Chant | Hadestown Animatic

merry latemas :^]
fun fact I've had this in script since December 30, 2019
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Music: "Chant" from Hadestown Original Broadway Company: • Chant
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Notes:
- First time I used blender for a 2D thing, it's quite flexible and I actually like it over Opentoonz, it didn't lag much when the file got big which is nice :)
- what do I usually put in these notes? its been so long
- this ain't the only version of the animatic, but the only finished one
- worked on this for 2.5 weeks this time, probably 80ish hours? anywho there was a lot of foundation already with the script written and most of it roughed out
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heheheheh HAHAHWHWHAHWHAW

[@ferralwaffle9729]

Hades: Hey! While you we're gone I redecorated- Persephone: Thanks! I hate it!

[@fireemblemheroescuzynot9625]

"Oh i see you've redecorated! I don't like it" - The Doctor

[@mranderson9553]

all of his "redecorations" are his attempts to recreate spring which she leaves him for but he doesn't understand why it matters like the warmth of and days of spring but with heat and light

[@cramerfloro5936]

Persephone's dissappointed faces are so goofy sometimes, I love them!

[@zenebean]

If she makes her sighs dramatic enough maybe Hades will take the hint

[@sealbatross]

LMAO

[@dibzybd9741]

The last face she made caught me off guard 😆

[@zenebean]

Orpheus: and Persephone is blinded... Persephone: *eyes being burned out by Hades's lightshow* Orpheus: ...by a river of wine

[@sealbatross]

orph only had so much psychic ability it seems

[@limyongle4773]

the tender way Hades picks up Persephone's coat and folds it. gods. the love was there and it didn't save us. Maybe even doomed us. but the love was there!!! 😭😭😭

[@fynnleyreader3511]

The frame of Persephone at 5:33 has me FERAL because of COURSE the goddess of spring is feeling the affects of her husbands work in the underworld below

[@eds7012]

223rd like

[@master-of-dreams7455]

I love the almost cyclopean depiction you have for the workers with the helmet light and the mouth being their only "facial features".

[@AX0L0TTY]

when ur trying to explain how u don’t want to be kidnapped but ur husband won’t shut up abt ovens or smth

[@moist_spinach]

When I tell you I ran here

[@AmyYdoesntlikehandles]

Same

[@silenteye9547]

So, in the musical Persephone holds her own coat but you made Hades hold it here, very cute detail

[@Maximusprime4925]

Lalalalalalalalalalalalalalala is literally the plot and the meaning of the musical

[@LuckyLiegeLady246]

I love how box-shaped your Hades design is. He kind of looks like a wall in and of himself!

[@essui]

wow, there are some GORGEOUS visuals in this. winged hermes, persephone's overflow, hades' hall of screens. this is incredible work, i'm happy i caught it so early

[@moonallmoon]

all of this animatic is so good but the bit that really stood out to me was the overlapping of Orpheus and the workers. I’ve never seen anyone address it: he’s indirectly trying to save them, hence them looking over his shoulders at what he’s working on, but he’s also at risk of becoming like them - literally never heard the quiet ‘keep your head low’ after Hermes tells him to look up until now! Very very interesting and such a joy to watch

[@dreamhoney4628]

How you use the smoke/clouds as something obstructing Orpheus’s view is so cool. Seeing the workers appear that way is great visual storytelling. Also that you so clearly see Persephone’s relationship with nature. She is not unaware of what’s going on, just choosing to ignore it during the summer.

[@CyanAnn]

*SOB* EURYDICE/THE FLAME BEING SNUFFFED OUT IS SO INSPIRED

[@lalalei2001]

I think my favorite thing about all your animatics is the clock, and I love to see it so prominent here! *has only watched the first 30 seconds at the moment due to happy flails*

[@sealbatross]

hahah hello :) yes the clock is back, and HUGE, should've brought it back in the end but ohs well

[@finleyforevermore]

I have never clicked so fast- EDIT: - I love how proud/excited Hades looks at 0:57, while Persephone just throws her cup in the fire in frustration. - The dark clouds at 3:28 are so creepy! - HOLY MOLY! Hermes with wings at 4:08 is BAD@$$! - Eurydice being really far away and small at 4:51 is so creepy, but so effective! - THE TRANSITIONS AT 5:25! - The shot at 5:32 is EPIC! - The shot at 6:17 is so spooky! - 6:24 is terrifying.

