Netflix × BUCK
We The People
Contribution • Animation
Set to original songs over various styles of animation, this Netflix series attempts to teach viewers about government and citizenship in a fun, digestible way, reminiscent of Schoolhouse Rock that many of us know and love.
Styled to look like paper collage, this episode highlighted The Bill of Rights. This was a long running project at BUCK, touched by almost every artist at the company. I had the privilege of seeing it through to the end over the last months. This style of animation was very rewarding to work in. Often, we were animating frame by frame to achieve this collage aesthetic.
My Scenes
As this project took place over two years, the team turned over many times. I got used to hopping into files built by other animators. This battlefield scene is a perfect example of that. By the time I took it over, the bones were already there, and it was more about taking it to the finish line. In this scene, I added a lot of the background details, such as the explosions and smoke effects.
To achieve the tactile paper texture, I crumpled sheets of copy paper, then manipulated them frame by frame to get a sequence of crinkles. I then imported the paper photos in After Effects, and composited them around the fist to give the illusion of punching through physical paper.
