D&F Cartoons…We Start with a Song!

August 14 2009

That’s right… all of the Debbie and Friends animated cartoons are based on songs from our CD, Story Songs and Sing Alongs. The next animated cartoon in development is based on the “Jack and the Beanstalk song.”

Jack and the Beanstalk by DebbieandFriends

Once we know what song we want to use, we then ask our good friend Rob Heath at Barkley Studios to help us by creating some fun characters for the cartoon.

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“Jack and the Beanstalk” main characters by Rob Heath.

Next, we create scenes based on the lyrics of the song.

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Jack and the cow.
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The Giant taking a nap.

And finally, we develop a storyboard movie… it’s like a “rough version” of what the animation will be like, set to music. Here’s our storyboard movie/rough version of the “Jack and the Beanstalk” animated music video.

After that, our amazing animators at Planet Sunday do their thing and create the real animated feature. The “real thing” will be ready by the end of September. Stay tuned!!! Until then, please be sure to check out the other Debbie and Friends cartoons and performance videos on our YouTube Channel!


2 Comments
  1. Jack & the Beanstalk Cartoon — Boston Children's Music on August 14, 2009 5:14 pm

    […] And if you want to find out just how they go about making cartoons, read Debbie’s blog post We Start with a Song. […]

  2. Build A Bear (Cartoon that is!) at Kid’s Music Matters on October 4, 2009 10:50 am

    […] I mentioned in our last movie announcement, all of the Debbie and Friends animated cartoons are based on songs from our CD, Story Songs and […]

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