be more chill act 1 animatic

yeah I storyboarded the entire first act of a musical like a psychopath. Disclaimer this video is pretty OLD. I started it in 2017 with the intention of storyboarding the whole musical. Obviously it took a long ass time so I never finished it. Maybe one day. But here is the first act. There's lots of old art that I'm not so proud of anymore but I hope you guys enjoy anyways. It was getting dusty in my files lol.
Featuring Be More Chill Ensemble, Lauren Marcus, Eric William Morris, Will Connolly, Jake Boyd & Stephanie Hsu, George Salazar
Produced by Twin Tree Theatre
Album Be More Chill (Original Cast Recording)
I own artwork and animatic/animation only.
tumblr: / glumby
ig: / dumbobighead

[@honeybee4923]

*TIME STAMPS:* 00:35 - 9:19 ~ More than Survive 10:29 - 13:26 ~ I Love Play Rehearsal 16:50 - 17:20 ~ More than Survive (Mini Reprise) 18:14 - 22:15 ~ The SQUIP Song 22:20 - 22:55 ~ The SQUIP Song (Mini Reprise - Jeremy) 23:00 - 28:06 ~ Two-Player Game 28:20 - 28:40 ~ The SQUIP Song (Mini Reprise - Stranger) 32:15 - 32:55 ~ The SQUIP Enters 33:50 - 37:50 ~ Be More Chill (Part 1) 38:10 - 39:40 ~ Do You Wanna Ride? 40:35 - 42:25 ~ Be More Chill (Part 2) 43:55 - 46:08 ~ More than Survive (Reprise) 48:40 - 50:35 ~ Touching My Hand (Part 1) 51:30 - 54:15 ~ A Guy That I’d Kinda Be Into 54:15 - 56:23 ~ Touching My Hand (Part 2)

[@alfiedragon7075]

Yooooo this so good thanks

[@kaicolins3498]

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[@tumblingartist]

Thanks!

[@redmask1252]

you forgot 34:41 (thumbingnail)

[@qwertysub2038]

I seriously didn’t register the “Act 1” until I loaded up the video and saw almost an hour for this. I cannot believe it, the sheer will and dedication, no wonder why you were out for a while. Gold star for as long as you live buddy, you deserve it big time.

[@SoySauceSmurf]

Same I thought it said be more chill part one not act one and I was like “oh cool, wait an hour?”

[@garrothhogonokami]

Yeah!!!!^^ exactly hehe

[@APrettyGutsyBaker]

Huh, i'm sorry it's what????? I thought it was just some funny clips from act one. 3B:0

[@tumblingartist]

IKR THIS IS SO COOL

[@loopeyfluff]

Jesus fucking christ,,, A WHOLE HOUR???? GIVE URSELF A MEGA PAT ON THE BACK THIS IS STUNNING CONSISTENTLY, GREAT JOB ON CAPTURING EVERYONES ACTIONS WONDERFULLY

[@frankie3010]

Don't blaspheme.

[@tumblingartist]

HECK YEAH AN ENTIRE HOUR OF AMAZING ART

[@Zaddssr]

7:35 Absolutely love the “Ah I love gay people” line and will never not laugh at it

[@np8366]

I wish I could replay the premiere bc everyone's comments and reactions were as enjoyable as the animatic itself!

[@riversbend9783]

I think you can. If you click live chat

[@JLis_cool]

It was like no other

[@stephenquartz]

me: *reads title* ooooh be more chill part 1 animatic? *reads it again* waIT WHAT

[@bummed0ut]

I WAS NOT DISAPPOINTED BY THE "IT'S FROM JAPAN" SCENE. BEAUTY AT IT'S FINEST.

[@meshell420]

Btw I’m sorry there’s so many ads there are so many copyrighted songs in here (lol) so they automatically put ads which give revenue to the song owners (not me) I hope you guys don’t mind.

[@dmitriitherus4398]

Well, I use modified KZbin, so I don't see any ads.

[@vfill5897]

Thanks for clearing it up! Now I don't have to feel bad about turning on my adblocker XD (I still can't believe the amount of time and dedication that went into this! 💜)

[@andynonymous6769]

NO YOU DIDN'T MAKE A WHOLE ANIMATIC FOR THE ENTIRE FIRST ACT when I skip the ads it's going to be a troll EDIT: WHAT ARE YOU HOW ARE YOU THIS POWERFUL

[@meshell420]

Thank you so so so much if you tuned in for the premiere! You guys made it so fun and really inspired me to storyboard more often! This was a blast! I don't have the biggest fanbase but I do have the best

[@Nqutical]

The premiere chat was a whole hoot and a half, and each animatic was incredibly entertaining! And I can't forget to thank you for the dilf content, truly providing!! 🙏😩

[@zacharyjohns9160]

I absolutely love this musical! Maybe eventually you can make an animatic for the rest. Then you can make a complete one that's got a different style and touched up a little. Then lastly, a fully colored and fully animated video? That would be awesome.

