No one is talking about Pokey’s strings attached to them! At around 2:30 Or how the rainbow later has the rest of the lords in black color’s besides Pokotho’s
ok but can we point out how in the bridge it had like. the puppets of max and richie showing that the adults were totally ignoring the violence that was already happening BEFORE the murders
It makes total sense too, only a few people would be aware of it as Max is seen as a pillar in the school community by everyone except maybe a few teachers and parents (also likely Duke due to being a counselor)
I don’t see enough people appreciating the the way Richie and Max are dolls during the solo because that ideal Hatchetfield was a romanticization of the way they pretended the kids got along
I like to imagine that Pokotho and Bliklotep are the closest of the Lords. Both deal in the dichotomy of entertainment, with Pokotho being the performers, and Bliklotep being the audience. As far back as TGWDLM, the audience was considered a member of the cast , acting separately to the puppets of Pokey. Every play needs an audience, and Bliklotep fills that role. It's funny to think of TGWDLM as Pokey putting on a play for his sibling just for the sake of it, and taking it a step forward, every musical in the series could be seen as Bliklotep in the audience (the lights are off in the stands, making it a sea of blackness in which the audience silently watches). Just a nice parallel I noticed.
holy SHIT this is so genius? I never even really considered how the Lords in Black were influencing this scene and of COURSE it's Blinky!! And Pokotho in Bryce's Reporter's solo!!! and their colors in the "rainbow"!!!! And I love how much more violent you made it, calls back to Black Friday and it REALLY WORKS thank you so much for making this!!!!
Talking about Blinky and the Lords in Black's involvement would be too easy -- can we talk about how Solomon seems resistant to the Lords' influence? It's brought up/implied at some point later in the musical that he's already been involved with the Lords to some capacity, so it would make sense that it'd be harder for him to crack under their (metaphorical) pressure... ... and besides, Blinky and Pokey just wanted a good show.
I take it as he made a deal for his place in office to he secured for the rest of his life. if he tells civilians to turn on their neighbors the people will listen to him and it’s not “his fault” because the people are reacting “of their own free will” he he’s not affected by this because he’s the one giving the order to attack!
Love the implication that Solomon, due to his previous experience with TLiB, fully sees what's happening here and has no issue with it because desperate people are good voters.
the amount of blinky purple here to show the dark lords are ALREADY here and have always been watching like this is INSANELY amazing im obsessed with this vibe here omg and pokey's blue being used for the spotlight??? AND the puppet strings? fucking AMAZING detail
this is UNHINGED. I adore the way the angry crowd is just a shapeless mass of anger with just those familiar purple eyes, and I love how unique and beautiful and true to the cast the designs of all the characters are!! Genuinely I can't express properly how much I love this
I kinda love how Karen is just unambiguously unafraid throughout. Everyone has their scared moments but Karen is ready to attack. Like terrifying mother like terrifying daughter.
Amazing use of color to indicate the Lord in Black! I love it! Also, absolutely love the idea of half of the chaos being instigated by Solomon, as well as it turning into an outright Black Friday situation.
Commenting for the algorithm in the name of our Ceaseless Watcher, Bliklotep. May their thousand eyes gaze upon this animatic with favor, O' ancient eldritch audience, praise be the council of the Lords in Black!
INCREDIBLE. FANTASTIC. EVERYONE SHOULD SEE THIS!!! this is such a good interpretation of what couldn't be shown on stage! and the way its entirely filmed by a news crew??? GENIUS.
After seeing this animatic it’s made me think about something. Every musical in the hatchetfield series has focused on one lord solely. (TGWDLM was Pokey and Black Friday was Wiggly) but thinking about this animatic and the choice you made to have quite a lot of Blinky Symbolism it made me feel like NPMD is a collection of all the lords together. Wiggly, causing the townspeople to start getting wrathful and suspicious, even making Max vengeful, Tinky being the one who torments the Spankoffski line, Pokey being the one who loves a good “I Want”, Blinky who watches as the townspeople get more and more suspicious of each other and i suppose Nibbly is just there to see who’s the hungriest/who’ll go the furthest. Now that I’m saying all this out loud it is a bit wobbly here and there but considering we had a giant musical number solely dedicated to seeing all the lords and the fact that the black book was used to bring Max back in the first place, I think it’s a decent theory.
Nibbly is probably involved with Grace flying off the handle at the end. Grace uses food and consumption metaphors a lot, her swimsuit has sweets on it, and the lights in Dirty Dudes Must Die stay pink after a certain point.
Also, Nibbly's MO is basically seeing how far people will go for their desires. Such as, idk, a desire to remain pure even after giving up one's chastity? (That said, I do think that if the Lords in Black are involved, it's probably all 5. But my gut says Nibbly might have a slight bit more influence than the others)
Your imagining of a different scenario, Lauter and Bailey in a little stage, Dan and Donna live, and the reporters in the crowd, was super original! Loved it ;)
I LOVE LOVE LOVE THE WAY YOU DREW EVERYONE IN THIS!!! BIIG FAN OF ALL THE BLINKY MOTIFS THE SHAPE OF THE CROWD, THE PURPLE, THE CANDY, THE EYES EVERYTHING SOOOOO COOL WELL DONE!!!!
