar work.
god yes, ugly sobbing all the way through
Lup was so goddamn overjoyed (relative to most portrayals, at least) and uhhh it kinda recontextualized her arc in a profound way? I can't believe I am only now finding this video, it's so fucking good
YES I WAS JUST SAYING THAT!!! She’s just so happy to be free, I can almost hear triumphant laughter!
I really like how you really went for the “show not tell” route! The scream when Lup goes lich was perfect
The detail of her flicking Merle off the umbra staff, amazing
I love how you basically showed us how it would look like for people in fiction in that room ... The art is amazing and just kudos to you
Now we need a TAZ animated series. I had tears streaming down my face, that was so good.
THIS IS SO GOOD IM SCREAMING Your portrayal of Lich Lup is so striking and the moment of the vault being opened and ugh all of this I love this.
I love how this looks like an official cartoon storyboard without Griffin narrating
wow ok im just gonna play this on repeat for the next 8 days so if you wanna make a 10 hour version of this itd save me a lot of fuckin time
S A M E
listenonrepeat.com/watch/?v=-IBBPeS7KZ8#The_Adventure_Zone_-_And_You_See_Lup
right click, loop
The animation and art is the greatest, but THAT EDITING is somehow even better than the art!
I have been waiting to catch up so I can watch this animation for so long. And, damn, it transcended my expectations. I'm a visual person, so sometimes I can't quite for the amazing scenes in my mind when Griffin describes them, so animators like you are just so wonderful for taking those word scenes and bringing them to life. Thank you so much for this utterly amazing animation of one of my favourite characters
You can't quite _what_ for the amazing scenes?
Do you think Lup is short for Chalupa?
Maddy Leaman F U C K now it is
in one of the "the the adventure zone zone" episodes griffin confirmed that while she was at first meant to be chalupa he felt it would be culturally insensitive and decided that her name would just be lup ^^
God. DAMMIT.
Maddy Leaman Nah Griff said it wasn't
i never did. but now it is. lmao
lup’s anger when she dies and goes back to her lich form is so powerful. i love how you added and portrayed that
really thought i was done crying about this part, but hey look at me crying about this part again
UHG, it's so good!!! You've just made me very happy. I love all your character movements. Especially when Taako points the umbrastaff into the air during his date with Kravitz. That was so good looking. I love everything about this!!!!
Holy shit, I love this so much. I love all the sounds you added and the recaps of all the times Lup has been helping taako throughout the series! She's been trying so hard to be there for her brother, and to finally be free (and for taako to finally remember her and figure out how to reunite with her) is just grand.
I am loving these animations that edit out the like, OOC stuff, and adding in sound effects and stuff! SO GOOD
god im in love with this, the way you paced it, the cutting, the expressions, the lines from previous episodes, all of it is so amazing. i honestly got chills watching it
im crying ngl, i love this. the emotions are perfectly clear and i like how their actions / expressions seem so natural! its so cool to see it happen in "real time" without the buffer from narration :)
I’ve never seen this type of editing of the podcast commentary and I love how the story holds up without it. Simply a joy to watch.
I'm going to cry. This was beautiful and I absolutely loved this animation!
I am in love with this. You didn't NEED to include Griffin's narration because you showed it all so well!
Um this is perfect
The style. The character designs. The foley work. The minimal yet somehow fluid movement. The use of only dialogue, as if this is a normal cartoon we’re watching. The stitching together of scenes to illustrate Lup’s experience. I love literally everything about this, except that it’s only 5 minutes long lmao
The way the inside of the umbrella looks kinda reminded me of the black lodge from twin peaks, was that intentional?
i've never seen twin peaks so no
I won’t lie, I teared up as Lup spun around while grinning/laughing. You could tell she was proud of herself and just...so relieved to finally be free. And also the way it looks like she’s screaming “IT’S ME! I’M IN HERE!” or something like that, just...such desperation in that expression.
this was amazing holy shiiiiiiit??? I LOVE the bits of her pushing aside the fabric in the umbrella only to find more fabric rooms, it really showed how desperate and trapped she was
BRUH YOU DID SO GOOD
the fucking,,,, the perspective, the backgrounds are fucking powerful and the anatomy and how the characters are drawn at different angles its incredibly good at giving a sense of space
thiS IS THE GREATEST THING I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?! THE SOUND EDITING AND STAGING AND PERSPECTIVE AND CHARACTER DESIGNS ALL OF ITS SO GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"I'm going to flipping kill you know." What a line.
