The fact that elphie was green because her mother cheated and then her mother let her take the brunt of her father's disdain is never talked about enough.
To be fair, her father did believe it was her mother's fault and indirectly killed her because of it. It's not exactly true that Elphaba's mother didn't suffer
I do get chills every time I realize that even as everyone is saying 'no one mourns the wicked', Glinda is mourning right in front of them, but this animatic visualizes it and really drives home how much Glinda is in the public eye. She can see everything: how happy they are, how many lies they've been fed, how hypocritical everyone including herself is. But she won't, or can't, step down from her pedestal, and so will tell the story of her dear friend in the only way she can.
@@watch50erIt is, as anthropology describes, a case of bottom up; the bottom of society wants to go a certain path or direction (for instance blaming a single group for something/anything) and the top of the society has to follow. In this instance; the people of Oz wants to believe that the wizard is awesome, and wants to believe what he says is the truth. And even if the wizard is removed, the will of the people remain the same, so Glinda cannot do anything about the situation. When time passes by, people forget and the whole issue will never be resolved. And yes, a manipulator such as the wizard can guide/pull a society on a certain route, but only as fast as a society wants. So in a way, the people of Oz are even more to blame than the wizard.
I’m going with the interpretation that this is DEFINITELY an alternate universe and while Dorothy would have had the grace to understand/ be patient and kind if she was told the truth, she never was. Dorothy is just a poor girl that was accidentally swept up in the house meant to conveniently “accident” Elfie’s sister away… after that, the final straw had been dropped and Elphaba was not on speaking terms with almost everyone especially not a clueless twit who’s house killed the last of her family.
@@watch50er You don't need an alternate universe for that. This is more or less the intention for the original Wicked novel to make you think of as you watch/read The Wizard of Oz, so more than anything it just means the story is doing its job :0c
if you pay attention in the opening shots, you can see Dorothy reaching up and the Wizard flying away in the hot air balloon. She then is sad because she thinks she cant get home. It has nothing to do with the death of the Witch. and since she thought elphie was trying to murder her, why would she be sad?
If I recall correctly, in the Wizard of Oz 1939 film, Dorothy says "I didn't mean to kill her, really I didn't. It's just that he (the Scarecrow) was on fire."
I really like the roaring 20s design of the whole land of Oz. While the musical’s costumes have been described as “Victorian era” I feel like this version fits a lot better with the whole affair song. Makes it feel a lot more swingy.
Thank you! I found I could do a lot more with the girls and fashion variation when I left the Victorian Era behind. I fashioned the main storyline's costumes in the 1930-1945 styles, with the parents' flashback in about the Edwardian Era. I'm glad the energy works!
@@blah7983 it’s actually supposed to take place around 1939 seeing as that’s when the original wizard of oz takes place and Dorothy is obviously in wicked.
Didn’t think of that. I saw it as her trying to make people look at the bigger picture, and warn them. That they’re actually being wicked .. so it felt ironic
@@Dang_what_that_frenchfry_do Since she was wicked from she teaming up with the Wizard and Morrible, and arranging to ambush her friend at her sister's funeral just because she ended up with "her" (Glinda) guy, and Elphie didn't mean to steal Fiyero from her.
@@broadwaybrook2319 nah. Indirectly apologizing to people who don’t even understand what you did wrong instead of doing it the one you hurt. Is just scummy. That said, I think this song is more about your own feelings and the majority. Like the internet, your past words will haunt you as that one guy brings up a tweet you forgot about. c'est la vie
definitely. especially when she says "Isn't it nice to know That good will conquer evil? The truth we all believe'll by and by" I think its similar to "thank goodness" where shes trying to tell herself that everything is okay and she should be complacent and happy but still feels terrible because she knows that elphaba was really not evil and she's partaking in this system
I absolutely LOVE how Glinda enters the scene by stepping down on her bubbles with those heels! It makes something new out of her appearance in the MGM movie, instead of being just another "yeah, she travels in a ball".
I love how for the crowd 'no one mourns the wicked' is about nobody mourning the 'wicked' witch, but for glinda its her saying elphie _cant_ be wicked as glinda mourning her
@@nicholasjohnston1970 Well, to be fair, some of the slander was actually true dating back to when _The Wonderful Wizard of Oz_ was first written by L. Frank Baum & being retained in all variations of the tale up to & including revisionist author Gregory MacGuire penning _Wicked: The Life & Times of The Wicked Witch of the West_ in 1995 (the main story that the 2003 musical was adapting, however the female writer of the screenplay altered significant key parts of the narrative in an attempt to differentiate the musical from its source material, yet she was clearly not in talks with the marketing team, whose promotional tagline -- invented to draw in the large crowds the musical would continue to rake in even to this day -- was "So much happened before Dorothy dropped in", which intentionally gives the impression that the play being performed is somehow legitimately tied to not only just the 1995 novel which inspired it, but also to the 1939 MGM film & the original L. Frank Baum book which inspired the 1995 novel in itself), in particular the line, "I hear her soul is so unclean, pure water could melt her" (indeed, although her death was feigned on stage strictly to send the live audience in attendance home happy with a bittersweet ending instead of a tragic one, the hard truth remains that in the 1995 novel, much like the 1939 MGM film & L. Frank Baum book which paved the way for it, Elphie officially melts for real, as per the fact that she's meant to be The Wicked Witch of the West, who is canonically KILLED by getting doused with water by Kansas farm girl Dorothy Gale). Here's to hoping that, even though the two films comprising _Wicked_ as a movie WILL incorporate the musical's songs, the fact that Elphie IS The Wicked Witch of the West nonetheless is not lost on the movie makers & she canonically DIES, since she's supposed to be a tragic character.
Fun fact: I had believed for a few years that No One Mourns The Wicked was the last song of the musical, until I saw a production of it at my state’s version of a Broadway theatre. And I think I enjoy it more as the beginning after seeing it live. The song is supposed to set up for what you believe is a tragic tale, how Elphaba was doomed to being called a wicked person from the moment she was born, through no fault of her own. Oz would forever see her as the object of their misfortune, as something to be mocked and ridiculed and hated. They know nothing of the young woman who was abused for years because of her father, who was born different from everyone else because of her cheating mother, and doomed to take care of the child that was really her father’s. Even the Wizard ended up disappointing her, because he turned out to be a con artist and a sham, even when he realized Elphaba was his daughter. Glinda’s mourning the person she considered a friend, but everyone sees her as bringing the happy news that the Wicked Witch is dead. It’s just such a powerful opening, and one that so very contrasts the happy ending Elphaba truly gets, and it’s just so perfect for a twist on a tale that you expect to end with despair.
It's a brilliant twist that it sounds off and discordant when you hear it because you have no idea what's going on, really. But upon relistening it's discordant and chaotic because something IS wrong. And Glinda's distressed "Good news!" near the end hammers it home for real. She sounds SO unhappy. And you don't QUITE catch it fully on the first run, but relistening and it smacks you right in the face.
Something I always loved about this musical is the “dying alone” part. Elphie DIDN’T die alone, Glinda was there for her. Which is just another point proving she wasn’t wicked
I interpret that part as Glinda talking about herself. She's gonna die alone. Her lover and her best friend are dead in her mind and she's left alone. She's calling herself wicked.
