Chant II Animatic

Warning: slight flashes near the end
In which Hades is more resistor than conductor :^]
So I've had the script for this for way too long. Took advantage of my current Hadestown mood to make it a reality! I picked this version for the Persephone bit and more raw vibe if you will.
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Music: "Chant II" from Hadestown Original Cast Recording: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5WXgGeYgN9qqKM
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Notes:
- Tried to keep this continuous with my other two animatics - "How Long", and "Wait For Me II"
- (except Hermes, I could not in good conscience keep Andre with such a different voice - let's pretend he's a shapeshifter as in the myths :P)
- More colour motifs WOOOOOO
- My style has become minimally-legible and I'm okay with that. Would want to try more details one of these days though...
- managed to shoehorn in a bit about proving Hades' words wrong - however tangentially... serves him right, the showoff XD
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Hope ya'll are having a good November!

[@ccervidae]

Imagine being so extra you short circuit your own city just so you can deliver a menacing line under the red glow of the backup generators. Legends only.

[@sealbatross]

AHAHH EXACTLY, has gone down in history

[@Sergei_Ivanovich_Mosin]

What an absolute Chad

[@KumaoftheForest]

Interesting take on Hades

[@sophiescribbles8504]

Yeah, and the workers on the other side of town hear the loudspeaker say “when I was a young man like you, son I held a woman too” out of nowhere

[@kkirschkk]

@@sophiescribbles8504 workers: "Oh god he is signing again! Keep your head down and work harder if you want to survive! Code Red this is not a drill!"

[@johnmartin4119]

I love how when Persephone thinks back to how things used to be the Underworld looked much more like the traditional underworld, a mysterious natural cave and Persephone loved it. A nice contrast to how it has evolved into a dystopian nightmare with high walls, overly decadent palaces, and zombie like workers toiling their lives away

[@judecampbell8203]

I love how in all your Hadestown animatics it's clear that Hermes, Hades, and Persephone aren't entirely human, Hermes flitting in and out of reality in his lines, Hades in this literally sparking with electricity, Persephone's anger taking on a force of nature, it's really great imagery that reminds the viewer of their status as Gods.

[@sealbatross]

Your comment surprised me! I've been trying to treat them as humans for the most part (one could argue they don't have any power) as a neat lil logic puzzle, and to create contrast for when they do. I'm very glad you like that detail!

[@chronorebel_greatgryffon1312]

The more crazed Hades gets, the more he seems to control electricity... something supposed to be associated with his brother Zeus instead, and we all know what Zeus is like. A son of Kronos remains a son of Kronos, I suppose.

[@ethanharper8346]

One of Hades titles roughly translates to the Zeus of the underground

[@atolkieneffort]

oof that dichotomy between young persephone who still has hope and current persephone who’s just so unbelievably jaded. kudos, man.

[@sealbatross]

😔😔

[@jaybutler779]

The transition with Persephone when she says “when I was a young girl!” Made this one of the best animatics on the internet

[@sealbatross]

*sobs* thank you for saying so

[@jaybutler779]

@@sealbatross you earned it! 👍 keep it up!

[@klausoshaunacey8429]

God I love how you pictured Hades talking down at Orpheus through his microphone and gradually getting more and more crazed as his anger builds and drops, builds and drops, while Persephone is talking on the level of Eurydice, trying to explain why she chose this life and how it’s warped her from the bright eyed, smooth faced young girl into a world weary drunken woman who can’t control her domain anymore. I love it!

[@sealbatross]

Thank you! The hades always higher than orpheus was intentional, the seph on level with eury was a nice consequence!

[@StormSage13]

I like the image that Persephone sees the beauty of the underworld. Where others see darkness and death, Persephone, the goddess of nature, sees veins of gold that light up the under world. It was like a mystical world she had never seen. Hades showed her through the darkness. That when she fell for the God of the Underworld. And Persephone brought spring to Hades. Greenery, life, things he couldn't have as lord of the underworld.

[@KumaoftheForest]

I couldn’t say it better

[@animeguardianxx]

I like the detail of, at first Persephone looks like she’s being chained, or restrained by the workers, only for it to be revealed that they were stopping her from accidentally going into a crevice, then helping her cross. I imagine it’s a responsibility they share, making sure the boss’s wife doesn’t get hurt. She’s gone 6 months per year, so makes sense for the landscape to change without her knowledge

[@rulersoftehrandomnes]

This was wonderful animation, especially that little motion at the end for him barking out "SING!" Absolutely perfect.

[@sealbatross]

Thank you! One of my fav parts to do ngl P:

[@Laurabeck329]

I'm so mad they cut out Persephone's verse on the broadway cast album. It's the contrast between her and Hades that makes this song work so well.

[@jonathancurtis3743]

Holy shit I didn't recognize that part from the cast recording. What the hell? That was so good!

[@JJufer]

Honestly, I think Persephones portion is the best writing in the whole show. Beautiful, feels almost religious.