THIS WAS SO GOOD AND 100% WORTH THE WAIT DAN AND DONNA MY BELOVEDS GOD JERRY LOOKS SO PISSED THE WHOLE TIME GOD MAYOR LAUTER JUST LEAVES LIKE DUDE YOU STARTED THIS MESS- I LOVE THIS ANIMATIC DUDE
Honestly? This is my favourite Hachetfield animatic. The details and ESPECIALLY the stuff about the LIBs, with Blinky influencing it all and Pokey’s blue light.
THIS IS AMAZING?? I love all the blinky and pokey motifs and refrences throughout this I never thought about blinky influencing everyone but that makes so much sense and is such an awesome addition!! AND THE PUPPET PART WOAH, it really shows how none of the adults were paying attention to any of the violence happening in the schools until someone was actually murdered like oh my god??? This is outstanding amazing job ‼️🫶
ooooo this is fun. i love how realistically designed everyone is and the idea that blinky is influencing everyone to stir up more chaos consider what the lords of black are doing is O fun!
Trying to decide if the Boy Jerry design looks like someone in particular or if I’m just cursed. And it looks like he maybe signs at the beginning? Either way I’m obsessed with this! My new favorite interpretation of this song. Solomon instigating and then having it turned on him because of course Blinky won’t leave him out! The puppets! The whole Black Friday esque ending! So good all around. I hope to keep seeing your interpretations of these songs and characters.
If you remember who Boy Jerry looks like to you let me know! I got a few times that he looks like a) anime character in general b) Richie hjhdksk Him doing ASL wasn't my intention exactly, but I love this interpretation!
@@zarrrazaunfortunately looking at it again, I’m pretty sure he’s making me think of some people’s human versions of Bill Cipher, which is definitely cursed. Still absolutely amazing. And I’m still noticing little things!
@@_primrse_1252 this comment just gave me so much psychic damage as I am indeed in the middle of doing Elias Bouchard fanart. I dont know how you knew this.
To me, this song always reeked of that one Twilight Zone episode called "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street"... and this animatic did not disappoint holy shit
One of my new favorite Starkid animatics - especially since it's one of the few that shows how much the Lords in Black have had their eldritch horror "hands" in everything! ^^
OH MY GOD WHAT A PERFECT ANIMATION AAAAAAAAAAAA seriously, the color combinations (which I assume) that are related to the Lords In Black are FUCKING AMAZING
Everything about this is incredible! I love the whole song as a press conference by solomon, who is remarkably chill until the blame turns his way. The presence of the lords in black is so thick and heavy, the crowd as blinkys eyes!!!
i'm just getting into the hatchetverse starkid fandom thing but this is honestly so cool??? like your artstyle is definitely one of my favorite. just in general lmfao this also might be me not knowing a lot about the fandom ( i was confused abt the eyes the first time i watched this (i still have leftover tma brainrot and got REALLY confused) but watching it again it makes a lot more sense ) but this feels very. tma. like the eyes duh but the brutal pipe murder.,,, maybe i'm just going insane (i probably am) great animatic, would watch on loop for hours 10/10 would reccoment
I think it's fascinating that this version of the song is just a wee bit different than the Starkid's youtube video. For example, blaming Dan Reynolds for selling drugs in the school instead of Ziggy, Blaming Bailey the cop for having a gun vs Barry (the man in a hurry), blaming Karen for cannibalism instead of Charlie, blaming Jerry (and Girl Jeri) for a murder spree instead of Gerald (Linda's husband). It really plays to the interchangeable and baseless blaming of the town, but it also teases that fan theory that every individual show is a unique timeline, all the Pauls and Emmas and Richies caught in an Hatchetfield of infinite variations, toys in the toybox of the Lords in Black.