Elphie did die alone, actually. G[a]linda wasn't around for Elphie's melting & although "Fiyero" technically was, he was in character as the brainless Scarecrow (in the musical, however, he would eventually return to get Elphie out from beneath the trap door she used to stage her death [which was genuine in the 1995 novel, since in it, both Fiyero and Elphie are killed FOR REAL, Elphie is legitimately melted & Fiyero ISN'T the Scarecrow in the 1995 novel, as this was merely a delusion concocted by Elphie's deteriorating mind within the literary canon, so her official liquidation at the hands of blissfully ignorant farm girl Dorothy Gale & a handy water bucket could be looked at by some as a Mercy Kill], after which they had to permanently depart Oz forever without even letting mutual lover Glinda know that they're still alive, at least as far as stage productions are concerned), so you can't really count that, especially since Fiyero becoming the Scarecrow is exclusive, at least for the time being, to the _Wicked_ musical only, because Fiyero dies & does not reincarnate into the Scarecrow in the 1995 novel upon which the 2003 musical's loosely adapted.
0:32 still crying over your dorothy 😭😭 she's so young and so sad. it really sets up the mood of the whole animatic as tragic. what a wonderful animatic.
2:23 Ooh! I like how you did the Time Dragon Clock! I also like it that when Glinda sings, "The wicked's lives are lonely," it shows Oz's hot-air balloon flying away because Oz was wicked and it wasn't until too late that he realized he had a daughter 5:12 ("The baby is unnaturally GREEEN!") But she's so cute, though!
Ironically, in the 1939 MGM film, all of TWWotW's Winkie guards were also green, so... But then, they already held preconceived resentment against The Wicked Witch of the West, so the moment Judy Garland's 16 year old Dorothy (who was much older than her literary 8-10 year old counterpart) threw that bucket of water that led to the melting scene, the captain of the guards was seemingly stunned, saying, "She's dead, you've killed her!" However, just after Dorothy tried to apologize on behalf of protecting the Scarecrow from being torched, all of the guards knelt down before the 4 principals (and Toto, too), exclaiming, "Hail to Dorothy! The Wicked Witch is Dead!" At which point, Dorothy grabs the charred broomstick to return forthwith to The Emerald City to ask The Wizard once more for her & her newfound friend's promised requests. The 1939 MGM film then strangely omitted a reprise of the very same song sung by the Munchkins (coming off the quite literal heels of the demise of The Wicked Witch of the East [in _Wicked_ she was named "Nessarose", who had been Elphie's crippled half-sister, who presumably has the most recognized pair of striped socks in childhood fantasy film history & the pair of leftover enchanted footwear was apparently ripe for the taking] once Dorothy's airborne farmhouse flattened her at the precise moment that the cyclone carrying it [as far as _Wicked_ is concerned, the tornado was actually summoned by Shiz University Headmistress & The Wizard's press secretary/chief advisor, Madame Morrible to deliberately lure the reclusive Elphaba out of hiding] had suddenly dissipated to crush her underfoot, after which the little people crowned a shocked Dorothy as their new national heroine through the _Ding Dong, The Witch is Dead_ musical number), this time sung by the freed Winkies & The Emerald City citizens, fittingly titled _Ding Dong, Emerald City_ which celebrates "Elphaba" getting canonically melted in the 1939 MGM film. The unused track can be heard here in both outtake & alternative versions: ruclips.net/video/-sxh52qEMmQ/видео.html & ruclips.net/video/wT5hvAQN3Xo/видео.html
I love how in the flashbacks the fashion is Edwardian inspired as opposed to the 1920s style of the “present”. Such great attention to detail. There’s so much more I’d love to say, praising this work, but I’d be here all day. Extremely well done, truly. You should be proud.
Okay, I love the depiction of Glinda as being much older here. It makes sense, as the events of the play are a flashback and this scene takes place years after, so an older/middle-aged Glinda makes sense here. Also, the two guys at 5:51 wouldn't happen to be a cameo, would they? They just look really, really familiar.
This is absolutely stunning! This 100% could be the opening to an animated Wicked movie or the storyboards to a live action Wicked movie! Just- beautiful!
I can picture this 4 the movie. I especially love the part you add Dorothy to show case that this is set during the original story. Amazing work from one artist to another
@@broadwaybrook2319 But they did. "Beautifully tragic" green girl Elphaba Thropp IS The Wicked Witch of the West (naturally influenced by Margaret Hamilton, since Gregory MacGuire had her portrayal of The Wicked Witch of the West on his mind he first wrote _Wicked_ as a politically-charged, LGBTQ+ supportive 1995 novel re-envisioning Baum's fantasy world for rebellious, sardonic teens & jaded young adults). Conversely, dainty sorceress G[a]linda Upland IS the compartmentalization of both Tattypoo (L. Frank Baum's originally uncredited Good Witch of the North, who gave Dorothy the Kiss of Protection that kept her safe from The Wicked Witch of the West [who was drawn by illustrator D.W. Denslow as a hunchbacked crone with one good eye rather than the lasting portrayal of a cackling woman with green skin that she's kept ever since the 1939 film came out] simply using her magical powers against the blissfully ignorant child) & Glinda the Good (she was originally from the southern Quadling county in the original OZ literary canon & it's she who tells Dorothy that she always had the power to go home to boring Dust Bowl era Kansas by harnessing the power of the enchanted footwear, because in the original Baum book, Tattypoo didn't actually know what the Silver Shoes [later changed to Ruby Slippers in the 1939 movie to benefit from the use of Technicolor] were capable of, nor was she really caring to find out, either), no doubt strongly influenced by Billie Burke's portrayal (even if _Wicked_ predominantly depicts Glinda as a straight up "dumb blond" archetype & yet, Glinda in the 1939 movie is a ditzy redhead, so fans who try to link the two like the _Wicked_ producers & marketing team might prefer would probably like to think that Glinda's a strawberry blond, which is how her hair color is able to be a light shade of red in the 1939 MGM film but still appear entirely blond everywhere else, including those projects that are inspired directly by the 1939 MGM film [the 1990 DiC cartoon, _Wicked_ itself in general, Disney's own prequel movie _OZ: The Great & Powerful_ centered around James Franco as the sham Wizard & renaming The Wicked Witch of the West to Theodora, etc.]). Even in the 1939 MGM film decades before _Wicked_ was created, Glinda poo-poos the green woman in the sleek black dress & pointy hat despite being actively threatened by her, so much so that she admonishes her old girlfriend sternly telling her, "Now be gone, before somebody drops a house on you, too!" Almost instinctively, The Wicked Witch of the West looks up nervously before refocusing her attention back to the two ladies in front of her. ~she looks back at Glinda, as if to silently say that she'll concede, at least for now~ "Very well. I'll bide my time." ~she then turns her attention to the still scared Dorothy Gale~ "And as for you, my fine lady, it's true I can't take care of you now as I'd like, but just try to stay out of my way. Just try. I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!" ~she lets out an iconic cackle before leaving in a plume of fiery smoke that Glinda simply fobs off like it was nothing~ "Ooh, what a smell of sulfer!" ~Glinda faces Dorothy to inform her that she's gotten on The Wicked Witch of the West's bad side, as if that wasn't already obvious enough~ "I'm afraid you made a rather bad enemy of The Wicked Witch of the West. The sooner you get out of Oz altogether, the safer you'll sleep, my dear." Likewise, the humbug Wizard, the purportedly brainless Scarecrow (who is only Fiyero reincarnated exclusively for the 2003 _Wicked_ musical, at least for the time being, because in the 1939 MGM film, all three male principals have farmhand counterparts in Kansas [Hunk, Hickory & Zeke] since the events in Oz were "all just a dream" to appeal to the standards of film at a time when fantasy films didn't bode well with theater audiences of that era, but in the original Baum tale & every subsequent iteration that followed, Oz is GENUINELY REAL, with Dorothy Gale actually becoming a permanent resident in one of the later books, at which point LGBTQ+ shipping exists in the form of Dorothy living inside The Emerald City's lavish palace & being the ONLY ONE with a master key to the PRIVATE CHAMBERS of eternally youthful ruling heiress Princess Ozma & as far as that same prevailing continuity is concerned, Nick Chopper remains the Tin Woodsman & Scarecrow romantically gets involved with Scraps the Patchwork Girl), The Tin Man (Boq, the Munchkin with an unrequited infatuation towards a clearly disinterested G[a]linda, only becomes the Tin Man in the 2003 _Wicked_ musical for simplification purposes courtesy of Boq being merged together with Nick Chopper -- the Tin Woodsman of both the original Baum tale & the 1939 MGM film -- although the definitive origin story of the Tin Man differs a bit as it pertains to the version being told), The Cowardly Lion & Dorothy Gale (albeit, only mentioned in passing or shown in silhouette, but never actually seen on stage) are all still included in the _Wicked_ story, even if the story is an inversion of the original plot, since _Wicked_ reshapes the narrative to turn the iconic cackling villain portrayed by Margaret Hamilton into a misunderstood wilting wallflower protagonist originally played on Broadway by Idina Menzel.