[@whodatninja439]

They'll know what we lost 😔😔😔

[@ToasterLightning]

Personally, I don't mind Persephone's verse being cut, but I do wish they'd include the "He said he'd shelter us, he said he'd harbor me, he said we'd build them up and the walls would set us free" somewhere in the worker's chorus in the new Chant II (although I also love the new worker's chorus). This is because I love suicidal!Eurydice though and wish they'd make it more explicit.

[@mrsunderstood8141]

Nobody: Hades: if u give her drip she won't dip.

[@razberrymist9475]

"I CONDUCT THE ELECTRIC CITY" WAS PHENOMINAL. WELL DONE

[@RainbowEssence-c3w]

idk why but I'm obsessed with how Persephone spits/hisses "spit it out, while you still have time!" and "when I was a young girl!" Like, damn. The animation that accompanies it is so perfect too. I also love how hammy Hades is at the end lol, "I conduct the electric city!" He sounds so jaded and depressed though when he sings "for an old man", just the way he draws out the word "old" and drops his voice a decibel. On a side note, how many goddamn cigars did Hades have to smoke to get a voice that deep? XD

[@probably_amity]

I love the parrallels between hades & persephone and orpheus & eurydice. How persephone tries to help the young couple knowing thats the right thing to do, seeing herself in eurydice and young hades in orpheus. She probably Also wants ro Remind her husband of the good old times, when they were happy making him see how in love the younger couple is and how they deserve to be thogether rather than be saperated.

[@pokeaddict456]

THIS IS AMAZZINGG!! I got chills when you storyboarded the part where it builds up to Hades shouting "I conduct the electric city" and "Sing for an old man". Also love Hades' expression with "women are so seasonal" dad joke. We stan our Dad Hades 😍

[@sealbatross]

He's so proud of that pun, came up with it in the middle of "how long" and had to hold it in

[@zelculothesquid8201]

The implication that hades is just planning to beat Orpheus to death with a shovel…

[@tru1072]

GD the BITE in that last "SING!" This Hades is a myth with TEETH

[@EmptyFeet]

you always manage to convey so much atmosphere and feeling with such elegance! the shot choices, the little touches of color, the Symbolism TM--and you keep the momentum going so well and match the vibe of the song...!

[@sealbatross]

Thank you so very much! Elegance, grace, till they fall flat on their face XD... Glad they didn't, (not this time at least) I'm very excited about LION btw, looks gorgeous already!

[@EmptyFeet]

@@sealbatross (ahahaha never!) --thank you!! I'm excited to finish it sometime!! @v@

[@literature4lovers965]

I’m crying over the cut from young hopeful and tenderly loving Persephone to the pained bitter warnings of her in the present speaking to Eurydice 😭💜 Also, the flower Hades offers to Persephone on bended knee begging for her true love being the red carnation 😭

[@KumaoftheForest]

Imagine Hera singing this about Zeus

[@averongodoffire8098]

@@KumaoftheForest God I can’t imagine how she feels about him *Oof*

[@zia606]

this is my favorite song from the musical and you did it justice ;-; persephone’s flashback to her young years when she met hades was so happy and lively, and then the sudden switch back to her bitter face when she says “when I was a young girl” hit me because it really conveyed how much has changed. And then hades!!! God he was so menacing and scary and your art is so good to the characters

[@sealbatross]

Agh thank you! I'm so happy to hear that! Keep worrying it's too simple and wants for filling in the blanks too much. And absolutely no problemo! Thank YOU for watching, and the lovely comment!

[@lalalei2001]

I love how Hermes is just casually drinking at the bar like it's normal XD

[@littlemissdeadly24papyrus36]

I like the hints of individuality the workers get the more pissed off they get at Hades and all the broken promises he made them

[@leahmanning2098]

Amber went full demon mode on "Spit it out"

[@reachingforstardust]

Your use of color is just PERFECT like there’s nothing I love more than the way you add color to your animatics!! Also - heck yeah OCR, that section with Persephone adds so much to the song (also nothing wrong with shapeshifter Hermes I 100% see it and it’s mythologically correct)

[@sealbatross]

AGH thank you! agreed, and would lean into him having a different face each time if it's not distracting 🤔

[@vitheaxolotl2882]

The rose or whatever the flower was is such a nice detail. How it was full and heathy when she was in love and not it is dying and petals are falling. Beautiful

[@sealbatross]

Thank you! Glad you picked it out :) Fun fact: the intention was a pomegranate flower, but that doesn't matter much haha

[@vitheaxolotl2882]

Ah, going on how she ate the pomegranate seeds to remain in the underworld. Makes sense

[@Jvoidz]

Well story wise the love is still there it’s just strained

[@ninjakitten9981]

This is so good! The characters are so expressive and that shot of Orpheus grabbing onto him guitar just was so good and the scene with young Persephone and Hades is just perfect! How are you this amazing??

[@sealbatross]

im so happy you like those parts! Agh your comment made my day >///

[@demeedee3247]

It always makes me tear up a little whenever Persephone sings her part she sounds so angry and so certain that Hades and her will never be like when they were young.