[@sealbatross]

bruh-

[@_foxpuppet]

Your ability to so clearly convey expressions with the absolute minimum of lines is so damn impressive

[@alanalan6559]

Saw the opening and my brain instantly played the “Julia, is this BLENDER???” bit from Drawfee, 11/10

[@emilyanose295]

The expressions between Hades and Persephone specifically are SO TELLING without any actual dialogue. Holy crap- WELL DONE! 😮😊

[@unstableturtleduck]

I've never heard of Hadestown before but I am now EXTREMELY intrigued

[@maicey_t.]

Dude you are in for a treat. Hadestown is so good.

[@unstableturtleduck]

@@maicey_t. How does one view it Do I just have to listen or is there a recording like with Hamilton

[@scroobl]

@@unstableturtleduckI recently listened to the soundtrack alone and even that was incredible by itself. The story was easy to follow since it’s a sung through musical and it blew me away.

[@generalatlasdiamokov1354]

*sings along in empty theater *

[@sealbatross]

*makes theatre not empty* 👀

[@pallasnelli1091]

absolutely badass use of lighting and color

[@pallasnelli1091]

oh shit and that cut from the clouds to eurydice in the cave augh I got chills

[@sealbatross]

thank you for the badass chills

[@cheshireshadow518]

!??!?! What KINDA CHRISTMAS GIFT IS THIS! *CHANT* ANIMATIC...Oh boy...OH BOY --- 0:09 - Whoa whoa whoa WHOA WHOAWHOA HOLD THE PHONE!! WHAT IS THIS *TRANSITION??* THIS PERSPECTIVE?? HELLO??? *HELLO?????* 0:34 - "Bitch I CAN'T EVEN WEAR THE FANCY FUR COAT YOU GIFTED ME!! Do you want me to DIE of heat stroke?? GODDAMN IT" 0:35 - the face is SENDING ME 0:43 - AAAAAAAA HE PICKED IT UP 0:44 - my god his face...he's so...I dont wanna say delusional..BUT HE KINDA IS BHJGFDBHJGBFDJDF Hades I love you but man do you two have issues

[@sealbatross]

0:09 - hellooo tis blender :3 its great 0:34 - LMAO 0:43 - ofc gotta save the fur coat 0:44 - HE KINDA IS 0:45 - nooooooooooooooooooooo i mean what else u gonna do on a train :’) 0:46 - pffff ur right 0:47 - bruh 😭 0:58.1 - her twiggly arms are ready to stab hades in the solar plexis 1:02 - Persephone just staring at these poor souls literally being burned alive for the sake of Hadestown and hating every second of it.. 1:08 - OHNO NOT THE PEACOCK HADES AU 1:10 - IT'S HIM! The color change... 1:17 - you know I had a plan for that lamp, its a reference to the animatic that has not been made yet ooooop 1:57 - DONT LOOK NOW THEY HAVE BECOME MINIONS 2:07 - i’m glad the unfreshness of this apple has come across, was debating how many veins to add to it 2:37 - .’_’. (my tears are flying skyward) 2:43 - ELECTRYICITY 2:53 - shhhhh he’s FLEXIN’ 3:05 - nooooooo not burning like a roasted chicken in bed metaphors 3:13 - oh my god a cave metaphor heck yeah 3:39 - ok, you just reminded me why i had them walk on htis goddamn bridge IT WAS FOR THIS REASON GOSH its been so long 3:51 - i was debating if orpheus uses music notation or something else… sticks and stones bring out the tones ajhslhfskdj oh its horrible 4:32 - ITS GOING, GOING, …. gone 5:02 - rip hades’ comfort blankey 5:40 - *feels pain* Rat Behaviour Activated 5:45 - haskjhfds he was gonn show her the flowers, he had the wholeeee route planned out with the best attractions crucibles and carnivals and all 5:47 - so the turns have tabled…. Thank you for the wonderful comments. It's always a blast reading through them! Tbh i wasn't expecting a hadestown thing either, but exam season hit and it was almost christmas so it just had to happen, happy holidays!!!