While my favourite sequence in this animatic is the final section focused on Glinda, in my opinion the best and most meaningful shot to me in this whole animatic is when the ensemble sings “goodness knows, we know what goodness is” while two well-off women nod to eachother in agreement, totally walking past and ignoring a homeless man on the street to instead focus on revelling in the death of a scapegoat. It’s a simple shot but absolutely fantastic. Great work on this, truly.
This to me felt more like the opening to the second half, hence the EC being the first thing shown and how Glinda has an updo. Still a good job. Lots of work I bet.
The animatic: fantastic, beautiful artwork, masterful use of color, Elphaba in pants, that GLORIOUS IRONY OF “WE ALL KNOW WHAT GOOD IS” AS THE PEOPLE IGNORE THE BEGGAR The lion: •_• (This is a joke, I love everything about this)
I like the perspective used in this video especially with the citizens who are caught in a lie too busy to see the truth. They even claim “we know what goodness is.” This is ironic considering they never knew what goodness was but they use someone who is seen as evil to hide their own wickedness, I don’t think anyone in this world is truthfully not wicked. They hated the animal people to the point they segregated them from themselves, and the only person who treated them properly was Elphaba from the beginning because she truthfully understood what goodness was, but the people saw her actions as wicked despite those actions actually being what goodness was, because although the people know what goodness is, they only know wickedness because that’s what they’ve believed in for the time they’ve lived in Oz.
This is the best wicked animatic I’ve seen!!! The roaring 20s aesthetic, the edwardian fashion in the flashback, “we know what goodness is” visual hypocrisy with the homeless man…the attention to detail is everything
5:11 The way you captured that the baby was ABNORMALLY GREEN and it frightened the shit out of me before I looked for a while and came to the realization that it really is just a normal baby except green but I was still EXTREMELY off-put is amazing!
I really like your Glinda's design and expression! Glinda's complex feelings about the death of a best friend, saying that it is good news, are well expressed in her expression.
i love the sheer amount of detail you put into the costume design ! the present day fashions very much give off late 1910s going into 1920s vibes, skirts are getting shorter (2:28) and the dresses look more cylindrical (2:45). but then when you switch to the flashback, it's full edwardian ! you can really see the pigeon-breast bodice and slight remnant of the 1870s bustle on elfaba's mother's skirt (3:50). it's a subtle but highly effective way of showing how time has passed ! it's also a nice callback to the original story, since it came out in the 1900s. bravo! (also interesting to note that Glenda's dress seems a little out of fashion, giving 1915 vibes? though that might just be creative liberty and the artist's part haha. saw quite a few 1940s silhouettes in the crowd. anyway I've rambled long enough. kudos to whoever read this far)
I am so glad youtube recommended me this, as this is one of the best animatics I've seen yet! The use of color, excellent designs of even background characters (I must also voice approval of your Glinda design!), the framing of each drawing, it all comes together perfectly!
i feel like the other amazing shots have made people miss the "the wicked's lives are lonely" shot focusing on the wizard all alone in the sky by himself 2:49
This is so so so incredible and words can't describe how much I adore it. Your design for Glinda is my new favorite! Also, the shot at 5:48 with the women walking past the homeless man without helping him while singing "we know what goodness is" was just [chef's kiss] so good. it's a little moment that really drives home everything that's wrong with Oz. awesome work!!
THIS IS STUNNING omg. It deserves so many more likes and views, honestly it's so amazingly DONE, the style is magnificent and the best thing is it doesn't stop with the lyrics but actually elaborates and tells you a story, honestly BRAVO!! The part with the cape at 3:46 - 3:48??? AMAZING, I literally gasped out loud.
there are a million incredible things to say about this beautiful piece of work---the transition to "so you see, it couldn't have been easy" to the shot of baby elphaba beginning to cry as she is taken away from her mother, being carried in such a way that all she can see is a room full of people all too scared to look at her...the look of remorse on the nursemaids face...the fact that the camera cuts away before we can see her mother's reaction to the baby and instead focuses on the disgust of her father....I got goosebumps.
Omg that was Amazing! So well made, and I loved all your designs (Elphaba in pants? Genius! She looks so much like herself) the credits at the beginning were so funny too... Not me liking this better than my own shit😭
It's funny how in the song "the wizard and I" elphie sings "but I swear some day the there'll be a celebrarion throughout Oz that's all to do with me!" AND IT LITERALLY HAPPENED JUST NOT THE WAY SHE IMAGINED
wow, i'm seriously impressed! each frame has so much personality... everything flows beautifully, with your pacing, transitions, and solid perspective changes. you clearly had a vision for tying this song together (which can be difficult, with all the distinct parts) and you executed it so so well. i'm so glad i got this in my recommended :D
I mean her being green from the green elixir is so Oz. And elphaba not being a bad guy is so Oz. The whole place is Topsy turvy and silly and (usually slightly) menacing
This is the best animatic of this song on RUclips. I love how you've depicted Oz here. The early 20th century aesthetic works so, so well! I also really love the inclusion of Dorothy here, it's a very nice touch! You also really highlight the masses believing what they're told about the "Wicked Witch" as well with the Oz-wide view we get. The use of color is perfectly picked! I also love the calling out of the Ozians' hypocrisy with "and goodness knows, we know what goodness is" and showing the homeless man. It really highlights the undercurrents in the song of the gullible masses falling for the propaganda pushed by the Wizard and Madame Morrible. Truly, great work! This deserves so many more views!