I LOVE how you make Corey do the thumb-pointy touch with three fingers up at 0:37. Cletus Jones much? Love all the (somteimes very ridiculous) crossovers and hints you can do in the Starkid fandom. Also loved how just before that, he lazies about until he realizes the cameras focus on him, and it is conveyed so fast and efficient and is just very good animatic storytelling XD
HI OH MY GOD THIS WAS SO GOOD all the references to blinky were just so great; the chorus being alternating between the different characters; HOW UNHINGED BOY JERRY IS AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT; solomon lauter getting into the car at the end; the whole thing being shot as if its a news broadcast; MAX AND RICHIE IN THE BRIDGE; ur design for dan reynolds; UR ART STYLE IN GENERAL /POS; huge fan of the shot at 0:33 where the crowd is an eye; the note from the mayor to boy jerry just saying "make something up" before the brains were soup line, which makes so much sense considering lauters the one who initially said it was a ""man on the loose and hes got a gun"" (to which there was no evidence of, peak hatchetfield logic)- ALSO THE COLOURS IN THAT SHOT R SO GOOD; and then dans face on "yeah its gotta be donna", and him holding the camera to say "well i certainly dont *love* killing"; boy jerry pushing barry down the step thing and that following shot hes so fucking ominous /pos; the blue spotlight for pokey as well in the bridge; AGAIN, HOW UNHINGED BOY JERRY IS; how by the last chorus theyve just all dissolved into flat our MURDER (barry becomes the man with the gun, according to the shot at 3:06 lmao ,, and boy jerry with a hatchet (im assuming hes the one who got assigned an axe bc of abstinence camp and the axe man?) (and the way u drew all those murder scenes /pos ur anatomy is literally so good)); the horizontal pupil at 3:43 -- sorry this is long but this is genuinely my new favourite hatchetfield animatic and ohh my god this is so good i could easily write more abt it just going over more little details but god. this is amazing :D
Blinky and Pokey really decided they had to go all out on this collab and I love how you can clearly see whos influence is strongest at any moment, its so good
All I can say is that this was amazing!!! i loved the way you added in all the lords in black in different parts of the song, but still kept Blinky's colors the main ones since the entire town felt that paranoia. This was so good, and I can't wait to see what you do next ^~^
this RULES honestly i'm obsessed with your artstyle. for some reason i especially adore the way you draw jon and joey. i would love to see a TGWDLM animatic from you if you ever decide to make one
my friend got me into this animatic yesterday and it's driving insane in a good way. every little detail is amazing. also that line "if he gets me next make it three", did you know the hand position you chose (thumb and index together) is, iirc, american sign language for the letter F? Press F to pay respects, mayor Lauter. you did amazing boss. thank you for making this.
0:33 best shot in the entire thing. The negative space in the crowd making the sclera of an eye with Mayor Lauter's podium forming the pupil is so fucking good and really sells the vibe that this whole media circus is being used as a vessel by the Lords to get people at eachother's throats
0:34 was sooo cool, I love the idea that the Lords in Black claimed each a moment of this mess, and this is Blinky's (And Pooki's, crowd control *is* his bit)
Hello? How have I not seen this before?? It’s absolutely fantastic! I feel like the way you’ve portrayed the events of this song adds a lot of that apocalyptic weight that so often shows up in the hatchetverse. Now it’s turned from an accidental death to a series of killings to a full blown massacre, and it’s clear that even when the lords in black aren’t the impetus of the horror they’re always present and willing to turn a bad situation into a disaster. Also, them working together! Such a sweet sibling moment :)
Ok but can I just say how this PERFECTLY gets across just how scary a Mob Mentallity can be? That shot of Boy Jerry staring down at Bailey in particular just really sells how Mayor Lauter's fearmongering may have worked a little too well... (Also Blinky's purple eyes are a great touch)
HOW HAVE I NOT LEFT A COMMENT YET?? Oh my god, I adore this animatic! I especially adore how you represented the violence here, the crowd being possessed by blinky, in a sense! that sort of violence is perfect for hatchetfield, just look at black friday! your designs for all of these characters are so good - i think my favourite are karen and and bailey, honestly. and the way you framed it?? hello?? i ADORE how it's being shot as a newscast. you breathe so much life into these characters, from the little details you add to the background, and just how unhinged they all become!! amazing work!
I knew I would love this as soon as I heard “I am Dan Reynolds” and saw the head move. For some reason, the way that flowed hit me in just the right way. What’s even funnier (in case you haven’t seen the full musical” is that all the info they give is false! There was no gun involved! No witness descriptions at all! So they’re just spouting random nonsense! 😂
DUDEEEEE !!!! THIS SOOO GOOD OMG,,,, seeing all the teasers was great but now that’s it’s all together it’s freaking PHENOMENAL,,,, gonna watch this a thousand times so it’s forever ingrained in my brain *insert various screaming nighthawks here*
Coming back for the millionth time and finally commenting, the way you draw Jon’s characters always scratches my brain just right. Boy Jerry here is just so unhinged looking I love it !!!!!
Ok this is AMAZING and i have rewatched it a bunch of times but... I find it funny how all i see is Mumbo when Reynolds is on screen😅😂. Btw really really love your art style❤
this is SUCH an insanely good take on this song. i can't even really express how much i love this. the little eye detailing in the backgrounds of 1:10, the way everything gets more and more purple as blinky fully takes over in the chaos of the moment, the little lighting details that add so much even when they're simple.. your sense of staging and framing is absolutely fantastic. you put so much effort and care into this and it's obvious
Dude I love you sm. I always took this song as interpreting mass hysteria and never even thought of it being influenced by the lords in black. This deserves so much love i swear.
WowowWOW this is amazing! I seriously loved everything about this but the shot that got me was the crowd forming Blinky’s eye like oh my god?? And the bridge with Richie and Max with the LiB colours? Absolutely losing my mind
I like the puppet show scene and that it seems like The Lords In Black were influencing the people.