[@quiescentLunacy]

God, the way you switched between the young, hopeful Persephone in her flashbacks to the angry, jaded woman delivering her lines is PHENOMENAL. That one transition added 5 years to my life.

[@Zombie4harts]

One thing I recognized is how Hades refers to Orpheus as son vs how Persephone refers to Eurydice as sister and how it mirrors how they saw their early years. Hades calls him son bc that’s how he sees his former self, a young boy unaware of how the world works. Persephone calls her sister bc she sees her former self as an equal, woman who fell for man who succumbed to his own hubris.

[@carolinegroat]

AMAZING!! Love how dynamic your animatics are, and I always wished they kept Persephones part in the broadway version- gives it more depth.

[@sealbatross]

Same! Too much content ohs well.. I'm happy with what they did regardless

[@usnavidelavooga380]

Chant II is my favorite song in the show, so THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS! My favorite part is 4:10* I CONDUCT THE ELECTRIC CITY* and I love how you actually showed him blacking out the stage, like what happens in the show! Also I always like to think to myself that Hades has electrical powers, so thank you my day has been made🥰

[@sealbatross]

I'm so glad you like that part! It never felt grand enough to me or had enough effects, but I didn't want to blow anyone's eyes out haha. Of course he'd short-circuit his entire factory, just to intimidate an already intimidated boy :^]

[@usnavidelavooga380]

@@sealbatross I ALWAYS SAY THAT HE SHORT CIRCUITED THE STAGE TOO AAAAAH🔥

[@IronycheinPain]

I like to believe that it's a residue ability of his as the (initial) firstborn

[@partsofall1]

The way Hades jumps down from his balcony on the "ONE!" works beautifully

[@travishimebaugh8381]

"Dark seeds scattered on the ground..." Oh, sweetie, that's okay. We can try again in half an hour.

[@arielishere176]

okay but i freaking love the dynamic perspectives, the expressions, the clearity which is conveyed with the coloring choices you gave to diffefert scene and just basically everything about this. This is genuinely so well done i love it!!

[@caduceusdraws]

Ohh FUCK YEAH God you can feel the absolute control of Hades all throughout this song, and slowly building up to the crescendo where he addresses Orpheus (i know the song so i was looking forward to it when i noticed the tension building up and DAMN i loved it), the facial expressions, the tempo getting hit with the sparks of electricity or Hades slamming the shovel in the dirt, and Orpheus' face holding the guitar for dear life jdhdhdhdhdjd On another note i loved the bit with young Persephone, the contrast between her red flower and the blue underground actually going well together, it was so so lovely , until you see her older and faded and *bitter* Yeah i audibly gasped when i saw this video and i didnt think I'd comment cause im generally too lazy but this was AMAZING

[@sealbatross]

Thank you! I'm glad the tension came through! It's hard to tell when some details are clear enough after watching it so many times. Nothing can comfort a soul more than a guitar hug uwu Same hat with the too lazy to comment, very glad you did >:)

[@GeekyTheSamoanAfakasi]

Oh my goodness.. the part with Persephone telling her side to Eurydice had so much feel to it! Made my heart feel some things, I love it!

[@sealbatross]

Glad it did!

[@sirandrewaguecheek6512]

words cant express how amazing this is! the expressions, the illustrations of hades explaining how he "chains" his wife, the art style, everything is just perfect 🐧

[@sealbatross]

Dawww thank you! 🐳

[@razberrymist9475]

I love that when yeah says "shes cold" you show Eurydice. Nice touch

[@sealbatross]

Thanks! Cold and hungry bless her 😔😔

[@razberrymist9475]

@@sealbatross poor dear 😭❤

[@neverendingdream3512]

awiaojlskfld I WILL FOREVER BE SALTY THEY CUT PERSEPHONE'S VERSE IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOMENTS IN THE MUSICAL just;;;; the bitterness the spite in her voice when she sings of the present falling away as she sings about their past and the hope and the tenderness of the young lovers from a lifetime ago and just that moment of quiet peaceful strings and piano and beauty in the midst of the rest of the conflict of the song and how that simple beauty in its purest form lives on in Orpheus's lalalalalala's because that's what he's singing about that's what epic iii culminates into except we hear that from Orpheus's take on Hades' perspective and just hearing it here from Persephone hits different because she's the one who hasn't lost sight of what their love *was* even if she drowns herself in bottles trying to numb it all and it just speaks to the power of love (their love, Orpheus's song) that in her moment of remembering their love as it was, the drumbeats and heavier piano chords from chant itself die away, like the world's just stopped for a moment or has been changed like it is with Orpheus's song and I COULD GO ON AND ON aghhhh but the point of this ramble is just. you capture all the emotions just so perfectly in your art, especially for Persephone's part I can't quite articulate it there's just something about your art that speaks and listens to the song and makes the song's lyrics and message its own and just. yeah. (yes i cried this is a masterpiece)

[@sealbatross]

OH MY GOD, you articulated so well!!! "that speaks and listens to the song" I am so so happy that came across, this animatic is a translation of images that barged into my mind's eye while listening. Probably a by-product of living in this song too many times, but that's beside the point. Thank you for watching, and thank you for the beautiful comment

[@user-zg5zc2yi4v]

2:45 truly my favourite part, so visceral and expressive in the contrast between persephones face in the past and now

[@drawingmoo4109]

Especially with how you handled the end, now I really wish Hades had whipped out a shovel in the show. Chills watching this, every time.