Glindas subtle hints of trying to get across to the public that elphie wasn’t that bad are probably the saddest thing in this song- For example: When Glinda says “ So you see, it couldn’t have been easy. “ is a representation of her mourning and desperation to try and get people to realise, that elphaba wasn’t a bad person. But right after she says that she’s cut off with a loud burst of the crowd singing: “ NO ONE MOURNS THE WICKED! “ Which is basically an example of how ignorant ( And brainwashed ) the people of Oz are!
This is AMAZING! I love what you've done with the costumes and time period- making it feel more real and in our world. I also love how you open this song with the close of the original OZ movie. The settings are dynamic and help give us a sense of time and place, while also establishing the broader world of Oz. There are so many characters in your scenes I want to know more about! And when you had baby Elphaba reach out for her parents while crying... my heart broke.
When the crowds says the Wicked die along, think about how Glinda feels. She’s alone, she believes Elphaba is dead and Fiyero is lost or dead. The only people she has is Oz, who don’t know how she truly feels. Do you think Glinda feels guilty and feels like she’s a Wicked?
Fun fact: to make the green elixir (DO NOT DRINK): crack green or yellow glow sticks, mix (together) with green mouthwash, pour and store in a vile, preferably sealed with a cork. Give a little shimmie, a little shoulder if you're feelin zesty, shake and now you'll have yourself a little "mixture"
It's more common for those who have had a tragic backstory to be heroes than villains. But... Because she was faced ridicule and backlash, betrayal from towers no matter how kind she was.
This animatic is so impressive. It's able to pay tribute to the original musical as well as making its own creative design choices. You should find a job as an art designer for film or theater because I really want to see this conceived into reality.
Thank you so much for making this animatic. This is the first one that I have seen of this song. I love Wicked so much, it’s in my top 3 favourite musicals. I loved every second of your work. Thank you so much again.
Thank you for watching! There are a lot of fun moments in this song, but even I wondered if I should've gone with one of the more popular songs when I realized there was nearly a minute of instrumental at the beginning ;) Glad I stuck with it.
You did an amazing job anyway! I’m glad you stuck with your choice too by doing the clip of the Wizard of Oz ending. It was a nice to tie it in and show what happens at the start of the musical (when the film ends). Thank you again.
I have no words. This is such a perfect intro to a full animated movie that I am freaking out. It DESERVES to be a full movie exactly like this. omg I'm blown AWAY.
For once I thank youtube recommendations, I found this and I'm just sosososo happy. You really nailed everything the opening number tries to show. And like someone else said this musical deserves to be made in 2d animation with the original cast.
When I was a little kid (no idea how), I'd always heard Glinda sing 'Elphaba' in the end, even though she's very clearly singing 'good news'. no clue how or why I thought this...but it actually kind of works
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The fact that elphie was green because her mother cheated and then her mother let her take the brunt of her father's disdain is never talked about enough.
To be fair, her father did believe it was her mother's fault and indirectly killed her because of it. It's not exactly true that Elphaba's mother didn't suffer
I mean, she died because the father blamed her. There was just no one else to blame besides Elphaba after she died.
I thought she was green because of the green elixer?
@@rat7791 yeah because her mom drank it elphie came out green, that's what I meant.
@@prowlandsasuke And it's sad that the child has to suffer from the parent's mistake (Elphie in regards to her mom's affair).
the shot of the ladies singing "we know what goodness is" while ignoring the homeless man was ge-ni-us
When was that?
@@dogninja7360 5:46
It really is a perfect summation of the whole play. They call it “good” and “wicked” but they mean “neat and proper” and “those who don’t fit in”.
"The wickedest witch there ever was" was also a good depiction (people gambling in the scene)
I do get chills every time I realize that even as everyone is saying 'no one mourns the wicked', Glinda is mourning right in front of them, but this animatic visualizes it and really drives home how much Glinda is in the public eye. She can see everything: how happy they are, how many lies they've been fed, how hypocritical everyone including herself is. But she won't, or can't, step down from her pedestal, and so will tell the story of her dear friend in the only way she can.
It's really, "No, One Mourns The Wicked."
@@broadwaybrook2319 my friend, linguistic modifications to 'punctuate' a storytelling point? kiss me right now.
@@broadwaybrook2319 SO MUCH IRONY god this story has so much soul.
I keep observing that Glinda is in too deep and has no skills to change corse so she is helplessly swept along the current of mistaken perceptions
@@watch50erIt is, as anthropology describes, a case of bottom up; the bottom of society wants to go a certain path or direction (for instance blaming a single group for something/anything) and the top of the society has to follow.
In this instance; the people of Oz wants to believe that the wizard is awesome, and wants to believe what he says is the truth. And even if the wizard is removed, the will of the people remain the same, so Glinda cannot do anything about the situation. When time passes by, people forget and the whole issue will never be resolved.
And yes, a manipulator such as the wizard can guide/pull a society on a certain route, but only as fast as a society wants. So in a way, the people of Oz are even more to blame than the wizard.
"We know what goodness is" as they walk past a homeless man is just MWUH *chefs kiss*
The irony lol
From the looks of it, Dorothy knew Elphaba was never evil and felt terrible for 'killing' her.
I’m going with the interpretation that this is DEFINITELY an alternate universe and while Dorothy would have had the grace to understand/ be patient and kind if she was told the truth, she never was. Dorothy is just a poor girl that was accidentally swept up in the house meant to conveniently “accident” Elfie’s sister away… after that, the final straw had been dropped and Elphaba was not on speaking terms with almost everyone especially not a clueless twit who’s house killed the last of her family.
@@watch50er You don't need an alternate universe for that. This is more or less the intention for the original Wicked novel to make you think of as you watch/read The Wizard of Oz, so more than anything it just means the story is doing its job :0c
if you pay attention in the opening shots, you can see Dorothy reaching up and the Wizard flying away in the hot air balloon. She then is sad because she thinks she cant get home. It has nothing to do with the death of the Witch. and since she thought elphie was trying to murder her, why would she be sad?
If I recall correctly, in the Wizard of Oz 1939 film, Dorothy says "I didn't mean to kill her, really I didn't. It's just that he (the Scarecrow) was on fire."
@@peysterkids9481 stop ruining the vibe
I still think this show should be converted into a 2d animated movie with vocal performances by the original cast
Ah, took the words right out of my heart
There's an animatic by Ranbu from Wicked, I think its called defying gravity. If you were looking for more 2D animation of Wicked
princepeterwolf, I'm all on your side!!
@@alexandrananette6278 if the movie was in your style I'd watch it so many times this animatic is genuinely beautiful!!
awsome idea! someone should turn this into the next hamilton of animatics!