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godddd, everything about this is SO GOOD!! absolutely incredible stuff, I'm gonna watch this like a 100 times There's so many cool little references and things I'd just never considered about this scene Also thank you for your impeccable ✨✨Dan Reynolds ✨✨ design
oh this is TASTY i love your use of color,, the way i GASPED when the sun came into frame also the way you used the camera?? like in the beginning there's a few shots that the camera doesn't see, sometimes we can't see the characters' eyes, etc, but then the MOMENT bryce's solo is over it's All Eyes All On Camera All The Time. perfect visual of blinky going "haha okay you got a turn. my song now" lol. i love this sm
Watching this I realized that when Mayor Slaughter says “if he gets me I’ll be three” and he was because of max is the killer then he was the third victim after Richie and Ruth
INCREDIBLE. I've been waiting and hoping that someone would make a hatchet town animatic and this is everything I could have possibly wanted. It was made for me exclusively. Thank you!
OH THIS IS THAT GOOD SHIT I love the usage of Blinky’s colors and the inclusion of his eyes. Gives me the impression that The Lords in Black were very much present before the Summoning, and they were just watching the town unfold on itself
This is so amazing!!!! I love it so so much, the fight choreo, the references to the lords, it is such a beautiful adaptation of this song and I adore it
This is absolutely incredible and has effortlessly catapulted this song into my absolute favorite of the musical 🙏 This is genuinely such a beautiful piece of art 😭 If I start talking I will be here for hours, I guarantee you!!! Beautiful, beautiful!!!
I think this is the most clever and impressive hatchet field-related animatic I’ve EVER seen. Amazing work. Everyone else has already said my exact thoughts.
i LOVE all the details! max and richie as puppets, showing how the adults weren’t paying any attention to the real violence happening before the murders. purple for blinky, blue for pokey during bryce’s performance, and was that a goat eye for tinky i see at the end??
I never put a comment here? Fixing that: This is so dang well done! The camera angles really show off the tension of the scene and the way you portray both the violent nature of Hatchetfield and the sickly sweet “candy and rainbows” fantasy in such sharp contrast is great stuff. Not to mention keeping all your wonderful designs consistent and realistic while still providing great expressions (Solomon and Jerry especially). Great work!
The crowd having Blinky’s purple eyes is so fun, it feels so oppressive and frightening
yeah! And it does seem like something biklothep would do
No one is talking about Pokey’s strings attached to them! At around 2:30
Or how the rainbow later has the rest of the lords in black color’s besides Pokotho’s
@@OMG_TheFrogsi think that’s because the background and strings are blue
@@mega6662 hahahah. Oh my sweet Summer child. I place a gentle kiss on the forehead of thee
@@OMG_TheFrogswell apparently he’s attached to the hive from tgwdlm
ok but can we point out how in the bridge it had like. the puppets of max and richie showing that the adults were totally ignoring the violence that was already happening BEFORE the murders
It makes total sense too, only a few people would be aware of it as Max is seen as a pillar in the school community by everyone except maybe a few teachers and parents (also likely Duke due to being a counselor)
Such a freaking excellent detail
I don’t see enough people appreciating the the way Richie and Max are dolls during the solo because that ideal Hatchetfield was a romanticization of the way they pretended the kids got along
Pokey: hey can I fill someone with a divine voice in your number?
Blinky: what
Pokey: it'll fit perfectly, trust me
Blinky: ... only if I get to watch
HAHAHHAHAH so canon
That would 100% be their reaction.
Pokey: too much?
Blinky: heck no! That was perfect!
2:16 Pokey just decided that he had to somehow participate in this song while Blinky was busy with all this drama
I like to imagine that Pokotho and Bliklotep are the closest of the Lords. Both deal in the dichotomy of entertainment, with Pokotho being the performers, and Bliklotep being the audience. As far back as TGWDLM, the audience was considered a member of the cast , acting separately to the puppets of Pokey. Every play needs an audience, and Bliklotep fills that role. It's funny to think of TGWDLM as Pokey putting on a play for his sibling just for the sake of it, and taking it a step forward, every musical in the series could be seen as Bliklotep in the audience (the lights are off in the stands, making it a sea of blackness in which the audience silently watches). Just a nice parallel I noticed.
@@elfietheespeon9462 holy shit dude, that's so cool
@@elfietheespeon9462 that's oddly sweet.
@@AlexGoldhill I thought so, too! Eldritch beings may seem unfathomable to us, but these are still siblings we're talking about!
"What are yoUouU?"
holy SHIT this is so genius? I never even really considered how the Lords in Black were influencing this scene and of COURSE it's Blinky!! And Pokotho in Bryce's Reporter's solo!!! and their colors in the "rainbow"!!!!
And I love how much more violent you made it, calls back to Black Friday and it REALLY WORKS thank you so much for making this!!!!
the birds-eye shot of the crowd being blinky's eye is INSANE . this rules !!
Talking about Blinky and the Lords in Black's involvement would be too easy -- can we talk about how Solomon seems resistant to the Lords' influence? It's brought up/implied at some point later in the musical that he's already been involved with the Lords to some capacity, so it would make sense that it'd be harder for him to crack under their (metaphorical) pressure...
