Now showing A Lullo the Moon Bear film · ages 3–7

The Letter With No Address

A letter arrives at the Cloud Post Office with no address, only a child's crayon drawing of a star, a moon and a pair of tiny booties. Lullo follows the drawing from the Sleepy Stars to the Moon to a quiet lane, until a window lights up.

4:0839 shots6 voicesanimatic stagemade with Esy
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Scene 01 · Now showingThe animatic

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00:00:00:00version 11 · 39 shots · every line recorded · open full screen ↗00:04:08:00

Scene 02 · The storyOne night, from dusk to dawn

Swipe the reel. Each frame is a still from the film, at its timecode.

Lullo stamping a letter at his sorting desk00:07LulloStamp. Seal. Slot. Goodnight, letter.

The Cloud Post Office

Every letter in Starlight Town is delivered before sunrise. Tonight one arrives with no address at all.

The three Sleepy Stars bouncing on a cloud as the balloon arrives01:12Tiny StarFor us?

The Sleepy Stars

In starlight, the first line of the letter appears.

Lullo's balloon beside the Moon01:48The MoonLullo. You're early. Or I'm late.

The Moon

Moonlight shows the second line, and the Moon lays a silver path down to the rooftops.

Dawn over the Cloud Post Office as the balloon comes home03:29

Morning

Home by sunrise, with the Lost Letters drawer glowing. What happens at the window, you'll have to watch.

Scene 03 · The castWho's in it

Scene 04 · The making9 cuts in one day

  1. v1First cut, timed to the real voices
  2. v2Clips stop looping back
  3. v3Self-review: continuity, music, sound on words
  4. v4The mix meets loudness standards
  5. v5Transitions from editing research
  6. v6Opening sound: the crickets go
  7. v7Owl, nightingale and songbird options
  8. v8Lullo reads the envelope; the P.S. appears
  9. v9“Welcome home”

Scene 05 · The press kitEvery file behind the film

Animatic · 28 SepLullo's AnimaticThe whole film as a timed rough cut: every shot, every recorded line, temp music, and the mix and transition checks.Script · 27 SepThe Letter, RewrittenThe screenplay, checked against ten research-based rules and rewritten three ways.Development · 27 SepLullo's First FilmThe first research: three directions for the film, the voice casting and the video model test.
Characters · 27 SepZuri, Three WaysZuri drawn in three styles. The first style was chosen. Private for now.
Pipeline · 28 SepEsy Film PipelineHow Esy makes the next film on its own: sixteen workflows, the API, and the exact recipe for this animatic.Marketing · 27 SepLullo Video ThumbnailsThree thumbnails for the narrated story video on YouTube and LinkedIn.Storybook · 27 SepLullo, One Night One SkyA storybook direction for Lullo's night.Storybook · 27 SepLullo by ScrollA storybook direction told by scrolling.Storybook · 27 SepLullo OpeningsOpening options for the Lullo storybook.Storybook · 27 SepLullo EndingsEnding options for the Lullo storybook.Proposal · 27 SepThree Books for the ShelfThree new clip.art Stories, each built from a pack. Lullo's is the first.Proposal · 27 SepStories on Clip Art PagesHow the stories show up on clip.art pages, led by Starlight Town.