Lmao the people that saw Dorothy disappear look so HORRIFIED 😭
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I really like the roaring 20s design of the whole land of Oz. While the musical’s costumes have been described as “Victorian era” I feel like this version fits a lot better with the whole affair song. Makes it feel a lot more swingy.
Thank you! I found I could do a lot more with the girls and fashion variation when I left the Victorian Era behind. I fashioned the main storyline's costumes in the 1930-1945 styles, with the parents' flashback in about the Edwardian Era. I'm glad the energy works!
I think Susan Hilferty describes them as "twisted Edwardian"
Funny enough, the german version recently leaned more into the 1920s aspects so it matches
I assume its meant to be late victorian/ edwardian, considering the book was written in 1900.
@@blah7983 it’s actually supposed to take place around 1939 seeing as that’s when the original wizard of oz takes place and Dorothy is obviously in wicked.
Do you also think that Glinda was also somehow talking about herself when she said that the Wicked end up all alone??
That she regretted her actions?
Didn’t think of that. I saw it as her trying to make people look at the bigger picture, and warn them. That they’re actually being wicked .. so it felt ironic
@@Dang_what_that_frenchfry_do Since she was wicked from she teaming up with the Wizard and Morrible, and arranging to ambush her friend at her sister's funeral just because she ended up with "her" (Glinda) guy, and Elphie didn't mean to steal Fiyero from her.
@@broadwaybrook2319 nah. Indirectly apologizing to people who don’t even understand what you did wrong instead of doing it the one you hurt.
Is just scummy. That said, I think this song is more about your own feelings and the majority. Like the internet, your past words will haunt you as that one guy brings up a tweet you forgot about. c'est la vie
definitely. especially when she says "Isn't it nice to know
That good will conquer evil?
The truth we all believe'll by and by" I think its similar to "thank goodness" where shes trying to tell herself that everything is okay and she should be complacent and happy but still feels terrible because she knows that elphaba was really not evil and she's partaking in this system
Probably. She was pretty alone at the end of the play
I absolutely LOVE how Glinda enters the scene by stepping down on her bubbles with those heels! It makes something new out of her appearance in the MGM movie, instead of being just another "yeah, she travels in a ball".
Legit I was like wait is she in the bubble?and then she stomps down on those sick heels
Yea
I love how for the crowd 'no one mourns the wicked' is about nobody mourning the 'wicked' witch, but for glinda its her saying elphie _cant_ be wicked as glinda mourning her
Im absolutely in love with this, I'm especially fond of her bubbles looking like tears, like her magic is mourning.
3:43 “She had a father, she had a mother,”
These people who apparently thought she manifested out of thin air: •O•
In a completely wicked boom she manifested her wicked body and her wicked hair and her wicked outfit,
Well none of them are very...bright so I wouldn't put it past them.
@@A_Jester13 "Or, like Munchkins, so SMALL-minded." (Slight racist joke)
Yeah. They’re dehumanising her throughout the entire show to the point where they just make up random stuff about her
@@nicholasjohnston1970 Well, to be fair, some of the slander was actually true dating back to when _The Wonderful Wizard of Oz_ was first written by L. Frank Baum & being retained in all variations of the tale up to & including revisionist author Gregory MacGuire penning _Wicked: The Life & Times of The Wicked Witch of the West_ in 1995 (the main story that the 2003 musical was adapting, however the female writer of the screenplay altered significant key parts of the narrative in an attempt to differentiate the musical from its source material, yet she was clearly not in talks with the marketing team, whose promotional tagline -- invented to draw in the large crowds the musical would continue to rake in even to this day -- was "So much happened before Dorothy dropped in", which intentionally gives the impression that the play being performed is somehow legitimately tied to not only just the 1995 novel which inspired it, but also to the 1939 MGM film & the original L. Frank Baum book which inspired the 1995 novel in itself), in particular the line, "I hear her soul is so unclean, pure water could melt her" (indeed, although her death was feigned on stage strictly to send the live audience in attendance home happy with a bittersweet ending instead of a tragic one, the hard truth remains that in the 1995 novel, much like the 1939 MGM film & L. Frank Baum book which paved the way for it, Elphie officially melts for real, as per the fact that she's meant to be The Wicked Witch of the West, who is canonically KILLED by getting doused with water by Kansas farm girl Dorothy Gale).
Here's to hoping that, even though the two films comprising _Wicked_ as a movie WILL incorporate the musical's songs, the fact that Elphie IS The Wicked Witch of the West nonetheless is not lost on the movie makers & she canonically DIES, since she's supposed to be a tragic character.
Everyone:SHES DEAD YAY
Glinda: :(
Fun fact: I had believed for a few years that No One Mourns The Wicked was the last song of the musical, until I saw a production of it at my state’s version of a Broadway theatre. And I think I enjoy it more as the beginning after seeing it live. The song is supposed to set up for what you believe is a tragic tale, how Elphaba was doomed to being called a wicked person from the moment she was born, through no fault of her own. Oz would forever see her as the object of their misfortune, as something to be mocked and ridiculed and hated. They know nothing of the young woman who was abused for years because of her father, who was born different from everyone else because of her cheating mother, and doomed to take care of the child that was really her father’s. Even the Wizard ended up disappointing her, because he turned out to be a con artist and a sham, even when he realized Elphaba was his daughter. Glinda’s mourning the person she considered a friend, but everyone sees her as bringing the happy news that the Wicked Witch is dead. It’s just such a powerful opening, and one that so very contrasts the happy ending Elphaba truly gets, and it’s just so perfect for a twist on a tale that you expect to end with despair.
It's a brilliant twist that it sounds off and discordant when you hear it because you have no idea what's going on, really. But upon relistening it's discordant and chaotic because something IS wrong. And Glinda's distressed "Good news!" near the end hammers it home for real. She sounds SO unhappy. And you don't QUITE catch it fully on the first run, but relistening and it smacks you right in the face.
I love the little detail of them walking past the homeless man singing “now we know what goodness is” such a beautiful drawing style as well!
Something I always loved about this musical is the “dying alone” part. Elphie DIDN’T die alone, Glinda was there for her. Which is just another point proving she wasn’t wicked
I interpret that part as Glinda talking about herself. She's gonna die alone. Her lover and her best friend are dead in her mind and she's left alone. She's calling herself wicked.
@@a_mc1569 Awww… no my heart… nooooo
@@a_mc1569 Her lovers, pural. Glinda and Elphie are canonically BISEXUAL. They each both loved Fiyero....and EACH OTHER.
Elphie did die alone, actually. G[a]linda wasn't around for Elphie's melting & although "Fiyero" technically was, he was in character as the brainless Scarecrow (in the musical, however, he would eventually return to get Elphie out from beneath the trap door she used to stage her death [which was genuine in the 1995 novel, since in it, both Fiyero and Elphie are killed FOR REAL, Elphie is legitimately melted & Fiyero ISN'T the Scarecrow in the 1995 novel, as this was merely a delusion concocted by Elphie's deteriorating mind within the literary canon, so her official liquidation at the hands of blissfully ignorant farm girl Dorothy Gale & a handy water bucket could be looked at by some as a Mercy Kill], after which they had to permanently depart Oz forever without even letting mutual lover Glinda know that they're still alive, at least as far as stage productions are concerned), so you can't really count that, especially since Fiyero becoming the Scarecrow is exclusive, at least for the time being, to the _Wicked_ musical only, because Fiyero dies & does not reincarnate into the Scarecrow in the 1995 novel upon which the 2003 musical's loosely adapted.
