Does anyone else think the music is slow?

I absolutely love how you drew Heidi at 1:58 it's like she's having a moment questioning if it could be good for him before coming back to her senses

That lie Evan told shattered this girl's world. It's just sick

Sometimes you’re grieving a better version of what they could have been.

Continuing my yearly first day of school tradition, happy junior year! :]

NGL, this almost made me cry.

This is an older animatic but a beautiful one nonetheless. I do want to throw in my thoughts on Zoe and Connor though. I think that it’s up to the viewer/reader to decide what happened. There are arguments about whether Connor was abusive and I think you can interpret it either way. I would like to say that, ignoring the fact that Connor and Zoe both yelled at each other and were neglectful, the only thing we really have to go off of is the claim that Connor banged on her door and threatened to kill her. There’s no confirmation that this happened more than once but the musical does portray him as being rather aggressive and it’s not too hard to believe that Connor would have done this multiple times or was physically violent toward her in other ways. Personally, I view Connor as more paranoid than angry. The whole point of his character is that nobody knew who he was. He was seen as volatile and aggressive, but the only times we really see him lashing out, it seems to be in defense. Like he yells at Zoe because he feels like she’s picking on him. Or he shoves Evan because he thinks Evan is making fun of him. The account Zoe gives though doesn’t portray defensiveness though and in the book Connor contradicts Zoe’s telling of the story. I think that Connor loved his sister deep down and that he never meant to hurt her. I also feel that this kind of treatment doesn’t line up with his tendency to lash out in self-defense. I think that when Connor banged on her door and threatened her, that he wasn’t really in control of himself. We’re not really sure if he did any drugs other than marijuana but we can see he experiences delusions and that his family environment is toxic. So I can imagine that he went through some kind of episode of psychosis or something similar where he lost touch with reality and became distressed and disoriented. I’m not saying that it erases what he did, but if this is the case and this event really was an accident one time, then it’s hard to say that it reflects on Connor’s character. That said, I think that Zoe still sees him as a monster. Or at least that she wants to. People saw him as aggressive and that combined with the resentment Zoe held towards him (for having to clean up his messes and being overshadowed by him for example) caused Zoe to interpret the event as Connor being mad and trying to hurt her. And the pain that she experienced because of it, even if it was an accident, doesn’t just go away. I think that this animatic captures that and the struggle Zoe has with the fact that she still cares about Connor and the anger she feels toward him.

i keep coming back to this video. its just so fucking perfect. and Jared is ineffable. The entire thing is just so beautifully drawn, the expressions, the propprtions, the shading, the symmetry, everything. the first time i watched it i was on the street and when Jared showed up i DROPPED my phone. its very very safe to say ive fallen in love with your Jared

My dumb ass just realised that in the comments that say DEH fandom in stands for Dear Even Hansen and it wasn’t just a misspelling of the XD

This song not gonna lie but I think of my grandpa who well he did some pretty bad stuff to me and some of my siblings and idk I just don't think he deserves to be forgiven for it even after he died I still don't think he does I mean don't get me wrong I know forgiveness is for you and not the other person but I've put up with abuse all my life if not from my grandma or my step dad's or my grandpa by people at school by myself I'm so glad I'm 18 now cause I'm finally free from all that so " I will sing no requiem tonight"

I don't know if you're still doing animatics, but I'd love to see you finish off the Dear Evan Hansen songs. Specifically Disappear, If I Could Tell Her, or Sincerely, Me

That looks beautiful, you do GREAT JOB

My favorite part of this song is Zoe's line "After all you put me through, don't say it wasn't true! That you were not the monster that I knew" It's a heartbreaking catharsis to hear her basically telling Connor's ghost that he doesn't get to act like he was a tortured soul after he's dead and make her feel bad for not missing him when all he did in life was make her miserable. She's rejecting the idea that him being troubled and mentally ill excuses what he did to her and her pain that he caused. It's very powerful and I think it's really incredible to see it in Zoe's character

This toooootally didn't end with me crying tehehee. BTW amazing animatic

Im crying!!

I really hope no one watching this feels sorry for this guy

Didn’t know much about this musical but I knew Evan was the villain and the fact that Evan would go through with this is crazy, because this has affected Zoe so much. Why should she forgive and accept her brother and believe that he was “perfect” when he clearly was far from it. Dude took drugs, he barely went to school, bullied and threatened to kill her multiple times. I understand how that feels a lot because I’ve experienced it (not with my brother) but with other family members. I can also tell it’s hard for the dad and Zoe to both believe because they don’t really believe the exaggerated letter because they’ve always saw Connor for who he was. Yes he was struggling with his life but he wasn’t that good of a person. It’s hard to replace a mothers love that is why the mom is trying to believe the things written despite her knowing the truth she wants to see her son as someone who actually was good blinded by a letter, rather than learning from their mistakes. The dad wanted a son to hang out with to play ball with because he wanted his son to be “normal” and for them to look as if they were a perfect family. Connor wasn’t good but it was clear he had mental issues and it’s very much possible Zoe might struggle with these issues and it might be worse because of what Evan did in how she thought at first her brother was someone good and learning the truth that Connor never thought good of her making her world crash again and realizing that everything she said about her brother was true. She was hurt the most in this situation and mainly it is the parents fault, instead of addressing their sons mental disability they wanted him to be “perfect” and allowed it to get this bad.

