Requiem - Animatic [Dear Evan Hansen]

Thank you so much for watching my animatic! It means a lot to me! Thank you thank you! Some things to address the common questions: 1) Yes the audio is pitched down a bit. I thought I would get a copyright strike if I used the original audio. Someone told me i wont so I'll use the original audio in the next animatic 2) this really is my first animatic. Which is why I'm incredibly proud to finish it. It took me two weeks, since I've been doing it late at night after I've done schoolwork and projects 3) I've noticed that some of you guys were asking if i had a DA account or tumblr. I have a DA account but I don't post there. I haven't posted anything there in a long long while lmao. I DO have a tumblr. Find me at beeyoungkah.tumblr.com/ or @beeyoungkah on instagram if you wanna see more of my drawings or see little updates on the animatics im working on. My DA is beeyoungkah.deviantart.com/ but I doubt you'll find anything worthwhile there lol It's cool if you don't though. I'm just gonna leave this here for people who are interested. Thank you so much for watching my animatic and for leaving likes and comments! You guys are so nice! Thank you!!! ❤️

"All my hope is pinned on Zoe..." let that sink in... She thinks its true. And she hates herself for hating him, but she CANT HELP IT😫😭 This gets me.

I love that she doesn’t change what she remembers of her brother. She refuses to act like he was a perfect human being that treated her like a princess. He was obviously a jerk. She shouldn’t have to miss him if she truly doesn’t.

I will always and forever adore how Zoe is the one who says "Why should I play the grieving girl and lie saying that I miss you and my world has gone dark without your light." while Larry says that " my world has gone dark without your light " It will forever break my heart that above all that was wrong with Connor, Larry still loved his son.

woah...this animatic captures the emotion and zoe she got abused by Connor and how the family doesnt even feel no emotion after his death??? wow I really like this animatic

everyone says that this animatic is amazing because it shows that Zoe shouldn’t miss Connor because he was terrible to her, and she doesn’t miss him because she shouldn’t. But listen to the way she says “Don’t say it wasn’t true, that you were not the monster… that I knew…” and then it sounds like she’s crying. and she ends with “and my world has gone dark…” and doesn’t finish like she usually does. The purpose of this song is to show that despite everything her brother did, despite the pain and fear he caused her, she still misses him. This whole song is her finding reasons not to hurt, not to grieve, to not feel because why should she miss him? He was terrible to her. But she realised that she misses him because that was her brother. Maybe he ripped the heads off her Barbies, but he still played general and soldier with her while their parents fought. He still picked her a flower and said ‘it’s missing a petal, just like you’re missing a few screws upstairs’, yet the flower was beautiful. He was her first friend. And she loved him and she hates herself for it. That’s the beauty of this song. It shows Zoe’s true persona. A broken, grieving girl who lost her big brother. The first stages of grief, of course, are denial and anger.

Bruh I remember singing “I will sing aquarium” XD

I thought that Connor and Zoe were close as kids tho? Like, from what was said in the dialogue, plus how Zoe says "you've given me my brother back " it seems more like at some point Connor started struggling a lot with his mental illnesses and stuff and everything went downhill and no one in the family really knew how to deal with it. So yes, Connor abused his sister with his outbursts and stuff, but their parents never fully committed to helping Connor get the treatment he needed, especially Larry, who used to say that Connor was just 'pretending for attention' and stuff, and during the time that we got to see Zoe interact with Connor at the start of the musical, she seemed to be teasing him a lot and stuff, which, I guess is fair, but it still makes me think about how their parents' careless attitude towards Connor might have rubbed off on her as well in some way, and, well, I'm just saying that it wasn't all Connor's fault. It was the whole family who was messed up, some more and some less, but they all could have handled it all better nonetheless. Edit: oh, also, the removed songs from the musical described how Connor used to be happy as a kid, and how he liked to tell jokes a lot and stuff, so yey, more evidence that Connor isn't an entirely bad person I guess :'>

"first animatic" Grabs pitchfork and torch Kill the witch!

"First" animatic. Lies. Witchcraft. Fake news. This is too good to be a first animatic. It captures so much emotion.

Wait if this is the first animatic.... Imagine the improvement!