@@TherealRNOwwfpooh when was that confirmed?
Every time I hear this song and when Glinda goes “She died alone” I JUST WANT TO CRY
I'm sorry, I just couldn't help but cackle at the drawing of the green baby. You drew well, it just looked so funny
I love how when they zoom it’s like a very rough sketch of a green baby too.
0:32 still crying over your dorothy 😭😭 she's so young and so sad. it really sets up the mood of the whole animatic as tragic. what a wonderful animatic.
Coming back to Wicked animatics after the movie, these fanworks are still incredible and timeless
2:23 Ooh! I like how you did the Time Dragon Clock! I also like it that when Glinda sings, "The wicked's lives are lonely," it shows Oz's hot-air balloon flying away because Oz was wicked and it wasn't until too late that he realized he had a daughter
5:12 ("The baby is unnaturally GREEEN!") But she's so cute, though!
Ironically, in the 1939 MGM film, all of TWWotW's Winkie guards were also green, so...
But then, they already held preconceived resentment against The Wicked Witch of the West, so the moment Judy Garland's 16 year old Dorothy (who was much older than her literary 8-10 year old counterpart) threw that bucket of water that led to the melting scene, the captain of the guards was seemingly stunned, saying, "She's dead, you've killed her!" However, just after Dorothy tried to apologize on behalf of protecting the Scarecrow from being torched, all of the guards knelt down before the 4 principals (and Toto, too), exclaiming, "Hail to Dorothy! The Wicked Witch is Dead!" At which point, Dorothy grabs the charred broomstick to return forthwith to The Emerald City to ask The Wizard once more for her & her newfound friend's promised requests.
The 1939 MGM film then strangely omitted a reprise of the very same song sung by the Munchkins (coming off the quite literal heels of the demise of The Wicked Witch of the East [in _Wicked_ she was named "Nessarose", who had been Elphie's crippled half-sister, who presumably has the most recognized pair of striped socks in childhood fantasy film history & the pair of leftover enchanted footwear was apparently ripe for the taking] once Dorothy's airborne farmhouse flattened her at the precise moment that the cyclone carrying it [as far as _Wicked_ is concerned, the tornado was actually summoned by Shiz University Headmistress & The Wizard's press secretary/chief advisor, Madame Morrible to deliberately lure the reclusive Elphaba out of hiding] had suddenly dissipated to crush her underfoot, after which the little people crowned a shocked Dorothy as their new national heroine through the _Ding Dong, The Witch is Dead_ musical number), this time sung by the freed Winkies & The Emerald City citizens, fittingly titled _Ding Dong, Emerald City_ which celebrates "Elphaba" getting canonically melted in the 1939 MGM film. The unused track can be heard here in both outtake & alternative versions: ruclips.net/video/-sxh52qEMmQ/видео.html & ruclips.net/video/wT5hvAQN3Xo/видео.html
I love how in the flashbacks the fashion is Edwardian inspired as opposed to the 1920s style of the “present”. Such great attention to detail. There’s so much more I’d love to say, praising this work, but I’d be here all day. Extremely well done, truly. You should be proud.
Okay, I love the depiction of Glinda as being much older here. It makes sense, as the events of the play are a flashback and this scene takes place years after, so an older/middle-aged Glinda makes sense here.
Also, the two guys at 5:51 wouldn't happen to be a cameo, would they? They just look really, really familiar.
they look familiar to me too but I have no idea!!
“no one mourns the wicked”
my brother in christ you made the option to
This is absolutely stunning! This 100% could be the opening to an animated Wicked movie or the storyboards to a live action Wicked movie! Just- beautiful!
I know right! That's exactly what I was thinking, based on the way they did the opening credits. It looks very professional
ok i love this so here are a few of my favourite details...
- the two girls dancing as a couple at the end
This is fantastic, I'm in tears. I especially like the fashion choices and how they jump back a few decades during the flashback
Yay! Thank you for noticing! It was so short, I wondered if anyone would notice. :)
I can picture this 4 the movie. I especially love the part you add Dorothy to show case that this is set during the original story. Amazing work from one artist to another
Since in the show, they didn't want to distract from the show's characters by physically including "Wizard of Oz" characters
@@broadwaybrook2319 But they did.
"Beautifully tragic" green girl Elphaba Thropp IS The Wicked Witch of the West (naturally influenced by Margaret Hamilton, since Gregory MacGuire had her portrayal of The Wicked Witch of the West on his mind he first wrote _Wicked_ as a politically-charged, LGBTQ+ supportive 1995 novel re-envisioning Baum's fantasy world for rebellious, sardonic teens & jaded young adults).
Conversely, dainty sorceress G[a]linda Upland IS the compartmentalization of both Tattypoo (L. Frank Baum's originally uncredited Good Witch of the North, who gave Dorothy the Kiss of Protection that kept her safe from The Wicked Witch of the West [who was drawn by illustrator D.W. Denslow as a hunchbacked crone with one good eye rather than the lasting portrayal of a cackling woman with green skin that she's kept ever since the 1939 film came out] simply using her magical powers against the blissfully ignorant child) & Glinda the Good (she was originally from the southern Quadling county in the original OZ literary canon & it's she who tells Dorothy that she always had the power to go home to boring Dust Bowl era Kansas by harnessing the power of the enchanted footwear, because in the original Baum book, Tattypoo didn't actually know what the Silver Shoes [later changed to Ruby Slippers in the 1939 movie to benefit from the use of Technicolor] were capable of, nor was she really caring to find out, either), no doubt strongly influenced by Billie Burke's portrayal (even if _Wicked_ predominantly depicts Glinda as a straight up "dumb blond" archetype & yet, Glinda in the 1939 movie is a ditzy redhead, so fans who try to link the two like the _Wicked_ producers & marketing team might prefer would probably like to think that Glinda's a strawberry blond, which is how her hair color is able to be a light shade of red in the 1939 MGM film but still appear entirely blond everywhere else, including those projects that are inspired directly by the 1939 MGM film [the 1990 DiC cartoon, _Wicked_ itself in general, Disney's own prequel movie _OZ: The Great & Powerful_ centered around James Franco as the sham Wizard & renaming The Wicked Witch of the West to Theodora, etc.]).
Even in the 1939 MGM film decades before _Wicked_ was created, Glinda poo-poos the green woman in the sleek black dress & pointy hat despite being actively threatened by her, so much so that she admonishes her old girlfriend sternly telling her, "Now be gone, before somebody drops a house on you, too!"