i just relate to how she feels

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I’ve never seen the musical and this is really helping me understand the music because most of the songs sound fun ( not all) but this is helping me understand tysm I just got to the end and dang this song is just awful it’s so sad I feel so bad for everyone

Another stellar conversation for the scrapbook Another stumble as I'm reaching for the right thing to say I'm kinda coming up empty Can't find my way to you Does anybody have a map? Anybody maybe happen to know how the hell to do this? I don't know if you can tell But this is me just pretending to know So where's the map? I need a clue 'Cause the scary truth is I'm flying blind And I'm making this up as I go It's your senior year, Connor You are not missing the first day I already said I'd go tomorrow He doesn't listen Look at him, he's probably high He's definitely high I don't want you going to school high, Connor Perfect, so then I won't go thanks, Mom! Another masterful attempt ends with disaster Interstate's already jammed Pour another cup of coffee And watch it all crash and burn Connor finished the milk! It's a puzzle, it's a maze I tried to steer through it a million ways But each day's another wrong turn I better head out If Connor's not ready, I'm leaving without him Does anybody have a map? Happen to know how the hell to do this? I don't know if you can tell But this is me just pretending to know So where's the map? I need a clue 'Cause the scary truth is I'm flying blind I'm flying blind I'm flying blind I'm flying blind And I'm making this up as I go As I go

I’m 3 years late to this masterpiece but when the papers were filling up the tank almost drowning Evan was genius and made me cry

i know this vid and these comments are 4 yrs old but imma say real quick that connor is an abuser and all of y’all minimizing or denying it are abuse apologists.

I know i'm a million years late, but is this in a different key?

2:22 THE REYNOLDS PAMPHLET HAVE YOU READ THIS!?

bro i’m crying

underrated animation PERIOD

I'm still listening to it. , this is already 2 years

hello, Dear Evan Hansen fandom, hello hello. i'm about to watch the whole show through animatics as i did with hamilton, and i hope y'all will accept me as one of you when I'm done. wish me luck *jumps into a void while screaming "FANDOM HERE I GO"*

I wish the movie had done this. I don't understand why they added that part where Zoey is driving recklessly and almost runs a red light.

this is amazing, you draw the faces super well! But seriously, Zoe is a very underdeveloped character. What if she was the center character of the musical instead of Evan? Her struggles are a lot worse than Evan’s because she had a negative, possibly toxic relationship with her brother, having to live with his torment. And her parents refuse to acknowledge it, choosing to portray Connor as their “perfect child” and completely ignoring Zoe’s plight. Her inner struggles, ignorance from her parents, and her ultimate decision on whenever to forgive Connor or not would have been a very interesting dynamic for the musical.

gosh this song makes me sob because i relate to it so much there are just those people in your life that no matter what others say about them that can never change what they've done to you and you just cant forgive them ive dealt with that one to many times in my life the whole dear evan hansen soundtrack is sorta like a playlist of my life 😅

I've been watching these in preparation for my first storyboard that I have to make for school and you really capture how to tell a story with still images. I can see how it would translate to screen. Overall super useful visual tool for film or TV. Thank you

I LOVE THIS

What if Zoe and Evan married lol

"No one mourns the wicked..."

That final portrait of the Murphys is just great, since you can see Connor's face obscured by sunlight

He f*king tapped on the glaaaaaaaaasssss So good thank you

this gave me goosebumps like 10 times

Honestly I feel this for myself with my friends a lot just cause I become a mom friend and I try so so hard to help and like bro if what I said didn't work, that's cause I don't know everything either

I actually prefer the toned down version over the normal one

In the beginning he looks sad and the girl is just making him feel bad. If only the girl singing this did not make him feel sorry for himself and it is not his fault that he is in the awful position. If it was me in this position I would comfort the person no matter who it is and what they are going through.

This song kind of reminds me to the death of my uncle (dad's brother). He died last September 14, 2021 😭, so it's been 2 months when he started to be gone ;-;. He died because of epilepsy, so he had a problem in his brain since he was like 12 *I think* I kind of miss him 😭😢

이걸 그리는데 얼마나 걸렸을지 가늠이 안 간다. 정말 대단하다. 번역이 잘 됐겠지?

it drives me nuts that it's in a different key lol

The author's style is so beautiful. Really refreshing after anime eyes and bubble heads of the majority of animatics.

2021 anyone? This brought back so many memories of when I would watch animatics like this one all the time :')

This is so well done!! Just came here from a "good for you" animatic and from a lot of comments it just seems like nobody has heard this song?? They make it seem like being a (single) parent is easy, that somehow, once you put a kid onto the world, you become this wise guru who never gets or should get upset. That you somehow know all the right things to do or say. Hell, for YEARS *I* was Evan. Only child with anxiety and a single mom who did everything fo take care of me. While I understand Evan, I'd never abandon my mom to worm my way into another family.

I’m crying this is so amazing😭✊