[@cryingwatercolours8127]

@@zacharyjohns9160a full movie of this like that would be awesome

[@Rognik]

Mildly disappointed it cuts off before upgrade, but hey, we get the rarely heard "Touching My Hand", so I'll accept the trade off. :)

[@meshell420]

I KNOW I FORGOT TO ADD IT 😭 upgrade is on my channel tho on its own I'm just an idiot lol

[@eliotero9335]

And loser geek or whatever

[@Rognik]

@@eliotero9335 Nah. That's from Off-Broadway, onwards. It wasn't in the original run of the show.

[@eliotero9335]

@@Rognik but it fits so well

[@Rognik]

@@eliotero9335 That just speaks to Joe Iconis's skill as a songwriter.

[@killinglyre]

You singlehandedly made thousands of old bmc fans alive again, i respected you then, and i still respect you now

[@Tommy-nh4su]

I love the little chibi SQUIP just flying around and gesturing with their poses everything they want Jeremy to do just so well.

[@faifto6626]

my guy really animated half of a fucking musical wtf u legend

[@theycallyoucrybaby]

things i thought about during this “and today that dream dies.” 14:05 “frisbee.. golf.. team..” 14:17 “the man is dead. let it go.” 14:36 “now we’re gonna take a 5 minute break! so that i can eat a hot pocket!” 14:42 mr reyes or however the fuck you spell it is my favorite character rich and jeremy’s face at 17:57 and 17:59 rich is adorable 18:42 the animation here 18:55 the transition 19:03 rich the hedgehog 19:12 he’s still adorable 19:24 HELP “SHUT UP TALL ASS!” 19:47 this is exactly how i imagined this scene 20:27 weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 21:05 HES SO CUTE HERE 21:13 rich daddy marry me 21:53 not even jeremy needs auto tune guys 22:24 micheals frying pan. 23:02 *ey*23:41 MICHEAL LOOKS SO CUTE 24:55 MICHEAL ILYYYYY 25:40 MARRY ME MICHELA 26:45 homo 26:55 is it really true? i’m ur favwite pewson? 🥺🥺🥺” 27:02 then i just watched

[@meshell420]

i try to read everyones comments and just letting you and whoever else know i appreciate fun detailed comments like these

[@theycallyoucrybaby]

@@meshell420 o tried to put more but yt glitched out, this used to be as long as the video itself lmao

[@Losaren]

i was CONVINCED this was be more chill part 1, the song, not ACT 1, the entire act, until the video began. what the fuck!! that's dedication!! and there's so much character to it, too, i feel a little like i'm watching a movie!

[@sourpatcn3620]

45:47 i like this frame a lot cus like theres not even any other ppl there like this wouldnt help jeremy get popular or anything its just the squip being like 'hey check out what i can do'. so cute to me lol

[@sighthoundstars]

I can't stop thinking about 42:26 I can't think about anything else

[@cassidyb.3531]

The tiny squip still is and will always be the purest thing ever. Soar high little Keanu.

[@kakao-katze]

Oh my goodness, you got there before Claudia has! Except she's doing the whole thing with the friggen quality of an animation studio feature film. It's nice to see a finished version, especially seeing the art side of the fandom still kickin' after 4 years. Crazy that it's been that long.

[@meshell420]

Haha i actually finished the act awhile ago so it was more like 2 years but still! I put off on posting it because I was really gunning to finish the whole thing but that doesn’t seem like it’ll happen soon lol. And yeah my hand would fall off if I put as much effort as Claudia I think lol

[@toohighonair1139]

@@meshell420 Claudia's art has more detail but I think how you drew this just gives such charm that is really fitting for BMC. This is so good.