Almost instinctively, The Wicked Witch of the West looks up nervously before refocusing her attention back to the two ladies in front of her. ~she looks back at Glinda, as if to silently say that she'll concede, at least for now~ "Very well. I'll bide my time." ~she then turns her attention to the still scared Dorothy Gale~ "And as for you, my fine lady, it's true I can't take care of you now as I'd like, but just try to stay out of my way. Just try. I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!" ~she lets out an iconic cackle before leaving in a plume of fiery smoke that Glinda simply fobs off like it was nothing~ "Ooh, what a smell of sulfer!" ~Glinda faces Dorothy to inform her that she's gotten on The Wicked Witch of the West's bad side, as if that wasn't already obvious enough~ "I'm afraid you made a rather bad enemy of The Wicked Witch of the West. The sooner you get out of Oz altogether, the safer you'll sleep, my dear."
Likewise, the humbug Wizard, the purportedly brainless Scarecrow (who is only Fiyero reincarnated exclusively for the 2003 _Wicked_ musical, at least for the time being, because in the 1939 MGM film, all three male principals have farmhand counterparts in Kansas [Hunk, Hickory & Zeke] since the events in Oz were "all just a dream" to appeal to the standards of film at a time when fantasy films didn't bode well with theater audiences of that era, but in the original Baum tale & every subsequent iteration that followed, Oz is GENUINELY REAL, with Dorothy Gale actually becoming a permanent resident in one of the later books, at which point LGBTQ+ shipping exists in the form of Dorothy living inside The Emerald City's lavish palace & being the ONLY ONE with a master key to the PRIVATE CHAMBERS of eternally youthful ruling heiress Princess Ozma & as far as that same prevailing continuity is concerned, Nick Chopper remains the Tin Woodsman & Scarecrow romantically gets involved with Scraps the Patchwork Girl), The Tin Man (Boq, the Munchkin with an unrequited infatuation towards a clearly disinterested G[a]linda, only becomes the Tin Man in the 2003 _Wicked_ musical for simplification purposes courtesy of Boq being merged together with Nick Chopper -- the Tin Woodsman of both the original Baum tale & the 1939 MGM film -- although the definitive origin story of the Tin Man differs a bit as it pertains to the version being told), The Cowardly Lion & Dorothy Gale (albeit, only mentioned in passing or shown in silhouette, but never actually seen on stage) are all still included in the _Wicked_ story, even if the story is an inversion of the original plot, since _Wicked_ reshapes the narrative to turn the iconic cackling villain portrayed by Margaret Hamilton into a misunderstood wilting wallflower protagonist originally played on Broadway by Idina Menzel.
While my favourite sequence in this animatic is the final section focused on Glinda, in my opinion the best and most meaningful shot to me in this whole animatic is when the ensemble sings “goodness knows, we know what goodness is” while two well-off women nod to eachother in agreement, totally walking past and ignoring a homeless man on the street to instead focus on revelling in the death of a scapegoat. It’s a simple shot but absolutely fantastic. Great work on this, truly.
This to me felt more like the opening to the second half, hence the EC being the first thing shown and how Glinda has an updo. Still a good job. Lots of work I bet.
You're not wrong, since this song takes place at the end of both acts, linearly, and sets the stage for the flashback main storyline. Thank you!
The animatic: fantastic, beautiful artwork, masterful use of color, Elphaba in pants, that GLORIOUS IRONY OF “WE ALL KNOW WHAT GOOD IS” AS THE PEOPLE IGNORE THE BEGGAR
The lion: •_•
(This is a joke, I love everything about this)
While not exactly a 1 for 1, it's funny how both you and the live action version managed to capture the same vibes
I like the perspective used in this video especially with the citizens who are caught in a lie too busy to see the truth. They even claim “we know what goodness is.” This is ironic considering they never knew what goodness was but they use someone who is seen as evil to hide their own wickedness, I don’t think anyone in this world is truthfully not wicked. They hated the animal people to the point they segregated them from themselves, and the only person who treated them properly was Elphaba from the beginning because she truthfully understood what goodness was, but the people saw her actions as wicked despite those actions actually being what goodness was, because although the people know what goodness is, they only know wickedness because that’s what they’ve believed in for the time they’ve lived in Oz.
This is the best wicked animatic I’ve seen!!! The roaring 20s aesthetic, the edwardian fashion in the flashback, “we know what goodness is” visual hypocrisy with the homeless man…the attention to detail is everything
i love it! its amazing!
off topic but the little "have another drink my dark eyed beauty" is my favorite thing in the entirre musical
How come?
I love it too! The way they sing it… the beat of that part in general…
it does kinda scratch my brain but idk why
“have another drink, my ✨💕d a r k e y e d b e a u t y💕✨”
Dorothy clicking her heels and leaving would be the best opening scene. This animation was everything!
Excuse me why is nobody talking about how adorable baby Elphaba is?!?! Shes so tiny!!! 5:14
5:11 The way you captured that the baby was ABNORMALLY GREEN and it frightened the shit out of me before I looked for a while and came to the realization that it really is just a normal baby except green but I was still EXTREMELY off-put is amazing!
Love that the bubbles almost look like glinda's tears at 6:13
That was really well done! I especially love your design for Glinda
My first thought when I saw her was: genderbent Aziraphale
I really like your Glinda's design and expression! Glinda's complex feelings about the death of a best friend, saying that it is good news, are well expressed in her expression.
IM BACK TO SAY THAT THIS STARTING OFF WITH DOROTHY IS INSANE!!!!!!!
i love the sheer amount of detail you put into the costume design ! the present day fashions very much give off late 1910s going into 1920s vibes, skirts are getting shorter (2:28) and the dresses look more cylindrical (2:45). but then when you switch to the flashback, it's full edwardian ! you can really see the pigeon-breast bodice and slight remnant of the 1870s bustle on elfaba's mother's skirt (3:50). it's a subtle but highly effective way of showing how time has passed ! it's also a nice callback to the original story, since it came out in the 1900s. bravo! (also interesting to note that Glenda's dress seems a little out of fashion, giving 1915 vibes? though that might just be creative liberty and the artist's part haha. saw quite a few 1940s silhouettes in the crowd. anyway I've rambled long enough. kudos to whoever read this far)
1:41 HOLD YOUR GD HORSES! Not Glinda stuntin’ on the bubbles. Who gave you the authority? ❤❤❤❤
I am so glad youtube recommended me this, as this is one of the best animatics I've seen yet! The use of color, excellent designs of even background characters (I must also voice approval of your Glinda design!), the framing of each drawing, it all comes together perfectly!
i feel like the other amazing shots have made people miss the "the wicked's lives are lonely" shot focusing on the wizard all alone in the sky by himself 2:49
This is so so so incredible and words can't describe how much I adore it. Your design for Glinda is my new favorite! Also, the shot at 5:48 with the women walking past the homeless man without helping him while singing "we know what goodness is" was just [chef's kiss] so good. it's a little moment that really drives home everything that's wrong with Oz. awesome work!!
Nice animatic! I like your style and the expressions are quite nice!
Also, the "GREEEEEN" is so dramatic lol.
This is one of the most beautiful wicked animatics I've ever seen, all the details were amazing!!
Indeed, aside from "Madame Morrible's Monologue" by Bagman
*This animation perfectly matches every lyrics in the song*
Have you ever thought that the fact that glinda mourns elphaba emphasizes discreetly the fact that elphie was indeed not wicked at all
THIS IS STUNNING omg.