... and besides, Blinky and Pokey just wanted a good show.
I take it as he made a deal for his place in office to he secured for the rest of his life. if he tells civilians to turn on their neighbors the people will listen to him and it’s not “his fault” because the people are reacting “of their own free will” he he’s not affected by this because he’s the one giving the order to attack!
Love the implication that Solomon, due to his previous experience with TLiB, fully sees what's happening here and has no issue with it because desperate people are good voters.
Promise me you'll think about the implications!
Hell until they turn on him he seems to be enjoying the show
the amount of blinky purple here to show the dark lords are ALREADY here and have always been watching like this is INSANELY amazing im obsessed with this vibe here
omg and pokey's blue being used for the spotlight??? AND the puppet strings? fucking AMAZING detail
Oh Blinky is eating *well* tonight!!!
this is UNHINGED. I adore the way the angry crowd is just a shapeless mass of anger with just those familiar purple eyes, and I love how unique and beautiful and true to the cast the designs of all the characters are!! Genuinely I can't express properly how much I love this
THE “RAINBOW” BEING THE LORDS IN BLACKS’ COLORS. OMG THAT WAS SO COOL. I LOVE THIS !!
I love how u draw boy jerry, perfect amount of unhinged
THE LAST PANEL WITH THE NIBBLY EYES HOLY FUCKING SHIT THIS IS AWESOME
She just ate!
I think it was Tinky because of the goat pupils
I kinda love how Karen is just unambiguously unafraid throughout. Everyone has their scared moments but Karen is ready to attack.
Like terrifying mother like terrifying daughter.
Everyone slowly succumbing to mob mentality and paranoia being shown through Blinky's influence was just *chef's kiss*.
I only just realized the puppets are Max and Richie and oh my god the layers the “no hatred only halos” part adds with that
Amazing use of color to indicate the Lord in Black! I love it! Also, absolutely love the idea of half of the chaos being instigated by Solomon, as well as it turning into an outright Black Friday situation.
Commenting for the algorithm in the name of our Ceaseless Watcher, Bliklotep. May their thousand eyes gaze upon this animatic with favor, O' ancient eldritch audience, praise be the council of the Lords in Black!
INCREDIBLE. FANTASTIC. EVERYONE SHOULD SEE THIS!!! this is such a good interpretation of what couldn't be shown on stage! and the way its entirely filmed by a news crew??? GENIUS.
After seeing this animatic it’s made me think about something. Every musical in the hatchetfield series has focused on one lord solely. (TGWDLM was Pokey and Black Friday was Wiggly) but thinking about this animatic and the choice you made to have quite a lot of Blinky Symbolism it made me feel like NPMD is a collection of all the lords together. Wiggly, causing the townspeople to start getting wrathful and suspicious, even making Max vengeful, Tinky being the one who torments the Spankoffski line, Pokey being the one who loves a good “I Want”, Blinky who watches as the townspeople get more and more suspicious of each other and i suppose Nibbly is just there to see who’s the hungriest/who’ll go the furthest. Now that I’m saying all this out loud it is a bit wobbly here and there but considering we had a giant musical number solely dedicated to seeing all the lords and the fact that the black book was used to bring Max back in the first place, I think it’s a decent theory.
Nibbly is probably involved with Grace flying off the handle at the end. Grace uses food and consumption metaphors a lot, her swimsuit has sweets on it, and the lights in Dirty Dudes Must Die stay pink after a certain point.
Also, Nibbly's MO is basically seeing how far people will go for their desires. Such as, idk, a desire to remain pure even after giving up one's chastity? (That said, I do think that if the Lords in Black are involved, it's probably all 5. But my gut says Nibbly might have a slight bit more influence than the others)
I love the little detail of Solomon starting it all, just telling Boy Jerry to make something up lmao
Plus until they turn on he seems to be enjoying it to
0:37 HIS NAME IS CLETUS JONES, HE’S KILLED THREE PEOPLE (amazing animatic btw)
Can we talk about the sign language interpreter ??
Your imagining of a different scenario, Lauter and Bailey in a little stage, Dan and Donna live, and the reporters in the crowd, was super original! Loved it ;)
I LOVE LOVE LOVE THE WAY YOU DREW EVERYONE IN THIS!!! BIIG FAN OF ALL THE BLINKY MOTIFS THE SHAPE OF THE CROWD, THE PURPLE, THE CANDY, THE EYES EVERYTHING SOOOOO COOL WELL DONE!!!!
THIS WAS SO GOOD AND 100% WORTH THE WAIT
DAN AND DONNA MY BELOVEDS
GOD JERRY LOOKS SO PISSED THE WHOLE TIME
GOD MAYOR LAUTER JUST LEAVES LIKE DUDE YOU STARTED THIS MESS-
I LOVE THIS ANIMATIC DUDE
I LOVE how the crowd forms an eye since ur trying to show that blinky is kinda "possessing" the townsfolk! such a cool detail
Honestly? This is my favourite Hachetfield animatic. The details and ESPECIALLY the stuff about the LIBs, with Blinky influencing it all and Pokey’s blue light.