[@cheshireshadow518]

@@sealbatross 5:45 - NOOOO! 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 That actually killed me ;-; they were so close!! SO CLOSE!! AAAA that's too tragic for my heart...

[@reallynotwelcomed]

I'M GOING TO SCREAM I absolutely ADORE the expressions in this, especially Persephone (SOO dramatic, but who can blame her?? I'd do the same tbh) and Hades (he is proud of his work but disappointed about his wife's reaction, also he is fucking terrifying in the end, pathetic little capitalist simp) The movement in the Orphydice section is so dynamic that it's going to make me feral, ALSO YOUR FATES DESIGNS AAAA The dying candle mimicking Eurydice made me sad and I did this exact face: D: I'm going to tear this apart with my nails and DEVOUR IT

[@sealbatross]

ヘ⁠(⁠￣⁠ω⁠￣⁠ヘ⁠)(⁠ ⁠；⁠∀⁠；⁠)

[@Vicaly]

0:57 Persephone's face- just- *Chefs kiss*

[@Towdi_]

Hades is just so expressive!

[@sealbatross]

uwu

[@cramerfloro5936]

It's a good day when Sealbatross makes an animatic!

[@asrieldreemurr1988]

5:47 I really love this Scene where hades shadow envelopes persphone and I also love the workers and the fates designs

[@-_hina_-5338]

this whole animatic bamboozled me by how good it was! The best parts were Hades, Persephones expressions... and of course the minion+amogus combined workers, divine creations

[@sealbatross]

goddamn... they are amogus...

[@iso320]

I dropped everything omg!! This was so cool! How Persephone is so explosive in her emotions while Hades is so stiff but clearly feeling a lot as well, it was really well shown.

[@blait4265]

Thank you for blessing us with this Hadestown animatic, we needed it .

[@celineslinares2861]

I love this animatic. I love the detail at the end that Hades was going to show Persephone a garden he made her but when she rejected his inventions one last time he changed his mind and took the key back. ;-; he was trying.

[@mehhh_edits]

I REWATCHED PERSEPHONE'S OVERFLOW MOMENT LIKE 100 TIMES OMG IT'S SO GOOD

[@tavvy4426]

everything about this is amazing, shape language, storytelling, LIGHTING?? god.

[@napadoesstuff]

I love how eurydice wrote on a tree o+e 😭 6:18 fr had me laughing

[@J_Echoes]

Seeing you release a new Hadestown animatic does feel like Spring has come again

[@FitKat]

i just discovered your hadestown animatics and just wanna say that i really like the way you draw humanoids, they all just have such different shapes??? its so cool

[@sealbatross]

thank you so much! ^^

[@user-lt8lm1vv9v]

AAAAH Binged all your Hadestown animatics yesterday, and the new one is here?? Really love Eurydice and Orpheus' face shapes! Also the way your Hades seems both lovestruck AND so invested into Hadestown it makes him deaf to what Persephone tries to tell him is brilliant! Also - the end!!! Him leaning down, looking at his wife on "...of you"? Is exactly how I imagine Hades-Persephone confrontation ends every time I listen to Chant!

[@aenor-llelo]

the camera movements of that beginning shot are so inspired, i'd hardly expect it from a one person animatic, much less full animation. that's some good shit right there

[@sfyatee]

awww yeah another one! you're so good at this!

[@sealbatross]

thank you *sobs*

[@riobrainrotty9967]

The expressions the movement the composition of every part goodbye theyre so good

[@adiostoreador9142]

My god that was amazing, I swear when I saw this in my notifs I dead screamed

[@sealbatross]

yo 😭❤️

[@adiostoreador9142]

@@sealbatross had to show my appreciation dude

[@lukascosmos2182]

LETS GO, NEW HADESTOWN

[@-mokerly-5984]

oh i had not even seen this one. is such a good

[@riobrainrotty9967]

THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL IM LOSING MY MINDDD

[@nate8313]

IM SO HAPPY PEOPLE ARE DOING ANIMATICS OF THIS, I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO SEES FULL MOVIES WHEN I LISTEN TO THIS BLESS YOU

[@kepler1325]

babe wake up new sealbatross hadestown animatic just dropped

[@nooneimportant9546]

AS SOON AS I SAW IT I TURNED IT ON

[@nadchan2043]

I was JUST thinking that I had not seen any Hadestown animatic in a while when this poped up lol. So fucking cool as always 🥺

[@Mareliini]

Oh man you don't miss! Gorgeous visuals, they capture the feeling and the scene so well.

