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Written by Victoria Courchesne
If you’re a fan of south park, you are familiar with the show’s construction-paper 2D style. While the show now is made using After Effects and 2D scans of the characters, the original pilot for the show was created using traditional cut out animation. The 22-minute-long animation featured multiple shot changes and extensive dialogue. In an interview with The Wired, co-creator of the show Mike Stone referred to the creation of the pilot as hell on earth, and so they came to the conclusion that they needed a better way of creating the show. The documentary film “The Making of South Park: 6 Days to Air” features the shows new production schedule from writing to animation. With a production schedule as crazy as that, the show’s utilization of the modern day animation programs is ideal for the fast-pace turn around. Even on their 23rd season, the shows original creators still remain leading the team, keeping the continuity of the show’s original hand-made style in every episode.
https://archive.org/details/southparkpilot
Sources:
https://www.wired.com/1997/09/it-aint-easy-making-south-park-cheesy/
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