0:39 is boy Jerry...a sign language interpreter?
Fucking sick.
really wasn't my og intention but i love this interpretation :D
THIS IS AMAZING?? I love all the blinky and pokey motifs and refrences throughout this I never thought about blinky influencing everyone but that makes so much sense and is such an awesome addition!! AND THE PUPPET PART WOAH, it really shows how none of the adults were paying attention to any of the violence happening in the schools until someone was actually murdered like oh my god??? This is outstanding amazing job ‼️🫶
ooooo this is fun. i love how realistically designed everyone is and the idea that blinky is influencing everyone to stir up more chaos consider what the lords of black are doing is O fun!
Trying to decide if the Boy Jerry design looks like someone in particular or if I’m just cursed. And it looks like he maybe signs at the beginning? Either way I’m obsessed with this! My new favorite interpretation of this song. Solomon instigating and then having it turned on him because of course Blinky won’t leave him out! The puppets! The whole Black Friday esque ending! So good all around. I hope to keep seeing your interpretations of these songs and characters.
If you remember who Boy Jerry looks like to you let me know! I got a few times that he looks like a) anime character in general b) Richie hjhdksk
Him doing ASL wasn't my intention exactly, but I love this interpretation!
@@zarrrazaunfortunately looking at it again, I’m pretty sure he’s making me think of some people’s human versions of Bill Cipher, which is definitely cursed. Still absolutely amazing. And I’m still noticing little things!
@@iz5859 oh yeah it's very cursed /pos but I do see the resemblance lmao
@@zarrrazahe kinda looks like a lot of fan arts of Elias Bouchard from The Magnus Archives!
@@_primrse_1252 this comment just gave me so much psychic damage as I am indeed in the middle of doing Elias Bouchard fanart. I dont know how you knew this.
I love how you draw Dan, he's just trying to do his job and can't catch a break
Connecting this song to bliklothep is genius, make so much sense
To me, this song always reeked of that one Twilight Zone episode called "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street"... and this animatic did not disappoint holy shit
I love how the mayor does the Cletus jones hand for 3 “my name is Cletus jones I’ve killed 3 people” 😂
I love this so much it makes hatchet town seem like its orchestrated by blinky like watcherland
One of my new favorite Starkid animatics - especially since it's one of the few that shows how much the Lords in Black have had their eldritch horror "hands" in everything! ^^
OH MY GOD WHAT A PERFECT ANIMATION AAAAAAAAAAAA seriously, the color combinations (which I assume) that are related to the Lords In Black are FUCKING AMAZING
Everything about this is incredible! I love the whole song as a press conference by solomon, who is remarkably chill until the blame turns his way. The presence of the lords in black is so thick and heavy, the crowd as blinkys eyes!!!
i'm just getting into the hatchetverse starkid fandom thing but this is honestly so cool??? like your artstyle is definitely one of my favorite. just
in general lmfao
this also might be me not knowing a lot about the fandom ( i was confused abt the eyes the first time i watched this (i still have leftover tma brainrot and got REALLY confused) but watching it again it makes a lot more sense ) but this feels very. tma. like the eyes duh but the brutal pipe murder.,,, maybe i'm just going insane (i probably am)
great animatic, would watch on loop for hours 10/10 would reccoment
I think it's fascinating that this version of the song is just a wee bit different than the Starkid's youtube video. For example, blaming Dan Reynolds for selling drugs in the school instead of Ziggy, Blaming Bailey the cop for having a gun vs Barry (the man in a hurry), blaming Karen for cannibalism instead of Charlie, blaming Jerry (and Girl Jeri) for a murder spree instead of Gerald (Linda's husband). It really plays to the interchangeable and baseless blaming of the town, but it also teases that fan theory that every individual show is a unique timeline, all the Pauls and Emmas and Richies caught in an Hatchetfield of infinite variations, toys in the toybox of the Lords in Black.
