Behind the Scenes of DJ & The Fro
Back in 2004, Dave Jeser and Matt Silverstein created Drawn Together, which is currently being turned into a feature-length movie – in Flash no less. Aside from this Comedy Central series, another Viacom network has picked up and begun airing DJ & The Fro, a Flash animated series being produced at Titmouse, Inc. The series follows two cubicle jockeys who pass their workdays trading viral videos. Dave and Matt were given a 20 episode pick-up, and asked to produce it in record time. Subsequently, MTV launched a series of web exclusive videos, and below are a few which take us behind the scenes of the production. Big thanks to Ronald Lanham Jr for the story tip. (apparently these videos are only viewable in specific countries, including the US and Australia)
An animatic:
A studio tour with supervising animator Mark Marek:
July 20th, 2009 at 8:10 am
Awwww… i don’t live in the right region
I can’t watch
July 20th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
Just a heads up, I’m in Australia and was able to watch them. No special work-arounds or anything here.
July 20th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
Those characters are so Roy Iddan’ized =D. Songrats dude!
July 20th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
Wow!! Looks good ~
Well…..I can see all that stuffs.
Here’s korea anyway.
July 27th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
Yeah well let me tell you a little something about my experience with this show. About 6 months ago the producer asked me to take an animation test which was like 55 seconds long. They said if they liked it I could work remotely from my studio. I needed the work so I agreed. After I turned in the test they said they loved it but I had to move to L.A. for a few months if i wanted the work. Great ethics there titmouse.Way to waste my time.
March 22nd, 2011 at 8:38 pm
Daniel – “Way to waste my time.” Gee, they wasted a whopping 55 seconds of your life… Bummer! Get over it!
March 26th, 2011 at 3:17 pm
Fun Fact Hoodwink:
it takes ALOT longer than 55 seconds to produce 55 seconds of animation. Go ahead and try it sometime.