[@nadchan2043]

Ooohhh this is sooo good! Hades' mimics and movements make him seem so menacing, the flashback in Persephone's part is beautiful!

[@sealbatross]

Blew up his own jacket for the bit 😔😔 just a big big showboat this one

[@Mareliini]

I love your feral persephone so much! Honestly the bit in "that was in another world / when i was a young girl".... iconic, spectacular, I keep thinking about it. Every frame just packs so much power into it, i keep coming back to them. edit// forgot to mention another fave part of mine! That jump hades makes.......... his old man knees...

[@sealbatross]

I'm glad it has that effect! Awww, if I'd known, would have probably spent more time on them - give you more to look at 😌 Thanks for watching!

[@lukerock5925]

I love Hades's little giggle at the beginning.😂

[@Concidineart]

oh I love all the little bits of body language that do so much to show how the characters move. And how you move from shot to shot really gives a sense of space even with the limited details!!!

[@sealbatross]

Thank you! Sense of space was one of the goals so I'm happy that show through :")

[@kyleecook6671]

This is one of the more different presentations of this song here on KZbin and I'm loving it! Your sets are great, the difference between the two gods and their conversations with Orpheus and Euridice! Great work!

[@tylerb1923]

Ok my favorite will always be the newer version of Hadestown but I love the extra story telling we get from the original, I like how they made Orpheus seem more desperate by trying to sing and how Persephone had her little back story, the animation was amazing and really fit the song 👍

[@gracemartin6284]

I absolutely love your animatics!! I watch them over and over again. Even when im just listening i can see ur storyboarding for them. I love this version so much too, im glad u chose this one!

[@sealbatross]

AaAAA I'm so flattered to hear that! Makes two of us then ahahaha B)

[@lauras9329]

I CANT- I CANT DESCRIBE HOW COOL THIS IS OH MY GOD

[@sealbatross]

AA TH-THANKYOU!

[@lalalei2001]

The first time I heard this version of the song I worried that "I conduct the electric cityyyy!" blew out my speakers but it turned out he blew out the mic. XD

[@supernova4199]

My dreams have come true someone did an animatic of this

[@finleyforevermore]

So are we just not gonna talk about "HAND TO BOSS" at the start?

[@Evabernard868]

oh please please one day do more of these from Hadestown!

[@sealbatross]

Already thinking of another >:3

[@theshockinglyeloquentdog9945]

i love you for using the beta version

[@saltenzy449]

I've been listening to the Broadway version for so long I nearly forgot how great the original cast recording is! This was so great! also on a somewhat related note, anyone feel like the OCR and the Broadway have like, different setting places? cuz like Hermes is played kinda like more country in the OCR and Andre plays Hermes in more of like a Cajun way? Idk if its just their accents or anything but it like, really brings a different feel to each soundtrack.

[@conrad4852]

Not so much different places but different interpretations of the character. To quote the casting person: "I think a great example of that specific to Hadestown is the role of Hermes, who is played by André De Shields. Hermes in the early table reads and I believe the New York Theatre production downtown, which also then consequently had a cast recording, was played by Chris Sullivan. And Chris Sullivan is a completely different type of human and actor and storyteller than André De Shields. The obvious big, huge difference between them is, one is in their early 40s and is a white guy, and the other is an African American man who is many decades older. But the texture that each of those men brought to the story is incredibly different. It tells a very different story, having a middle-aged, white, blue-collar Hermes narrating the story, versus having an African American, regal, otherwordly man in his 70s playing the role." www.vox.com/culture/2019/5/28/18635512/hadestown-casting-directors-broadway-tonys

[@theshockinglyeloquentdog9945]

this is one of the best Hadestown animatics I've seen. the designs and poses and lighting, even though simple, are wonderfully dynamic and expressive i don't think i would have pictured anything better. (except to give Persephone her natural hair)

[@easternCriminal]

Man you do it again. So happy it’s my fave version of this song too. Love the Persephone solo!!!

[@letitiachen8472]

came for the hadestown, stayed for the art. fabulous as always

[@sealbatross]

Thank you

[@khloeg1649]

okay I'm rewatching this yet again and I had a realization when hades says "to the great beyond where nobody can hear you singing" in this animatic, he's holding a _shovel._ does... does this imply... that if orpheus's song didn't satisfy him, he was planning to BURY him? either by killing him first, or _burying him alive._ because what else would he have the shovel for in that moment???