I love that Blinky and Pokey are working together here. Eldrich demon brothers bonding is so cute
this is genuinely one of the most beautiful animatics ive seen
i am LOVING all of the colors representing the lords in black
I LOVE how you make Corey do the thumb-pointy touch with three fingers up at 0:37. Cletus Jones much? Love all the (somteimes very ridiculous) crossovers and hints you can do in the Starkid fandom. Also loved how just before that, he lazies about until he realizes the cameras focus on him, and it is conveyed so fast and efficient and is just very good animatic storytelling XD
HI OH MY GOD THIS WAS SO GOOD all the references to blinky were just so great; the chorus being alternating between the different characters; HOW UNHINGED BOY JERRY IS AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT; solomon lauter getting into the car at the end; the whole thing being shot as if its a news broadcast; MAX AND RICHIE IN THE BRIDGE; ur design for dan reynolds; UR ART STYLE IN GENERAL /POS; huge fan of the shot at 0:33 where the crowd is an eye; the note from the mayor to boy jerry just saying "make something up" before the brains were soup line, which makes so much sense considering lauters the one who initially said it was a ""man on the loose and hes got a gun"" (to which there was no evidence of, peak hatchetfield logic)- ALSO THE COLOURS IN THAT SHOT R SO GOOD; and then dans face on "yeah its gotta be donna", and him holding the camera to say "well i certainly dont *love* killing"; boy jerry pushing barry down the step thing and that following shot hes so fucking ominous /pos; the blue spotlight for pokey as well in the bridge; AGAIN, HOW UNHINGED BOY JERRY IS; how by the last chorus theyve just all dissolved into flat our MURDER (barry becomes the man with the gun, according to the shot at 3:06 lmao ,, and boy jerry with a hatchet (im assuming hes the one who got assigned an axe bc of abstinence camp and the axe man?) (and the way u drew all those murder scenes /pos ur anatomy is literally so good)); the horizontal pupil at 3:43 --
sorry this is long but this is genuinely my new favourite hatchetfield animatic and ohh my god this is so good i could easily write more abt it just going over more little details but god. this is amazing :D
Blinky and Pokey really decided they had to go all out on this collab and I love how you can clearly see whos influence is strongest at any moment, its so good
THIS IS SO GOOD OH MY GOD I'M NOT NORMAL???? THE ARTSTYLE??? THE DESIGN?? COMPOSITION?? AUGH, IT'S PERFECTION
All I can say is that this was amazing!!! i loved the way you added in all the lords in black in different parts of the song, but still kept Blinky's colors the main ones since the entire town felt that paranoia. This was so good, and I can't wait to see what you do next ^~^
this RULES honestly i'm obsessed with your artstyle. for some reason i especially adore the way you draw jon and joey. i would love to see a TGWDLM animatic from you if you ever decide to make one
I have vague plans of doing some songs from tgwdlm! Dunno when or even if but I hope I'll get the chance
my friend got me into this animatic yesterday and it's driving insane in a good way. every little detail is amazing. also that line "if he gets me next make it three", did you know the hand position you chose (thumb and index together) is, iirc, american sign language for the letter F? Press F to pay respects, mayor Lauter.
you did amazing boss. thank you for making this.
Oh wow I didn't know that! I just wanted to make a dumb joke about Cletus "I've killed three people" Jones x)
0:33 best shot in the entire thing. The negative space in the crowd making the sclera of an eye with Mayor Lauter's podium forming the pupil is so fucking good and really sells the vibe that this whole media circus is being used as a vessel by the Lords to get people at eachother's throats
THIS IS ABSURRLY INSANE HOW IS THIS SO GOOD HOLY SHIR-
0:34 was sooo cool, I love the idea that the Lords in Black claimed each a moment of this mess, and this is Blinky's (And Pooki's, crowd control *is* his bit)
Hello? How have I not seen this before?? It’s absolutely fantastic! I feel like the way you’ve portrayed the events of this song adds a lot of that apocalyptic weight that so often shows up in the hatchetverse. Now it’s turned from an accidental death to a series of killings to a full blown massacre, and it’s clear that even when the lords in black aren’t the impetus of the horror they’re always present and willing to turn a bad situation into a disaster. Also, them working together! Such a sweet sibling moment :)
Ok but can I just say how this PERFECTLY gets across just how scary a Mob Mentallity can be? That shot of Boy Jerry staring down at Bailey in particular just really sells how Mayor Lauter's fearmongering may have worked a little too well... (Also Blinky's purple eyes are a great touch)
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Oh my god, I adore this animatic! I especially adore how you represented the violence here, the crowd being possessed by blinky, in a sense! that sort of violence is perfect for hatchetfield, just look at black friday! your designs for all of these characters are so good - i think my favourite are karen and and bailey, honestly. and the way you framed it?? hello?? i ADORE how it's being shot as a newscast. you breathe so much life into these characters, from the little details you add to the background, and just how unhinged they all become!!
amazing work!
I knew I would love this as soon as I heard “I am Dan Reynolds” and saw the head move. For some reason, the way that flowed hit me in just the right way.
What’s even funnier (in case you haven’t seen the full musical” is that all the info they give is false! There was no gun involved! No witness descriptions at all! So they’re just spouting random nonsense! 😂
THE BLINKY SYMBOLISM!!!!! THIS IS A MASTERPIECE
3:03 I love this so much😭
3:16 The Girls Are Fighting Again-
Great animatic btw, I’m blown away by your skills!
DUDEEEEE !!!! THIS SOOO GOOD OMG,,,, seeing all the teasers was great but now that’s it’s all together it’s freaking PHENOMENAL,,,, gonna watch this a thousand times so it’s forever ingrained in my brain *insert various screaming nighthawks here*
I think Blinky's REALLY enjoying watching this show. Just don't blink!