[@minzyGG]

oh. my. god. this is everything

[@Frongle444]

i love the bit at 54:55 where jake shoots the arrow because the framing makes it look like he's shooting the arrow directly at jeremy. love the symbolism :)) this is a really cool animatic and i would so watch an act 2 of bmc. no pressure to do anything you don't want to do though!! edit: spelling

[@saltypear7397]

I've never watched BMC before jut this is my first experience watching BMC, and lemme tell you this is SO COOL

[@samd8872]

Same

[@kass3r0l39]

BRO THIS IS SO IMPRESSIVE

[@ludwig2822]

Holy shit !!! I can't believe i missed the premiere. This is simply incredible !!!! The amount of work put into this is just astounding !!!

[@meshell420]

I wanna do another premiere soon! For the second act or any other long video! Hopefully you’ll be able to join next time!

[@eyela3236]

YOU'RE A GOD. this is INSANELY HIGH QUALITY and it's AN HOUR LONG

[@lizzieyong3704]

20:24 LITERALLY THE GREATEST PART I CANNOT MAD PROPS TO YOU FOR DOING THE *ENTIRE* FIRST ACT

[@iananana5143]

YOOOOOO WTF THIS IS SO GREAT MAD PROPS!!

[@un.canndy]

Jesus, I adore your dedication and patience in making the entirety of be more chill act 1 in the time span of almost 5 years. Bravo my man. Bravo 👏👏

[@meshell420]

It was more like 2 years because I started it at the end of 2017 and finished the last song in the act 1 in 2019!! But I’ve been working in bmc up until now haha. Thank you!

[@un.canndy]

@@meshell420 Oh gosh! thats still impressive, Good luck :D and You're welcome

[@rosegem1112]

@@meshell420 2 years. Wow. Devotion.

[@kay_jello]

ACT 2 ACT 2!!

[@saladglove]

I happened to just be thinking about be more chill, and decided to look it up for old times sake. Thank god I did, because i might not ever had seen this masterpiece.

[@dysillusiond]

Do you wanna ride? was so FIRE OMG

[@redmask1252]

42:26 jeremy floating in the air to bed 44:43 never realized the idea that the squip could be a silly lil goober and i love that idea

[@jane_wants_to_feel]

oh my god i cant even finish a three minute song animatic- edit: this is amazing the level of attention, the art style, the detail, it's all great!

[@marjoriew5989]

I live for the “Up up down down left right A” animation. Also the commitment and amount of time this must have took is insane! Nice job!

[@CrayRT]

The WHOLE first act???? Oh my gosh. You are amazing for making an almost hour long animatic. Massive props to you.

[@marthaderrick4675]

Me: oh new bmc animatic cool! **looks at the title** Me: YOU DID WHA-

[@MrFrosty6487]

Ahhh so this is where you’ve been all this time. Eh it’s worth it

[@faye7049]

is this based off of the broadway or the off-broadway cast recordings? i'm hyped either way

[@meshell420]

mostly off-broadway.

[@selenesspoilers6006]

@@meshell420 you are a MIRACLE WORKER!!! Can I ask if your going to make a part 2? Thanks😊

[@minedantaken1684]

ORIGINAL

[@meshell420]

@@selenesspoilers6006 Im working on it ! Idk if I can do it all but I would like to. It’s def a lot of work tho 😅 and I def don’t get paid to do it haha 😂

[@selenesspoilers6006]

@@meshell420 I totally understand! Take your time and I appreciate this part!!😊❤️

[@mochibunnyan6556]

YOOO U MUST HAVE PUT SO MUCH EFFORT INTO THIS ITS SO COOL :O

[@youknowlikealiar1300]

The dedication...The willpower to do a 1 hour animatic... I'm genuinely amazed

[@clashtheperson5903]

The mere idea flabbergasted me when i saw this on my subscription, you did such a good job

[@beaglegirl226]

Wasn’t expecting this in 2021 but hey, I’m not complaining

[@lilianalemakova8146]

I- YOU ARE TRULY PSYCHOPQTH I DONT BELIEVE YOU! YOU CANNOT ANIMATE THIS ALL ALONE.. BRUH! YOUR ART STYLE IS SO GOOD AND THE ANIMATION IS SO SMOOTH AND GOOD AND THESE EXPRESSIONS I JUST- I DUNNO HOW TO TELL YOU THAT YOU ARE AMAZING AND I AM TRULY AMAZED BECAUSE YOU NEEDED TO BE SOOO PRODUCTIVE AND PATIENT LIKE WTF???? YOU AMAZING LIKE??? GOOD JOB! ITS BEAUTIFUL, SAD, FUNNY AND AAAAAAA SO EMOTIONS I LITERALLY SCREAM EVERY WORDIM SORRYIMJUST SO HYPED CUZ OH MY GOOOSHHHHH

[@alcantaraaugusto3051]

44:50 this is precious

[@ajanator5263]

played guitar in the band for my school's production of bmc recently and all the songs were hammered into my head relentlessly, watching this has been the first time ive been able to genuinely enjoy the soundtrack since the performances

[@strawberrisquidy]

LMAO I LITERALLY JUST GOT INTO THIS MUSICAL LIKE YESTERDAY,,, TY FOR UPLOADING THIS

[@ATMOSK1234]

The guy who works at Payless shoes who is selling squips is so mysterious.