[@khloeg1649]

especially since he uses the shovel to intimidate orpheus by sticking it into the ground and leaning over him before he tells him to sing oh my god

[@khloeg1649]

OH MY GOD ANOTHER PIECE OF EVIDENCE FOR THIS IS HE LITERALLY SAYS "SINCE I'M GONNA COUNT TO THREE, AND _PUT YOU OUT OF YOUR MISERY"_ HE WAS ACTUALLY PLANNING TO KILL ORPHEUS

[@thelion9976]

This literally gave me chills.

[@cheshireshadow518]

oh boy oh boy. Fun fact: Did you know that this animatic is what made me realize there were multiple versions of this musical? And did you know that this animatic is what made me fall absolutely in love with this version of Chant 2? Yea, das right. Thank you~ - 0:00 - 0:03 - Timing glorious timing. I love how the Workers flicker onto the screen next to Orpheus just on the music cue 0:05 - *gestures* One thing is colored in this shot. You do that so well. Just bringing the eye towards something very important. Is that just alcohol? Is it ~ambrosia~? Or is it the one thing that keeps people going whatever that thing might be~? Who knows! 0:10 - She is RUNNIN'! Still doesn't take the elevator... But honestly running down the stairs is faster than an elevator anyway. 0:14 - He is SO smug. That's a "das mah boy" type of grin right there! 0:21 - 0:22 - I love! They're literally climbing down the fucking wall with ropes to get in on the rebellion, that's so hilarious. 0:33 - The *SECOND* his voice sounds everyone looks down. Keepin' their head low, I love. The amount of power this man has LMFAO. (also putting a pin on the fact we can't see their eyes compared to Orpheus) 0:35 - Persephone zoomed out that office so fast there's still petals on the ground. 0:43 - Continuation AHOY! The beyond full cup of alcohol! I love~ 0:45 - He is so confident in his abilities *wheezes* 0:49 - 0:50 - I love him looking down at the petals while saying that *vibrates* 0:53 - He chugged that glass o' wine so fast KEK 0:55 - "always slipping from your grasp" and suddenly Eurydice is nowhere to be found while poor Orpheus is being ganged up LOL. He is so surprised, shocked because ofc not two seconds ago he had the Workers' full attention and delight 1:00 - Persephone! Jumping stairs is dangerous!! 1:04 - I see that chain dangling from his pants you ain't slick Hades! 1:07 - HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH IMAGERY AND TIMING ONCE AGAIN GLORIOUS 1:09 - AND THEN IT SWITCHES TO THE CHAINS ACTUALLY BEING WORKERS! And you think to yourself "oh shit?? are they seriously turning on their Queen?? Oh shit oh shit" 1:14 - BUT THEN! Syke, they're helping. And the fucking contrast between what Hades is saying and meaning, and what's happening is just *chef kiss* 1:15 - *sobs* I love her waving thanks and the working tipping their hat SO PRECIOUS 1:17 - *BREATHES* She's rolling her wedding ring around her finger (i choose to believe she's doing this to comfort herself ;-; because Hades is saying "bind her with a golden band" and that just implies such negative conotations but she stILL loves him and doesn't want to see their marriage as some kind cage but its becoming one and shE DOESN'T WANT THAT DAMN IT), WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS TO ME SEAL WHY. 1:18 - And ofc HE'S taking the elevator *wheezes* 1:25 - PAIN. Once more they are being split apart and Orpheus is reaching out but Eurydice has already lowkey lost hope and walking back into the mines while wearing such a wretched expression *FLIPS* 1:32 - Once again! The golden lightning! Wonderful symbolism on what it means *sobs* Shows that even before Orpheus showed up things were already brewing (not to mention Hades already spoke about having "riots to quell" to Eurydice beforehand) 1:47 - mMMMMM the contrast between how they act in the speaksay vs now when Hades is involved is just DELICIOUS. It's easy to act all tough when the boss isn't in sight ain't that right~? 1:52 - PERSEPHONEEEE! This, this part of the song. Why did they cut out Persephone having a part in chant II I will never know but *this part* I just LOVE the parallels between Orpheus/Hades and Eurydice/Persephone. Just the younger generation meeting an older more jaded one is just SUCH GOOD STUFF 1:54 - LMFAO EURYDICE'S FACE!! SHE'S LIKE "What is this woman talking about...??" 1:57 - Yea I'd be hella mad too if I had to sing about the wonderful past while JUST coming out of an argument with my stubborn pig-headed husband. Also AGAIN with your wonderful delightful expressions and *ursula voice* bODY LANGUAAAGE 2:01 - Her face screams "sucks don't it? But EH WHAT CAN YA DO" so resigned *wheezes* At least when it comes to herself but the SECOND she speaks about Eurydice she turns into overprotective mama bear mode 2:07 - OH MAMA?? OH MAMA!!!! *WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZES* Yeah Persephone can be scary as fuck! That comforting hand on the shoulder is suddenly squeezing a little too tight. And speaking of that, I love how..erratic Persephone's emotions are HJBFHJBGFDJ One second she's trynna be soft and sweet and the next she's exploding like a