3:37 BRUTAL PIPE MURDER
Was. Was that a TMA reference.
jurgen leitner is quaking in his dusty old boots
@@valrhynn Good.
Coming back for the millionth time and finally commenting, the way you draw Jon’s characters always scratches my brain just right. Boy Jerry here is just so unhinged looking I love it !!!!!
This was actually so horrifying, you perfectly showed the neighbours turning against each other (to the point of *more* murder), excellent job!
Ok this is AMAZING and i have rewatched it a bunch of times but...
I find it funny how all i see is Mumbo when Reynolds is on screen😅😂.
Btw really really love your art style❤
Nice, the Blinky colours were a cool twist
this is SUCH an insanely good take on this song. i can't even really express how much i love this. the little eye detailing in the backgrounds of 1:10, the way everything gets more and more purple as blinky fully takes over in the chaos of the moment, the little lighting details that add so much even when they're simple.. your sense of staging and framing is absolutely fantastic. you put so much effort and care into this and it's obvious
HAVING THE CROWD LOOK LIKE AN EYE, THEN HAVING THE PURPLE TINT THE MORE VIOLENT AND SCARED THEY GET IS SO GENIUS
Dude I love you sm. I always took this song as interpreting mass hysteria and never even thought of it being influenced by the lords in black. This deserves so much love i swear.
WowowWOW this is amazing! I seriously loved everything about this but the shot that got me was the crowd forming Blinky’s eye like oh my god?? And the bridge with Richie and Max with the LiB colours? Absolutely losing my mind
oh my god the designs the movement the composition on its on. The purple augh its so good this is so good
I like the puppet show scene and that it seems like The Lords In Black were influencing the people.
godddd, everything about this is SO GOOD!!
absolutely incredible stuff, I'm gonna watch this like a 100 times
There's so many cool little references and things I'd just never considered about this scene
Also thank you for your impeccable ✨✨Dan Reynolds ✨✨ design
oh this is TASTY i love your use of color,, the way i GASPED when the sun came into frame
also the way you used the camera?? like in the beginning there's a few shots that the camera doesn't see, sometimes we can't see the characters' eyes, etc, but then the MOMENT bryce's solo is over it's All Eyes All On Camera All The Time. perfect visual of blinky going "haha okay you got a turn. my song now" lol. i love this sm
Love Love Love Love LOVE! All of your designs for the townspeople, everyone is really distinct
The idea that the crowd is under blinky’s control? You earned a sub, man.
Watching this I realized that when Mayor Slaughter says “if he gets me I’ll be three” and he was because of max is the killer then he was the third victim after Richie and Ruth
I thought he was the fourth victim? Max killed Ms. Tesburger, then Mayor Lauter.
INCREDIBLE. I've been waiting and hoping that someone would make a hatchet town animatic and this is everything I could have possibly wanted. It was made for me exclusively. Thank you!
Ugh, I love this so much
I just realised something: S.Lauter, “Slauter”? *SLAUGHTER!?*
OH THIS IS THAT GOOD SHIT
I love the usage of Blinky’s colors and the inclusion of his eyes. Gives me the impression that The Lords in Black were very much present before the Summoning, and they were just watching the town unfold on itself
I mean blinky says it himself they've at the very least been watching grace
Tinky: That is NOT how it went. They didn't all kill each other.
Blinky, munching popcorn: I like my version better...
Pokey: I agree this is much more fun and I'm sure wiggly would agree
Ducking beautiful
This is so amazing!!!! I love it so so much, the fight choreo, the references to the lords, it is such a beautiful adaptation of this song and I adore it
3:40 [extended sounds of brutal pipe murder]
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This is absolutely incredible and has effortlessly catapulted this song into my absolute favorite of the musical 🙏 This is genuinely such a beautiful piece of art 😭 If I start talking I will be here for hours, I guarantee you!!! Beautiful, beautiful!!!
This is genuinely one of the best Starkid animatics ive seen- one of tge best I've seen in general for all the references and continuity. Great work!
I think this is the most clever and impressive hatchet field-related animatic I’ve EVER seen. Amazing work. Everyone else has already said my exact thoughts.
The eye made up of the crowd??? I’m 30 seconds in and in love 0:33
holy shit ive been waiting for an animatic for this song and you DELIVERED this is amazing
I screamed when I found this today, I LOVE your artsyle.
i believe in puppet richie and max supremacy
i LOVE all the details! max and richie as puppets, showing how the adults weren’t paying any attention to the real violence happening before the murders. purple for blinky, blue for pokey during bryce’s performance, and was that a goat eye for tinky i see at the end??
I can tell who everyone is based on how you draw their faces, very impressive
the references to nibbly when they get all murdery my beloved
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This is so dang well done! The camera angles really show off the tension of the scene and the way you portray both the violent nature of Hatchetfield and the sickly sweet “candy and rainbows” fantasy in such sharp contrast is great stuff. Not to mention keeping all your wonderful designs consistent and realistic while still providing great expressions (Solomon and Jerry especially). Great work!
Especially as, the rainbow part are in the colors of the lords