[@IzzyB_60]

officer its this one right here, their the most insane animator ever (Amazing job, give your self a major fucking pat on the back)

[@andeorosoreauyaseimoga8190]

Dude, this is freaking amazing. I can't even process the amount of effort must be here. I. Love It TOO MUCH

[@poppy4708]

Christine's design is so cute :,)))

[@0_ello_010]

omg. THE EXPRESSIONS ARE SO AMAING OMG I LAUGHED SO MUCH

[@0_ello_010]

i watch this like daily now

[@cgtheartist]

A WHOLE ALMOST HOUR?! RIP YOUR HANDS BUT ON ANOTHER NOTE THIS IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE

[@sincerelyme2007]

This is incredibly well-done!!! Your talent is so natural and pure and just saying that hey people how you included Touching my Hand in it! The whole animation style is consistent and smooth and I love that you do scenes like the dialogue between each song which most animators don't bother to do so! Also the Squip kinda look like Aragon but with sunglasses when he first appeared! lol (I hope that's not offensive to say!) This is too good and I would die really happy if there ever will be more content on animation of the Act two but don't feel pressured!! What you have contributed to the fandom is so unique and precious💗

[@ialala5205]

I adore your art style so much. And now a whole hour of bmc it is just... gush...Here I am, face to face with a situation I never thought I'd ever see...

[@meshell420]

I do appreciate a good avpm reference :)

[@unclewiley1986]

Just when I thought I was over this damn musical

[@sadcat157]

got dam mama u gotta chill out

[@Hihi-zk3pc]

I HAD NEVER HEARD "TOUCHING MY HAND" BEFORE WHTA-

[@Amy-lb3uw]

Will there be an act 2 👀 but seriously this is amazing. 🙏 thank you

[@meshell420]

Yes if I don’t die trying to finish it

[@Amy-lb3uw]

@@meshell420 a god🙏 thank you

[@samhenley7156]

@@meshell420 You are built different, and you should be proud of this amazing accomplishment.

[@adelynnperalta]

HOW- HOW DID YOU MANAGE TO DO ALL THE SONGS, AND ALL THE SCENES? AND PUT THEM INTO A FULL VIDEO!? DUDE, THIS IS FREAKING AMAZING, YOU ARE LIKE GOD.

[@sofia_trvs]

wait... Did you make an 1 hour animatic????? Omg this is impressive

[@valentineskiss5744]

ME FROM 2 YEARS AGO WOULDVE LOVED THIS HWHAHSH glad im back into bmc

[@ThunderTaker1215]

This must have taken forever, we really appreciate it ❤️

[@NopeShutUp]

the entire first act animated… holy shit. good on you, i actually really enjoyed this, your expressions and style are incredibly interesting and enjoyable to watch, and i absolutely recommend this to people who are intimidated by bootlegs

[@afroginadashinghat8256]

Aahhh please consider complilimg ones you’ve already done to make an act two….it’d be heavenly your art style is to DIE for!!!!

[@imadethisaccountoutofbored3798]

YOU MADE AN ANIMATIC FOR THE ENTIRE FIRST ACT OF BMC?!? THAT IS SOME SKILL AND YOU DID AN AMAZING JOB👏👏👏

[@riffraffly]

ok I just found ur channel but like,,,,,, omfg this is phenomenal and almost an hour long???????? pls the talent the dedication- and it's so consistent too like whAT - TALENT- all I can say is this is fantastic and you are so underrated,,,, take my subscription pls and all my likes

[@soaryx5685]

Excuse me.. AN HOUR????!!! ARE YOUR HANDS OKAY?!

[@twiller6233]

can I just say the way u draw the squip is my favorite ever he’s so shitty anime man in a way that totally matches his “cyber pickup artist” character and it rocks. He would do numbers on modern anime thirst edit tiktok

[@PhantomKing88]

Yo this is awesome! Your little details and expressions are so cute and distinct. If you ended up doing act 2 thaaaat would be pretty neat. I am in love with your interpretation and OH the chibi Squip floating is ADORABLE.