volcano. Delicious. -also shows credence to Hades saying 'hot and cold' BUT TO BE FAIR you both are like that towards each other, constant push and pull you two are a MESS Hades- 2:15 - *SLAPS DESK* PUTTING A PIN ON THIS TOO FOR A HOT SECOND 2:20 - hHHHHHHH THE SUDDEN BRIGHTNESS AAAA CONVEY EMOTIONS WONDERFULLY 2:29 - She's so flattered but also thinking "what a fucking dork." 2:40 - *covers eyes* OH NOES THIS IS TOO NSFW! Jokes aside, this is so FUCKING SOFT! THIS IS SO SOFT. The fact the carnation is the onLY COLORED THING *FLIPS* Also I love Persephone's voice so goddamn much 2:44 - tHE FACT THE COLOR IS A NICE LIL SOFT BLUE RATHER THAN THE DEPRESSING ASS GREY *FLAILS* THE UNDERGROUND USED TO FEEL LIKE HOOOOOOME 2:45 - LORD LOOK AT HER. LOOK AT HER FACE. LOOK AT THOSE EYES! WIDE OPEN SPARKLING AND NOT THE DEAD THINGS WE SEE TODAY. LOOK AT THEM I CAN'T SHE'S SO PRECIOUS 2:46 - *violently takes one pin out* SEE THIS! The the golden glow in the walls! All minerals and shit no doubt. (which sadly are now either mined out to hell and back or covered by metal metal and more metal of factories and mines and what not so you can't see them anymore ;-;) Makes the caves light up and gives 'em this nice glow, makes it look so GODDAMN PRETTY AND LOOK AT THE GLOW REFLECTING IN HER EYES *SOBS* AND THEN HADES LOOK AT HOW SOFT HE IS! LOOK AT THAT LOVESTRUCK SMILE AND HOW HAPPY HE IS THAT SHE'S HAPPY AND HE'S SO HAPPY HE CAN MAKE HER HAPPY AND HE'S SO DAMN HAPPY SHE LIKES IT *FLIPS* 2:49 - 2:50 - I hate you. I hate you, I hate you i hate you i hate i hate i HATE *AAAAAAAAAAAAA* SHE'S SO PRECIOUS IM GONNA CRY AND THEN YOU DARE DO THAT IMMEDIATE SWITCH FROM THEN TO NOW AND SHOW ME HOW BITTER AND ANGRY SHE'S BECOME HOW DAAAAAAAAAAARE *sobs in a corner* I love contrast, you know I do. But this contrast between Young and Old Persephone is too GUT WRETCHING. It's too much, your expressions are too much...im taking so much emotional damage, i need a healer plz 2:54 - Eurydice will remember this. She's so precious ;-; The backwards glance, she feels so bad about it but also she has her own shit to deal with so she doesn't really chase after Persephone whose stomping out back towards the main event:tm: 3:15 - *takes the other pin out* AYYYYY. They are GEARING UP! Look at this one! LOOK AT THE VISIBLE EYES BABY. They are DONE being just shades, done being nobodies, done kEEPING THEIR HEAD LOW 3:19 - AND THE SECOND THEY HAVE EYES TO SEE, HADES IS THERE TO COMPLETELY OBLIDERATE AND BLIND THEM BACK INTO SUBMISSION AND JUST LIKE THAT THE EYES ARE LOST ONCE AGAIN AND THE HEADS ARE LOWERED 3:29 - GAH she's so, jesus, she's too powerful BHGFDBHJGF Her mental is too powerful for me to comprehend but alas can't seem to find her way through the massive wall of bodies and towards Orpheus. 3:35 - EURYDICE IN HIS JACKET. Cold of winter, lovely lovely 3:37 - *snorts* puns~ 3:46 - The glorious buildup approaches. The electricity at his fingertips *vibrates* 3:45 - 4:16 - SO, GODDAMN, GLORIOUS! Showing the inner workings of all the machinery, THE GLORIOUS RED CLOCK! Orpheus is looking on wide eyed and shaking in his boots. The electricity that comes from Hades himself showing he's the heart of it all, the one who makes everything MOVE AND THEN IT JUST BLOWS UP BECAUSE HE *CAN* SO HE WILL. His eyes glow teal (which is *chef kiss* delicious), his hair goes all over the place because he's loosing his danm cool and the screen goes WHITE then the glorious RED and Orpheus can scarcely believe what just happened 4:20 - --blaze it-- I love him just casually leaning against the rail as if he DIDN'T just blow a methaphorical and quite literal fuse (*WHEEZES* IM SO HAPPY WITH THIS PUN) ALSO WAIT A FUCKING MINUTE!!! HIS TRENCHCOAT GOT COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY DEMOLISHED AND DESTROYED AFTER HE YELLED "ELECTRIC CITY" I CAN'T! OH MY GOOOOOOOD THE LENGTHS THIS MAN GOES *WHEEZES* That's such an amazing detail oh MY *GOD* SEAL you're amazing 4:28 - 4:29 - SO YOU *CAN* TAKE THE STAIRS! You just choose not to you lazy bum. But also, yes King, YES! You jump over that rail without a problem, show that poor mortal that you are indeed, still a fucking god and can survive that fall, you go. And yesss yesss the perfection that is the "ONE. TWO. THREE" part of this song! I'm so here for it 4:34 - You are so slick aren't you Hades? I love it, he just kicks the shovel into his hand like a goddamn skateboard and then twirls it around. I love this so much more than him just sitting on a chair...Just, getting a shovel showing he's about to bury this mortal boy. 4:36 - "Mmm yes mighty fine shovel this one. Mighty fine for mur...murDER" 4:41 - Poor baby ;-; His poor lyre is in justas bad shape as him 4:43 - He looks like such a zombie apocalypse survivor...That is not a bad thing at all. 4:51 - *breathes* Faces corresponding to how they sing. You match them perfectly. Finally seeing that yes indeed, he is a pretty old man, that lonesome eye and that frown. He is TIRED indeed 4:53 - And then he's BEYOND BADASS. Absolutely adore this still to death. Applause go to you TOO!

