![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In a storyboard-driven show, the animators start with a blank canvas-literally. The show was released just two years after “The Simpsons” hit the airwaves, and “Ren” creator John Kricfalusi dusted off an old model that hadn’t been used in television since the days of Merry Melodies: storyboard-driven plot. “Ren & Stimpy,” which debuted in 1991, almost ushered in a new era in television animation. Shows are often better when the animators write the stories. Tucker is now an animation professor at Longwood, where he’s teaching the SpongeBob generation how to create tomorrow’s animated series. So, with the release of the latest SpongeBob movie (Sponge Out of Water), who better to talk to about animation and storytelling than the guy who spent seven years as a supervising storyboard director on the show-Tuck Tucker. SpongeBob has been a staple in young kids’ lives for a generation now-just try to ask any 20-something “Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?” and not have them reply “SpongeBob SquarePants!” Instant friendship. ![]()
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