[@kingvulturo]

This is the song that lured me into anothers animatic but through that I found yours and more importantly, a wonderful version of a classic myth.

[@bassacaglia9434]

The composition and framing in this animatic were simply gorgeous!! And I love how expressive all of the characters are ahhhhhh

[@doxiedreg]

OH HELL YEAH ANOTHER BANGER, I SWEAR YOU NEVER DISAPPOINT

[@sealbatross]

aaa thank you doxie

[@lalas181]

I did happy tappy toes when the Fates showed up. This entire thing is wonderful and so incredibly inspiring, but your design for the Fates is absolutely _unrivalled!_ Ominous and graceful all at once, just amazing!

[@folly...]

HDGSJSHHS I didn't think I'd ever see another hadestown animatic from you!!! Thank you for hurting my poor heart I needed this

[@mediocretrawler2953]

Yooo back with the Hadestown mastahpiece

[@eviem.6903]

DUDE. by far this is one of the most incredible, creative, and well thought out animatics I've ever seen. There's so much going on but nearly everything is well balanced and fully realized. This is such a gift, I hope it gets more attention.

[@kevinluyo1142]

I really liked this animatic! Eurydice's facial expressions had so much anguish, thanks for putting this together !

[@dandyseedlings]

as always this is wonderfully made. i love how you're able be so expressive but so simple with these boards it's so fucking cool

[@ghostyboy6181]

ahh amazing as always!! I love ur representation of the fates, I imagine them in a similar way. also the "moving" shots in this are so incredible, they give this so much life. you tie all the chaos of the song together well. I loved your ability to slowly build the narrative of the song, until it all finally falls together at the end. ALSO THE END!! the whole scene with hades at the end is my everything, his expressions were literally so perfect. I could go on but I have to get ready for work T-T

[@sealbatross]

thank you so much!! and thank you for watching :)

[@abcd10994]

I love your art and animation. The paneling is amazing and the emotions are so vibrant. One of my favorite songs in the musical. Thank you!

[@April_Animates_Stuff]

Wow, I love this! It's amazing how your visuals capture the story so well, sometimes using just a handful lines at once!

[@sejsuper4660]

god i love this musical and this animatic sm I WANT TO PUT IT IN MY MOUTH!! i mean that as a compliment btw

[@farkflark2417]

I love every expression you draw for every character ever.

[@delaney3649]

its insane how well you can capture emotion with just a few lines/simple shapes

[@CelestialSocks-Christy]

I adore the intro angles and jazz. This is weirdly one of my fave songs from the musical and this is such a fun imagining of it. Also Persephone’s faces at “I don’t know you anymore” and just the “it ain’t right” refrain were so choice. AND THE FATES AS MASKS AND SWIRLY SHADOWY FORMS IN THE WIND CORRALLING EURYDICE!!!! So good ❤️

[@araxie]

ITS HERE!!! ITS HERE!!! IVE BEEN SO EXCITED FOR THIS your facial expressions are so incredible especially persephone's aaaahh

[@sealbatross]

thank you so much waaaaaa

[@definitelynotcole4842]

um okay whAttt???? this intro is SO good, the use of blender is just *chef's kiss* and you captured the energy of each of the characters so well, your animatics have a certain life to them that I can't quite put into words but either way HOLY HELL (no pun intended) this so fucking good, well done love your work

[@sealbatross]

you are too kind TvT, thank you!!

[@lyudmilalyutova3196]

Это абсолютно прекрасная по эмоциям анимация! Я ужасно рада, что фандом жив

[@Nowhere985]

I love it already ❤

[@swirlingsun]

ur animatics are always so dynamic i love them sm!!

[@sealbatross]

thanks for watching :)

[@m4ximillion_23]

THIS IS SO INCREDIBLE ❤❤❤

[@SM_905]

YOURE AMAZINGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!

