THE BOOKBOYS, a YouTube Show, showcasing Children’s Books.
THE BOOKBOYS was a weekly video series featured on the Judy Newman Blog for Scholastic Book Clubs from 2015 to 2023. My contribution was to provide art direction inspired by the week's featured book, thereby creating THE creative foundation for editors and animators to complete the storytelling process. In the BookBoys, after receiving the pre-edited material, I made a high volume of detailed frames, ensuring a fast and efficient video production process. Creative Director and production: Traci Swain. Editors and animators Patrick Clark and Emily Jung, among others, completed this animation in some cases in under a day. Kudos to all of them. Please check out the videos at this YouTube link.
Client: Judy Newman, at Scholastic Book Clubs, NYC
Colorful collage of scenes from an educational video about the alphabet, featuring a man explaining concepts with animated graphics including holly leaves, letters, and children playing, promoting the book 'Chicka Chicka Boom Boom'.
Group of five young men sitting and talking in front of a colorful, playful background with large alphabet letters and a Christmas tree. The scene depicts a children's educational program with various animated scenes and captions, including phrases like 'I'll meet you at the top of the coconut tree!' and individual letters of the alphabet.
Group of four young men posing and talking, with colorful alphabet letters in the background and foreground, in a collage-style image related to learning or children. Large alphabet letters with words like 'Chicka Chicka Boom Boom' and different letter combinations.
A comic-style presentation featuring Neil Armstrong in a space suit, with comic panels showing scenes from his childhood, his achievements, and a book cover titled "I Am Neil Armstrong" by Brad Meltzer, illustrated by Christopher Eliopoulos. The scenes are set on the moon with a starry background.
Collection of images featuring Neil Armstrong. The sequence shows two men, including Neil Armstrong, in various settings: standing, sitting, and talking in studio-like backgrounds; a parody of space exploration with astronauts, including a person with green hair, floating and sitting in space; and humorous references to moon walking, with captions like "There is no wind on the moon" and "1/5 of humanity watched Neil walking on the moon."
Collage of scenes from a game show featuring hosts and contestants dressed in rabbit and otter costumes, with stage set including red curtains, game graphics, and props.
Scene from a game show called 'Fluffy Feud' where three people dressed in animal costumes (a pink bunny, a panda, and a person in a dog costume) are participating. The show features multiple screens with questions and answers, and the hosts and contestants are engaging in the game.
Three people dressed in animal costumes, including a rabbit and a bear, on a stage with red curtains, props, and books about otters and manners. They are participating in a presentation or performance about the book "Do Unto Otters" by Laurie Keller.
A collage of a man dressed in pajamas reading a children's book about llama pajamas, participating in a theatrical performance with people in costumes, and posing with a large I am a llama book backdrop.
A children's show featuring performers in llama masks singing and dancing to a song about wearing red pajamas, with scenes set inside and outside, including a bedroom and a kitchen, and a person without a llama mask standing in a blue room.
A series of scenes from the children's book 'Llama Llama Red Pajama,' featuring individuals wearing llama headgear, engaging in playful and humorous activities, with some reading or lying in bed, and one image showing the book cover.
A collage featuring a person wearing a sunflower costume, scenes of the costume in various settings, and animated sunflower background images.
A person dressed in a sunflower seed costume with a large seed shell on their head, participating in various humorous scenes and a movie theater, depicting a person in different seed costumes and playful situations.
A series of scenes featuring people dressed as seeds or plants, a person sitting with a book titled 'The Bad Seed', a group of individuals discussing the book, illustrations from the book showing animated seed characters with expressive faces, and the cover of the book 'The Bad Seed' by Judy Newman with illustrations by Pete Oswald.
A collage of scenes featuring two men discussing books and a comic book contest, interspersed with images of dressed-up individuals and characters in a wrestling ring. The scenes include web browsing, interviews, and colorful costumes, culminating in a colorful performance and humorous personas.
A humorous collage of people dressed in costumes resembling animals and characters, set in a colorful wrestling ring with a vibrant crowd background. Scenes include characters preparing to fight, with some sitting or standing, and a sign reading "Are you ready to rumble" and another with the name "Jerry Pallotta."
A children's game show with four participants dressed in animal costumes, including a penguin, a duck, and another animal, standing in a colorful studio. There are informational slides and graphics about ocean creatures and a bracket competition for an animal showdown. Two of the participants are shown dancing or performing on stage.
A collage of photos showing three young men in various poses and interactions. The top row depicts them walking and skateboarding on a city street. The second row shows one of the men dropping a manhole cover and three men floating through a digital background. The third row features images of the men jumping around large 3D text that reads 'BOOK BOY' and other phrases, with colorful backgrounds. The bottom row includes a graphic of the phrase 'BOOK BOYS' and a photo of the three men standing together against a plain wall.