A Lullo the Post Bear film

The Letter With No Address

A letter with no address, a crayon drawing for a clue, and one very determined postman.

4:41Ages 3–739 shotsAnimatic
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Lullo stamping a letter at his sorting deskLulloStamp. Seal. Slot. Goodnight, letter.
Chapter one

The Cloud Post Office

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

The three Lantern Stars on a cloud as the balloon arrivesFlickerFor us?
Chapter two

The Lantern Stars

In the Lantern Stars' light, the first line of the letter appears.

Lullo's balloon beside the MoonThe MoonLullo. You're early. Or I'm late.
Chapter three

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 home
Chapter four

Morning

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

The cast

Six voices, each designed three ways and chosen by ear.

Lullo the Post BearThe night postman. Gentle, a little shy.
OttolineThe owl postmistress. Rules are rules.
The MoonSlow and velvety. Sees every window.
The Lantern StarsWick, Ember and Flicker. They light the way.

How it was made

In one day, by hand, before any of it becomes an Esy workflow.

  • 10stages, from the look to the animatic
  • 32stills drawn by Esy from the pack
  • 33lines recorded one at a time
  • 9versions of the animatic, each reviewed
  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”

The Lost Letters drawer

Every file behind the film, kept like mail. Open any letter.

The film7 letters

Animatic · postmarked 28 SepLullo's Animatic

The whole film as a timed rough cut: every shot, every recorded line, temp music, and the mix and transition checks.

Open the letterScript · postmarked 27 SepThe Letter, Rewritten

The screenplay, checked against ten research-based rules and rewritten three ways.

Open the letterDevelopment · postmarked 27 SepLullo's First Film

The first research: three directions for the film, the voice casting and the video model test.

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Characters · postmarked 27 SepZuri, Three Ways

Zuri drawn in three styles. The first style was chosen.

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Pipeline · postmarked 28 SepEsy Film Pipeline

How Esy makes the next film on its own: sixteen workflows, the API, and the exact recipe for this animatic.

Open the letterSound · postmarked 30 SepSound and Mix

The sound standard: the research on how loud a children's film should be, the targets, how the mix is measured, and the numbers for all 13 mix passes.

Open the letterMarketing · postmarked 27 SepLullo Video Thumbnails

Three thumbnails for the narrated story video on YouTube and LinkedIn.

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Where Lullo started: the storybook6 letters

Storybook · postmarked 27 SepLullo, One Night One Sky

A storybook direction for Lullo's night.

Open the letterStorybook · postmarked 27 SepLullo by Scroll

A storybook direction told by scrolling.

Open the letterStorybook · postmarked 27 SepLullo Openings

Opening options for the Lullo storybook.

Open the letterStorybook · postmarked 27 SepLullo Endings

Ending options for the Lullo storybook.

Open the letterProposal · postmarked 27 SepThree Books for the Shelf

Three new clip.art Stories, each built from a pack. Lullo's is the first.

Open the letterProposal · postmarked 27 SepStories on Clip Art Pages

How the stories show up on clip.art pages, led by Starlight Town.

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One more, at the very back of the drawer

A letter for you

To whoever is reading this,

Thank you for staying up with us. Every letter here found its way home, and this one found you.

If you'd like to see the whole night again, the animatic is waiting. And if you know a little one who can't sleep, the storybook is on clip.art.

Stamp. Seal. Slot. Goodnight, reader.
— Lullo

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