[@sealbatross]

WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF ENDLESS HADESTOWN VERSIONS. i love all of them to death, really helps to switch them up sometimes so they all stay shiny and new :) 0:05 hmmm WHO KNOWS INDEED. most likely the latter, but also all of the above ~I am helpful yes~ 0:35 - i keep being amazed you notice these things such as PETALS lol 0:45 - of course he is confident. he is king 1:00 - "Persephone! Jumping stairs is dangerous!!" like husband like wife uwu 1:14 - yes exactly THANK YOU the contradiction hmmhmhmhm 1:17 - "rolling her wedding ring, i choose to believe she's doing this to comfort herself" hehehe no DONT DO THIS TO ME NOOOOOO ;___________; 2:07 - "Hades saying 'hot and cold'" TSUNDERES BOTH OF THEM 2:46 - I READ THIS AS VIOLENT PIN AND DAMN . DONT DO THIS TO ME HES HAPPY SHES HAPPY SHE KNOWS HES HAPPY IM GOING TO CRY 1:49 - I always play healer role u know my team hates me also ur stabbing me pls with these descriptions - mutual hate

[@cheshireshadow518]

@@sealbatross *salutes* yessir! that desk is essential for reactions~ "i dont think this vid deserves your glorius description" shhhh, of course it does! It's the very reason they are here after all~ it's only natural! Glorious descriptions (even though i dont think they are, wow look at us two peas in a pot) for a glorious work of art!

[@star_the_silly_real]

I normally listen to the OBC but this is so good???! Even better!?

[@Thomazbr]

Hades is very smug in this one.

[@sealbatross]

Jus an ol' peacock lookin to scare off a teensy canary

[@Thomazbr]

@@sealbatross Yeah but he is so proud of himself, even when far away from Orpheus. He is just having the time of his life explaining how women and people will betray you.

[@spiffgent1067]

"Echooooeeed his refraaaain" *SLURP* God all your stuff is so good and Chant II is great anyway so this is like amazing.

[@sealbatross]

haha SLURP THAT HOPE JUICE MY MAN. love this song. Thank you!

[@JackKinglsy]

There are a whole bunch of amazing things people have pointed out in the comments, but the part that really got me was at 3:31 just after the "Women come and women go" line. It shows two, empty, wine glasses. Hades and Persephone are both hollowed. I love they symbolism! P.S. equally important was the fact that Hades had two glasses on his desk in the first place, just in case Persephone would show up. P.P.S. I'm watching these animatics of yours and I wish I found them sooner; I love them

[@tysor414]

hades's little "hehe" at the start is so funny-

[@coconuttydragoon3445]

Fun theme I like in thoughts, Hades power of electricity, pure lightning. The eldest god of Greeks, Zeus was seen as supreme, so Hades having the strength of the power over the city shows he now commands more power than he was seen with. The wrath and heavenly power he commands.

[@wigglermain]

YOUR ANIMATICS ARE GOD-TIER I LOVE THEM ALL

[@leof6046]

This is absolutely amazing!! I love Chant II especially this earlier version of it, before the OBC version. The colors and drawing is just really really great!!

[@conrad4852]

This was wonderful. I take it you prefer the 2016 to the 2019 version because of the Persephone solo? I prefer the 2019 version because I think that the worker's chorus lines in 2019 more effectively develop the pro-labor theme of the musical than the lines in 2016 version, but I will admit that I miss the Persephone solo & I LOVE your animation of her as 'young girl' entranced by the beauty of the underworld.

[@sealbatross]

Thank you! You're right! I had a strong image for persephone's part, also I love hades' laugh at the beginning, and the effect of the mic blowing out at 'electric city'. That being said, I do really really love the worker's lyrics in 2019. A lot more hope and reason there, beautiful

[@Sc0rp1cu5]

God i love this musical. Its just chills and goosebumps and your animation with hades's major part of the song just gave them so much harder. Grand work!

[@reverie.s.prairie]

Oh noo Orphee, how dare you be so good

[@iwaswondering447]

This is F A N T A S T I C OH MY STARS just EVERYTHING the COLOR USUAGE the PERSEPHONE BIT (which one? All of them) and EVERYTHING. WOW. !!!!!!!!! Edit: also the ELECTRICITY

[@sealbatross]

thankyou!!!