It deserves so many more likes and views, honestly it's so amazingly DONE, the style is magnificent and the best thing is it doesn't stop with the lyrics but actually elaborates and tells you a story, honestly BRAVO!!
The part with the cape at 3:46 - 3:48??? AMAZING, I literally gasped out loud.
there are a million incredible things to say about this beautiful piece of work---the transition to "so you see, it couldn't have been easy" to the shot of baby elphaba beginning to cry as she is taken away from her mother, being carried in such a way that all she can see is a room full of people all too scared to look at her...the look of remorse on the nursemaids face...the fact that the camera cuts away before we can see her mother's reaction to the baby and instead focuses on the disgust of her father....I got goosebumps.
Words can’t describe how much I love this… it’s just amazing great work 👍
Omg that was Amazing! So well made, and I loved all your designs (Elphaba in pants? Genius! She looks so much like herself) the credits at the beginning were so funny too... Not me liking this better than my own shit😭
I feel like I'm watching a storybook read aloud and I love it
It's funny how in the song "the wizard and I" elphie sings "but I swear some day the there'll be a celebrarion throughout Oz that's all to do with me!" AND IT LITERALLY HAPPENED JUST NOT THE WAY SHE IMAGINED
I loved the depiction of glinda walking down on a bunch of bubbles instead of her being inside a Giant bubble flying through the air
wow, i'm seriously impressed! each frame has so much personality... everything flows beautifully, with your pacing, transitions, and solid perspective changes. you clearly had a vision for tying this song together (which can be difficult, with all the distinct parts) and you executed it so so well. i'm so glad i got this in my recommended :D
I mean her being green from the green elixir is so Oz.
And elphaba not being a bad guy is so Oz.
The whole place is Topsy turvy and silly and (usually slightly) menacing
2:28 i love the lady that’s just walking her lizard
I feel like Glinda was trying to throw bubbles instead of tears.
why am i so obsessed with the beat on the bit about the green elixir
and THAT'S how you do visual storytelling! amazing.
I love your interpretation of "traveling by bubble"!!
Glinda singing "She died alone" with the bubbles looking like tears. I cant-
Would absolutely kill for a fully animated version of wicked set to the original soundtrack, holy hell. GREAT job!
This is the best animatic of this song on RUclips. I love how you've depicted Oz here. The early 20th century aesthetic works so, so well! I also really love the inclusion of Dorothy here, it's a very nice touch!
You also really highlight the masses believing what they're told about the "Wicked Witch" as well with the Oz-wide view we get. The use of color is perfectly picked!
I also love the calling out of the Ozians' hypocrisy with "and goodness knows, we know what goodness is" and showing the homeless man. It really highlights the undercurrents in the song of the gullible masses falling for the propaganda pushed by the Wizard and Madame Morrible.
Truly, great work! This deserves so many more views!
“No one mourns the Wicked” shows Glinda knew she wasn’t Wicked, so she was mourning.
I JUST died watching this piece of ART. this starting off with Dorothy being left in OZ GOES CRAZY!!!! you should be so proud of yourself
I cant wait to see how the movie opens with yhis music.
2:57 Poor little Elphie! She didn't do anything wrong, it wasn't her fault that she was born green
This is what we need, not a live action give us an animated version of Wicked w/ og cast.
Glindas subtle hints of trying to get across to the public that elphie wasn’t that bad are probably the saddest thing in this song- For example: When Glinda says “ So you see, it couldn’t have been easy. “ is a representation of her mourning and desperation to try and get people to realise, that elphaba wasn’t a bad person. But right after she says that she’s cut off with a loud burst of the crowd singing: “ NO ONE MOURNS THE WICKED! “ Which is basically an example of how ignorant ( And brainwashed ) the people of Oz are!
This is AMAZING! I love what you've done with the costumes and time period- making it feel more real and in our world. I also love how you open this song with the close of the original OZ movie. The settings are dynamic and help give us a sense of time and place, while also establishing the broader world of Oz. There are so many characters in your scenes I want to know more about! And when you had baby Elphaba reach out for her parents while crying... my heart broke.
She drank a bottle of efficascent
While I adored every part of this my dumb sleep addled brain just thought "pantsuit? Good for you elphie."
When the crowds says the Wicked die along, think about how Glinda feels. She’s alone, she believes Elphaba is dead and Fiyero is lost or dead. The only people she has is Oz, who don’t know how she truly feels. Do you think Glinda feels guilty and feels like she’s a Wicked?
Fun fact: to make the green elixir (DO NOT DRINK): crack green or yellow glow sticks, mix (together) with green mouthwash, pour and store in a vile, preferably sealed with a cork. Give a little shimmie, a little shoulder if you're feelin zesty, shake and now you'll have yourself a little "mixture"
I adored everything about this!!
This is gorgeous. Glinda's and Elphaba's design suprised me. Especialy Glinda's. They are really original and lovely
omg why is this kinda spot on with the movie
It's more common for those who have had a tragic backstory to be heroes than villains. But... Because she was faced ridicule and backlash, betrayal from towers no matter how kind she was.
This animatic is so impressive. It's able to pay tribute to the original musical as well as making its own creative design choices. You should find a job as an art designer for film or theater because I really want to see this conceived into reality.
criminally underrated, love this
This is absolutely incredible! Thank you so much for doing this and sharing it!
Absolutely incredible animatic! You’re extremely underrated!
Thank you so much for making this animatic. This is the first one that I have seen of this song. I love Wicked so much, it’s in my top 3 favourite musicals. I loved every second of your work. Thank you so much again.
Thank you for watching! There are a lot of fun moments in this song, but even I wondered if I should've gone with one of the more popular songs when I realized there was nearly a minute of instrumental at the beginning ;) Glad I stuck with it.
You did an amazing job anyway! I’m glad you stuck with your choice too by doing the clip of the Wizard of Oz ending. It was a nice to tie it in and show what happens at the start of the musical (when the film ends). Thank you again.
I have no words. This is such a perfect intro to a full animated movie that I am freaking out. It DESERVES to be a full movie exactly like this. omg I'm blown AWAY.
I absolutley love how you drew glinda and that she fits in the style
I don't care how many times I saw the musical as I worked event staffing the story of Elphaba still tugs at my heart even through the music.
Can you imagine ever frozen characters re-enact this musical
Fun fact when I finally got to see this on Broadway I cried at this song X’D
Honestly I don't think there's anyone who saw this and didn't get a little emotional. [Although I don't have the money for Broadway, personally.]
Ho-ly-crap that was amazing! Beautiful visual choices made here, and excellent cinematography! Well done!!!
You don't know how long I've been waiting for a good animatic of this song!! Thank you so much :)
Love the 30s and 40s vibes of the Emerald City and the Edwardian look of the past.
For once I thank youtube recommendations, I found this and I'm just sosososo happy. You really nailed everything the opening number tries to show. And like someone else said this musical deserves to be made in 2d animation with the original cast.
When I was a little kid (no idea how), I'd always heard Glinda sing 'Elphaba' in the end, even though she's very clearly singing 'good news'. no clue how or why I thought this...but it actually kind of works
This is so beautifully creative. This is a great “direction” to tell this story on film!