[@Izzy-bq1rc]

OMG WHY WASNT THIS RECOMMENDED TO ME yours are my favorite animatics ily

[@shoriola]

HELLO!!!!??? i love this

[@sealbatross]

hello!!!! thank you for enjoying it

[@QuikVidGuy]

Oh it's so interesting how he picks up her coat, 'cause I don't imagine he'd do that selflessly. Especially with the smile, he might be trying to be like "I keep my house together, look how tidy I am"

[@mutants3257]

I froze and popped over here immediately when I saw you posted a new animatic lol gorgeous, as usual!!

[@blueberryf1nch969]

This is awesome!!!

[@catelyntanner2513]

HOLY SHIT THIS ANIMATIC IS SO GOOD HOLY SHIT THE WORK YOU PUT INTO THIS SHOWS, YOU ARE INCREDIBLE!!

[@youknow2145]

WOAAAAAH THIS WAS SOO GOOD IT GAVE ME CHILLS/possss

[@dannynguyen2382]

I really like this it's so good. I think a fully animated version would be top ten coldest flicks of all time

[@skullinajar1989]

holy shit, i love this so much you capture a whole scene with just a few lines and like two colours, its amazing

[@esoteric9333]

Ooh love how you portrayed the fates!

[@cluelessdoodle]

Ever since you released this I haven't been able to stop watching/thinking about it (+ in addition, all of your other hadestown animatics) HAHA . I love your stuff sooooo much! Your work is so masterful and i love love love how you frame things and how expressive your art is! In this specifically, i love the bit with eurydice where she's drawn with less and less lines, like she's actually being blown away because of the wind. There's sooo many things I could talk about (the unnatural blue light combined with the slight chromatic aberration, persephone in general, hades' strong silhouette especially near the end) but all in all THIS IS CRAZY GOOD!!!!!! Thank you for your hard work!!!!

[@JackKinglsy]

Ah wow, I've watched this a few times now but if I had to pick a single thing that I love most about this, I'd say it's the focus you put on Hades and his positioning. I really like how you frame him in each shot, the angles and like. For example, at 2:32 and the rest of that scene, it just fits so nicely in visuals and for Hades himself. This is really cool, thank you

[@L-L-L-L-L-L-L-L]

That was all insanely good! Plus at one part of the animatic my whole monitor glitched right on the beat with it and for a moment I fully believed it was part of the video.

[@sealbatross]

hahaha live editing 😌

[@tingchoi1113]

Oh my gosh this was beautiful! This is one of my favorite songs of the musical and can I just say I LOVE YOUR INTERPRETATION. THE FACT THAT HADES LOCKED THE DOOR AND POCKETED THE KEY TO "CAGE" PERSEPHONE IS AMAZING. He does so to keep her from leaving, wanting her to stay in his gilded cage, and I am SO IMPRESSED. I also love that Persephone can feel his actions ruining nature and my theory after seeing this is that Hades is intentionally doing it to try to keep her from returning to the outside.

[@thatonehomelesslady9482]

Omg perfect timing I was just humming this song earlier 😂😂

[@sushicat6969]

Timing couldn’t be better, just found out about this amazing musical

[@entguarde]

AMAZING lighting holy shit

[@lilypaigeham]

BABE WAKE UP NEW SEALBATROSS HADESTOWN ANIMATIC

[@conrad4852]

Absolutely wonderful. I am so glad you are still making these!

[@sealbatross]

glad to be making 'em!

[@neatoday.]

santatross got us some presents. another hadestown animatic and another banger!

[@sillylittlefurcula]

This is stunning work, I feel so inspired. Your storyboard skills are impressive

[@sealbatross]

thank you so much :')

[@Finding_Arcadia]

Okay but the shot at 4:08 can we talk about it?? Braaah

[@DarciousMaluki]

i adore the way you did the fates

[@pallasnelli1091]

OH SHIT NEW SEAALBATROSS HELLO

[@sealbatross]

HELLO YEP ITS DEFINITELY MEEEEE pls ignore the muffled screaming in the closet ;)

[@Ash_Norbold]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH WE WERE BLESSED BY THE GODS!!!!! thank you SO much for your work!

[@neccodealer]

You are insane for this all the colors and the expression and the lines get so dynamic AGH!!!! Great work