[@MaxJägerman_NPMD]

OMGGGGGG THIS MADE MY LIFE BETTER

[@memoiich.]

I love this it's great as someone who just got into bmc I'm so happy

[@anneewazhere7578]

I'm not actually going to rewatch this whole musical right now, but i feel like it's basic decency to watch the first minute, give a like and comment to help the algorithm :)

[@CHESShireCat]

I think we all relate to Mr. Heere a little bit more since the pandemic started.

[@nataliefleury1852]

Bro holy heck, I thought it was a clip but then saw it was an hour, 3 seconds in I gave a like because THE DETERMINATION

[@jainabeard523]

1. The art in this is absolutely amazing!!! 2. HOLY SHIT! YOU ACTUALLY ANIMATED THE ENTIRE (mostly) FIRST ACT‽ I respect the hell outa you dude! You’re amazing!

[@AspenBreeze]

You are a brave fukin soul for drawing almost an hour worth of video. As an animator, I commend you, well done!

[@glasspomegranate]

I- how- I hardly have the willpower to finish an animatic that’s over 5 minutes let alone an HOUR??? And the art is so good! This is honestly amazing I’m definitely subscribing.

[@TheLyricsAnalyst]

56 MINUTES OF FRAMES???!! THE AMOUNT OF EFFORT IN THIS IS CRAZY

[@Tipsy_Turby]

HOLY SHIT YOU ANIMATED THE WHOLE FIRST ACT??? THIS IS UNDERRATED.

[@joghissing4634]

The entire fandom has beeen waiting for this:

[@huaiscrblol5077]

This is a GODSEND!!! I can't imagine how hard it must have been to anime the entire first act! Thank youuu

[@maru.melody]

why'd you make mr. heere so FINEEEE....

[@MaxJägerman_NPMD]

SOMEONE HAD TO SAY IT 😨😨

[@emilyg1525]

42:28 AYO MAN'S FLYING

[@Potatoes654]

Mr.Heere: Sorry for not acting likes a father lately- HOW ARE YOU FLYING SON

[@caliscool_]

THE CHRISTINE PARTS OF MORE THAN SURVIVE BYEEEEE

[@icecreamchats]

I might be 2 years late but I just wanna say holy cow that’s impressive

[@crispyein8601]

YOU ARE SUCH A LEGEND FOR DOING THIS WTF I CANNOT IMAGINE THE COMMITMENT YOU WOULD NEED TO MAKE THIS

[@poppywillow8339]

No fucking WAY did you storyboard AN HOUR LONG VIDEO. The dedication, oh my god

[@winston9372]

best 56 minutes i have ever spent 10/10

[@Yourlocalarsonist_]

WOOO! THAT WAS SO GOOD! GOOD JOBBB!

[@embryy1098]

HELLO???? YOU ARE A LITERAL LEGEND. YOU ARE DOING GODS WORK HERE ILY ‼️‼️

[@qwerty7240]

YOU SO GREAT I hope this hasn't undermined your health, because this job looks like something during which you can die ANIMATION IS SO GREAT AND CLEAN very inspiring to realize someone took the time to do such an impressive thing in art. ТАК ПРЕКРАСНО ТАК ОФИГЕННО like and subscription is too low a price for this but here are my like and subscription anyway в принципе давно хотелось посмотреть какой-нибудь крутой студийный мульт, но зачем когда я могу наслаждаться анимированным be more chill ДЗЯКУЙ СПАСИБО THANK YOU

[@mango_cheese37]

I love the touching my hand song! It also sounds like another deleted song, which I forgot the name of, but I'll edit it when I remember lol

[@thebacteriawasbeatentodeath]

19:13 best part of the whole thing was that little sonic drawing lmao I love that

[@qweerty_]

THE WAY YOU DRAW MICHAEL ASJSJSDH I LOVE THIS SM

[@musicalbeats5175]

my jaw actually dropped when i read the title lol i immediately went "???????????? are they okay????" but aside from that i admire you dedication to completing this and it's really good! kudos to you :)

[@dinopines9191]

BRO THE WHOLE FIRST ACT?? This is so amazing I can’t believe this. And the quality is great too and I love your artsyle. Props to you! I subbed great job :)

[@damarystipo5056]

the bmc memories never dies

[@ivy6662]

hadn't listened to bmc in years but this is SO fun

[@corab6298]

Please make the second act, this was so good!!