No Longer You from Epic: the Musical || A Fan-Made Storyboard

I love how HORRIFIED the prophet looks when he looks into Odysseus's future. Like he can't believe all of the horrible things he's done and will do to make it home.

I love how expressive Tiresias is in this, he looks scared, pained, irritated, serious, all kind of reactions to the visions and to Odysseus himself, I think that's pretty interesting, he isn't just passively giving information, even at the beginning where he offers his hand to help Odysseus stands, that's so nice.

It's been said quite a bit, but the expressions on Old Man Tiresias are excellent! He isn't just a neutral party (anymore, at least), but another encounter (perhaps even a victim, depending on how you look at it) on Odysseus's path to home. The fear and revulsion in his eyes at the final chorus were stellar, the old prophet realizing when a man became a monster.

okay, so— genuinely, this is my favorite no longer you animatic i’ve seen. hands down. amazing designs, incredible work. in LOVE with the way tiresias not only moves but reacts to the visions. LOVE the beginning part too!!! this is so good. i am obsessed.

Oh, I really love the take that Tiresias is just terrified of what the man he's talking to is going to become. It really gives more humanity in him than other ideas where he's casually relaying these visions. He's going through this ride with Odysseus and MAN is that fun to think about. Very good storyboard!

i love the look of hope on Odeysseus' face that falls when the prophet says he can't help him, and i also enjoy Odeysseus just collapsing in despair once the prophet leaves. good job 👍

AHHH! I love that the river GRABS and tries to pull him down..AND I LOVE YOU KEPT OUR PROPHET OLD! Everyone is turning him into a young ff 'hotman' now xDD I will always prefer anyone that keeps him as an older man. I love that he comes off sort of as more of a judge? in this.. or at least how he points... And that he has this fearful point? like, he has seen some shit - is afraid, but aint afraid to point to the guilty party

I really love how you gave tiresias more personality here and showed the emotion that matches with the subtleties in his voice

Aaaaaa such a good animatic! The last verse where the prophet is literally pointing at Odysseus as he sings, but him being too blinded by his own rage at the thought of his wife being in danger?? It's just so good!

I lobe your use if shadows as prophecies!!!

Wait, is one of the images at 'I see past and future running free' Romulus and Remus with Lupa? Also, Odysseus asking who, bursting through the man with Penelope in the vision, like Tiresias was seeing the man he was becoming, or foreshadowing the disguise he wears when he does get home is brilliant!

Okay you HAVE to make more animatics for epic. This is amazing. I LOVE how you made Tiresas actually react to his visions and made him look scared. I love how you gave him a personality. Also love the colors?? The grey-ish blue fits the atmosphere perfectly and the yellow contrasts with it really well. I’d love to see more!

YOUR CHOREOGRAPHING IS AMAZING HOLY SHIT!!! Absolutely in love with the movement of the characters and the backgrounds and the prophet just moving back into the shadows glaring at Ody is SUCH a good interaction. seriously, keep this up, you got major skill!

I would love it if hes like "okay im gonna hold your hand for this"

This is seriously so amazing to watch, even as a storyboard this is so dynamic and expressive IT'S SO GOOD

sorry i know i already commented (before i even finished because i got REALLY excited) but i just finished and my opinion has not changed this is amazing. like seriously it’s clear you’ve worked really really hard on this and MAN did it come together beautifully. The expressions!!!! The posing!!!! what a stunning and incredibly well thought out piece of art. i sincerely hope this blows up so more people get to watch this. i can say for certain it will be living rent free in my head in the best of ways. thank you so much for making this, i’m very happy i got to see it

Don't know anything about this, but you NAILED it. I especially love how the prophet looks, I can feel his pain.

Wow the expression are priceless, this is so good

The movement in this animatic is truly enviable

Holy gods, this is beautiful especially in this animatic, the meanings are twofold since i don't know much of anything going on, both in terms of the characters, the world and the song i'll be assigning things to make explanations easier, and for simplicity sake, he's a small introduction I took several classes on Videography, Character design, animation and writing, all of which is very helpful when it comes to enjoying, creating and critiquing animation and movies the first thing we see is a man entering what appears to be the river Styx, for simplicity i'll call this man Dave (because Dave is a cool name) the first moments with Dave show us a few things he's on a boat, and willingly dives into the water upon seeing the prophet on dry land upon exiting the water, it clings to him which has several meaning, especially in how it's been drawn, the hands that grip him could be symbolic of his past and his desires, or it could be a lie to keep him where he is, which clearly isn't where he's supposed to be then we meet the Prophet, who's first line is "i am the prophet with the answers you seek" meaning this character knows what Dave wants to know "i see past and future running free" is setting up the prophets ability to see time as it is, as it flows, despite existing in it "there is a world where i help you get home, but that's not a world i know" is setting up alot of very interesting ideas that could be expanded upon in a fuller length movie or similar we've established that the prophet can see both the past and the future, and as extension i'm assuming that extends to all things living and dead, and the prophet knows that in some world outside of this one, he helps Dave make it back home, but this is not that world, this is not the world where the prophet helps Dave, and immediately sets the prophet as an enemy in the story the next lines are about Dave, his past and his future, love and hate, a joy and a pain done against Dave by those close to him now this is where things get even better "i see you on the brink of death" is about Daves future, and is accompanied by an amalgam of hands, that are exactly the same as the water he'd trudged through to speak with the prophet, and with the next line "i see you draw your final breath" the amalgam of said hands goes away, meaning Dave will not die to the water, he will escape this area, even if he doesn't make it far "i see a man who gets to make it home alive" as Daves face lights up, clearly this is good news "but it's no longer you" also has alot of meanings, but the most poignant of which is, when Dave makes it back home, he is not the same person, forever changed by the horrors that await him down below this moment also shows us 2 things, Dave and the prophet share many similarities, but are just as different Daves anger at the prophet is understandable, and his accusing actions are what sets the rest of this conversation into action the next lines speak of a castle drowning in blood, and people who had long believed that Dave had died, the sudden use of a colour outside whites, blacks and yellow is immediately unnerving to the viewer and sets them on edge for what comes next, and the yellow silhouettes stand out and put the viewer into shock "i see a wife with a man who is hunting" and it is clear to us that this is Daves wife, and based on the smaller piercing eyes, it isn't Dave... anymore this "man with a trail of bodies" is what Dave becomes, this is the "it's no longer you" now you only notice this when going through frame by frame, but you still see it subconsciously, the prophet is slowly moving away from Dave, creating distance, separating himself from the monster Dave will become the yellow shadows show us more of what's happened, the hands clawing at Dave, the large number of hands from behind, and only 2 from up ahead, what i can assume is his wife i can't quite decipher what the second shadow means, but it's clear that something had broken under the sunlight, probably caused by Dave or the man that betrayed him, and the final shadow is a visceral one, the betrayal that had sent Dave down to hell, a man being turned against Dave, the swords in his back are the swords of the people and as the prophet sinks into the shadows, Daves anger wells up, he's already becoming the monster he's doomed to become, and he breaks outside the fantastic song, the visuals only serve to enhance it, and it sets up a character who is both protagonist and antagonist, a broken man seeking redemption that will never come, and it's gorgeous