[@multiplefandomlover7179]

This is absolutely phenomenal!! Holy crap, the color motifs for the characters and how the lighting changes color and how it hits the characters and gives them more depth and emotion (that not-at-all-subtle transition between young Persephone who's so soft and hopeful to older Persephone and that vicious, bitter snarl is amazing and I LOVE THE ELECTRICITY SHOWN ALONG HADESTOWN AND HADES HIMSELF IT'S ALL SO PERFECT!!!

[@itscosmicnerd]

Words cannot describe how amazing this animatic is! Your spectacular usage of colour throughout all these animatics really helps you get sucked into the video. I’ve rewatched this so many times 😭

[@borealissystem5916]

This literally made me cry /positive

[@aegeanghost6261]

1:00 666th floor on the elevator... simply love the detail!

[@sealbatross]

Hell of a lot of stairs 😔

[@aegeanghost6261]

@@sealbatross 🤣🤣🤣

[@Itsciinamon]

Your animatics are my favorite!!!! Just the composition and concepts is SOOO GOOD and inspiring! And i love how you use colors to highlight things and set the mood Also ofc hadestown is my favorite musical 💖💖💖

[@sealbatross]

Thank you so much! The way you summarized all that just makes me melt ;w; Hadestown favourite musical *high-five*

[@notsocoolio7282]

I am always so impressed by your animatics, and this one especially impresses me! I love the lighting and the use of color in this one, the shift to brighter colors for the background occasionally as well as your use of red. More than anything i love the movement, and how your shots are so dynamic! I rarely see that in animatics and i continue to lament how underrated you are! Also i was surprised to see you do one of the original recording, but super happy because i forgot just how good the original version of the musical was! Thanks for reintroducing that to me, i’ll probably spend tomorrow listening to the whole album in order. Again, i love your animatics, and i hope you have a nice day!

[@sealbatross]

Thank you so much, all those things, all those, I care a lot about, so thank you!!! And about the recording - there are no rules held sacred here >:) I'm glad the OBCR and OCR are so different in tone, it makes listening to either a viable option since they each bring something special to the table. Have a nice trip / day too ;)

[@AD.The.Dark.Cowboy.]

I love how Persephone stopped to say hi to the worker. She’s probably the best lady.

[@mackk7664]

This is so good!! I love the color and movement! The character designs are simple but they work so well! Everything looks fantastic aaaaaa

[@sealbatross]

Thank you so much! I'm glad they work!!!

[@meganrogers3244]

this is wonderful, the lighting, the cinematography, the pacing. sooo good!

[@mariposavioleta3488]

OHHHHH YES!!!!! You have no idea how much I love this! I have to rewatch this a few times to absorb all of the detail and notice my favorite parts but YES I love the nytw version of the songs!! This is absolutely great I love the colors the movement and the way you draw Hades' cocky personality!

[@sealbatross]

thank you i'm so glad you do! ...that cocky bastards gonna get his dues

[@moist_spinach]

I like how you don't need pen pressure to make cool art.

[@pupykig4914]

little orpheuss

[@sealbatross]

meets this mannnnnn

[@lalalei2001]

I just noticed the number on the elevator. XD

[@sealbatross]

It's a tall building

[@theroboticcat1370]

This is so good!!! Completely underrated

[@leticiacasagrande1749]

BEAUTIFULLLLLL

[@gracie794]

2:07 Oh mama

[@Finding_Arcadia]

The TRANSITION AT 2:51 MyGawdMan

[@justacat6993]

This animatic has completely overtaken my brain

[@ghostyboy6181]

Just hnhng I can't express everything I love about without writing an essay?? Like literally the whole thing is fantastic. I constantly rewatch your how long animatic bc it's so good and now I'm gonna have to rewatch both this one and the how long one, honestly not mad abt it tho lol bc I just rlly love your animatics!!! Also the young Persephone scene and hades jumping over that railing were great I'm gonna think abt them for weeks.

[@sealbatross]

glad i strong armed ya into rewatches! aashdkj and essay ;A; just the idea and imma cry!! they be jumping through time and space ... badum tshhhhhh

[@whispersinthetheatre7741]

I like the additional lyrics in this version from Persephone and Hades, but I think I love the original(?) reprise a lot more. The defiance caused by Orpheus' singing at war with Hades' want for order is perfect. Great animatic though!

[@ilivetospiteothers9327]

It would be awesome to see Epic III in this style

[@notpergolizzi]

this is absolutely amazing!! the motion the moods the lights ugh! I love it

[@lilredgoldfish1734]

Oh my god this is so brilliant!!

[@graaoline1357]

AAAA IM SO EXCITED!! I’ve been following the series of animatics for a while and we never see new hadestown content and this is so awesome!!!! Thank you for your hard work!!

[@iamdog4864]

This is just-wow-everything-WOW

[@Izzy-bq1rc]

Absolutely gorgeous