Fuck that was good. Holy shit. I am genuinely so impressed, not just with the artistry and the animation quality but with the editing as well. This is super well done. Good on you for knocking this out of the park!
god the fucking facial expressions. his face when he broke the umbra staff I threw my arms up it was so good. and then the rest of it was just the most beautiful animation. god like hearing that sequence felt like a treat, and watching it through your animation was the cherry on top. thank you.
I love the connotation that Lup had destroyed/devoured the essence of every other magic user trapped by the umbrastaff, taking their power for her own. All hail the undisputed Lich champion Lup
Seeing it from just LUP's perspective as even sadder,thank you for that good cry.
And I also love the backround music for this moment, it starts off very calm and sort of depressing, much how the scene starts, but slowly picks up speed as lup is killed, then she's entrapped inside her umbrella, until she finally escapes and the music that seemed to have a panicked and impatient feel to it soon turns into a song relating to triumph and power as the waiting finally paid off, and she escapes, stronger then before.
Incredible animation! I love the scene that you chose.
This honestly has to be the best TAZ Animatic out there. The sound, the characters designs, the music and how well you do it without the narration all of it Is just so beautiful, and I swear every time I watch this one I just get so emotional because this was such a great moment and this animatic does this moment justice.
This is super well done, like absolutely incredible! It turned out beautifully and you can tell you worked so hard on it. It's a little detail, but I love Lup's scream when she becomes a litch!
This is by far the most powerful and best animatic of this scene. The way the audio is, the narration being gone it's just.. im in love with this..
I love how it was edited to just being the in character dialogue.
This is hands down (heh) my absolute favourite interpretation of this scene. And, as much as I adore Griffin's beautiful monologues, the choice to not have Griffin describing what was happening was goddamn inspired. Genuinely, this is Amazing, and I Adore It.
This is AMAZING! The amount of detail that you put into this is incredible, there is so much emotion in your art, like the way you had lup desperately clawing at the curtains trying to get to her brother. I loved every moment of this video, keep up the good work!
“Are you the one that’s been hurting my brother out there?” 🥺🥺❤️
Idk about y’all but I love the way the fire wraps around the characters 4:01
I absolutely love this. The way you draw Lup and the expressions on everyone’s faces, it’s wonderful.
I love your TAZ animatics! They are my all time favorites and I love re-watching the two!
I love that Griffin really managed to capture the sibling dynamic between Lup and Taako at the end. After all this time they haven’t been able to see each other Lup’s first words to Taako is just “you’re dating the Grim Reaper????”
I'm crying that was like something out of a full length film. you portrayed such emption in each shot, it was incredible
I watched like five different animatics of this scene before stumbling upon this one and this one made me feel more than the other ones. I wasn't just hearing about what happened. I was watching it unfold. Experiencing it. Good job!
Holy shit that last scene!!! I think I fell in love with Lup thanks to this animatic, so much raw POWER damnnnn
This is amaaaaaaazing. Its suprisingly better when not having the additional narration and silent/music only.
I usually don’t like animatics that cut out Griffin’s narration, but this is one of the rare exceptions.
GOD i just got the same goosebumps i got from listening to the episode all over again.... this is SO GOOD thank you for this
Oh my god gathering all the voice lines and putting them in in order and drawing the descriptions is just,,, such an immersive way of doing it i appreciate the extra effort so much,
THIS IS SO AMAZING THE ARTWORK THE LITTLE EXCERPT FROM THE EARLIER EPISODES IM AAAAAAAAAAA LUP LUP LUP LUP
HOOOOOOOOOLY FUCK DUDE THIS SHIT IS FUCKING AMAZING??!?!
