FROM PENCIL TO PREMIERE
Every picture walks the same seven steps of the house. Nothing is skipped, nothing is rushed — the metronome sets the pace, the kettle keeps the score.
INK & PAINT DEPT
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1
THE GAG
You tell the kettle your story, your audience and your deadline. We listen, ask embarrassing questions and sketch the first pencil notes the same day. No paperwork yet — just the gag, out loud.
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2
THE STORYBOARD
Every scene becomes a thumbnail on the board — gags stacked in order, titles in the margin. You approve the flow before a single frame moves. Cheaper to move a drawing than to move a film.
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3
THE PENCIL TEST
The boards start moving: a rough timing reel cut to the metronome. You watch the whole picture in pencil — jokes land or die here, and that is exactly where they should.
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4
INK & PAINT
Clean lines on vellum, paint on glass, backgrounds in gouache. One honest frame after another — 24 to every second, no copying machines, no shortcuts.
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5
THE SCORE
A jazz session for the picture — whistle-ready tunes and effects recorded the old way, on wax. The music carries the gags; the gags carry the music.
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THE PREMIERE
A 24 fps master, graded and synced, in every size your screen dreams of: cinema, web, museum wall. Titles if you want them — hand-lettered, of course.
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THE ENCORE
Two reels of revisions ride along free — a house rule taped above every desk. The files are yours, the original art ships in the tube, and the ink stays wet for the next picture.
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