This is so great. The storytelling in the pictures is perfect. I love that it needs no GM narrative to show what happened. Thank you. I've watched it like 7 times already.
Excellent work! I loved how you showed the time before Lup was trapped, during, and after. Was not expecting that.
YES!! YES YES YES this is my absolute favorite!!!! The expressions, the sounds, the movement holy shit this is great!!
Still cried, then burst into cry-laughter at the end, just like I did when listening to the episode. This is so great, nice job!
Theres been so many renditions of this scene but this is by far my favorite so far aaa
wow this one rules! i especially love your lich design with the dark ears sticking out of the hood :)
I am fucking crying, both at this scene and the amazing art/sound work you've added to it. Fantastic job!!!
There's something funny yet touching about how the first thing Lup heard from her brother after getting trapped was "excuse me, uh d-dj-d-dorf, there's a cane here to look at"
Phantasmal and Resplendent
These ones are always my favourite because you edit out all the non-dialogue talking so it feels like a real show
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so good! like fucking fantastic! also, bless your soul for going back to all the older episodes just so you can add in those extra dialogues during Lup flashback.
I didn't cry at this part originally I don't think but this animatic was so good that I cried of emotion, Great job!!
Wow wow I love the way you have cut in just the dialogue. And how you collected it from various episodes! Also Taakos face when Angus does the spell really shows his realization and it was perfect
the editing in this is PHENOMENAL. you really went above and beyond for this animatic!!! great job!
I like how Griffin is just there as himself
What I'd love to see is the moment Johann died. That fucked me up. He just didn't want to be forgotten. So much.
dude i got fucking chills, literally cried not even joking. ive watched this like five times now and it never gets old
This is like one of my top favorite animatics it's so amazing.
Whoooooah, this video is trippy when stoned. Great vid tho. Really love how you only included music and the actual speaking, you told the story beautifully with just your art.
You are amazing! This is such a spectacular portrayal of everything that happened, even more so by adding in the little tidbits from when Lup was able to influence outside events. I am actually crying because of how good this is.
By far one of my FAVORITE animations of this scene, I feel like I’m watching a movie uuUGH, the sound effects and the movement it’s all just so perfect, thank you for blessing us with this 🙌🏽🙌🏽
Holy, this is such great visual storytelling. Got chills watching this.
Showing us rather than telling us made this animation absolutely astonishing. It's not the same narration I've heard from all the other animations of this piece, instead, you trusted your art to tell us, the viewers, what we already knew: Lup's story and how she returned to Taako.
This is so good. Oh man. I am listening to the podcast for the first time, and I just finished this scene. I needed to watch this because, damn, this scene gave me chills. Your animatic was fucking incredible!
There's even subtitles 157/10 Bless you
im actually crying a little bit??? this is perfect, with the extra audio bits from previous episodes and the sound effects and your art?? so good?? you made my wife look so good and i love every second of this video
So good. Everyone looks just like I imagine them.
this is so damn good and so expressive and i just literally shed a tear I went through all the emotions again :D THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS!
holy shit, this is amazing, just the way you put in the audio and the character design and the cinematography. Just everything together is amazing!!!
oh holy shit, SOUND EFFECTS?! my heart can’t take this!
i am truly never going to stop thinking about the adventure zone: balance
Holy hell this animation was beautiful every part of this is absolutely amazing
I didn't think anything could match the magical quality of Griffin's voice during this scene, let alone match it without using the words! This is honestly amazing
oh wow this is incredible!! I love your use of audio from the other scenes (when they find the umbra staff and kravitz)
I'm grinning ear to ear with tears in my eyes. This is perfect! 👌
I keep rewatching this cuz God it's just. So good???
GOD i saw your preview of this on twitter when you started working on it and i was blown away THEN, and it's just. this is so much and im SO GAY for lup and. GOSH
aMMAAAAAZZINNG~ So beautiful, The editing, the way you showed their emotions! It was all so AWESOME!
This moment and the tentacle dick comment when they first met Kravitz, are by far my favorite scenes. 💗