For anyone hating on ANY of the Murphys: The whole point, in my perspective, of the family dynamic of the Murphys was to show that when someone you know, love, or are related to commits suicide, there is no one right way to feel. Honestly every emotion is valid Sadness that they were feeling this way and they are gone and the whole grieving process is crushing you Anger for the fact that they “threw it all away” and you know, abandoned you Relief that now they might be in a better place Guilt for not doing better, or guilt over feeling any of the above emotions Or denial of one of the above emotions. I’m just saying, that they’re all doing the best they can, it’s not easy, it’s messy, and no matter how you or me or anyone else would’ve dealt, this is how they dealt, and that’s one of my fav things about this story.

I think what's really sad about this part of the story is that Connor's mother is really the only one grieving. The thing about family tragedies is that... It's a family tragedy! When a family member dies, the entirely family is usually affected, so at least that way, you're not alone; at least you have someone with you who understands the loss you're experiencing. But this wasn't the case with Cynthia. She's the only one feeling loss and it was causing more fights between her and the rest of the family. Perhaps if it weren't for Evan, the Murphy's probably would've broken apart to even more pieces

[ZOE] Why should I play this game of pretend? Remembering through a secondhand sorrow? Such a great son and wonderful friend Oh, don't the tears just pour I could curl up and hide in my room There in my bed, still sobbing tomorrow I could give in to all of the gloom But tell me, tell me what for Why should I have a heavy heart? Why should I start to break in pieces? Why should I go and fall apart for you? Why should I play the grieving girl and lie Saying that I miss you And that my world has gone dark without your light? I will sing no requiem tonight [LARRY, spoken] I'm going to bed.​ [CYNTHIA, spoken] Come sit with me.​ [LARRY] Cynthia.​ [CYNTHIA] You can't stand to be in this room for five minutes? [LARRY] I'm exhausted.​ [CYNTHIA] You know, Larry, at some point you're going to have to start dealing— [LARRY] Not tonight. Please.​ [CYNTHIA] Just read this.​ [LARRY] I'll keep the light on for you [LARRY, sung] I gave you the world, you threw it away Leaving these broken pieces behind you Everything wasted, nothing to say So I can sing no requiem [CYNTHIA] I hear your voice, I feel you near Within these words, I finally find you And now that I know that you are still here I will sing no requiem tonight [ZOE & LARRY] Why should I have a heavy heart? [ZOE] Why should I say I'll keep you with me? Why should I go and fall apart for you? Why should I play the grieving girl and lie Saying that I miss you And that my world has gone dark without your light? (I can see your light) I will sing no requiem Tonight 'Cause when the villains fall, the kingdoms never weep No one lights a candle to remember No, no one mourns at all When they lay them down to sleep So, don't tell me that I didn't have it right Don't tell me that it wasn't black and white After all you put me through Don't say it wasn't true That you were not the monster That I knew 'Cause I cannot play the grieving girl and lie Saying that I miss you And that my world has gone dark [LARRY] I will sing no requiem [CYNTHIA] I will sing no requiem [ZOE] I will sing no requiem tonight [LARRY & CYNTHIA] Oh... oh

#1 I love this animatic so much. The effort you put into it and the emotion in the scenes is just... inincredible #2 I love the details of Connor's abusive behavior. Lots of people love to portray him as this different guy who never did anything wrong, when in reality he was a mentally ill kid and a terrible person. This really shows how Zoe doesn't feel right mourning for someone who abused her. #3 I love the detail you did with the parents, with you showing how emotional Cynthia was when she was reading the letters and how cold yet conflicted Larry was holding the baseball glove. It's an amazing portrayal really of how Larry and Cynthia tried to get to their son, but they didn't try hard enough. #4 I hope to see more animatics from you. This was amazing. Kudos for your first one.

THIS DESCRIBES HOW ALL THE CHARACTERS FEEL PERFECTLY I AM ACTUALLY IN LOVE I WOULD MARRY THIS ANIMATIC IF I COULD MY GOD

who are the 11 people that disliked i jUST WANNA TALK

This is PHENOMENAL! The art is so beautiful and the symbolism and emotions are done perfectly. I am in awe of how amazingly you interspersed scenes of Zoe terrified as a child being tormented by Connor. The little details like Mr. Murphy holding the baseball glove were also super poignant. This animatic is simply fantastic, and I am going to rewatch it until I've committed every frame to memory <3

All my hope is pinned on Zoe. That scene gets me every single time I watch this animation. She’s feeling the guilt of hating Connor, and she reads the note fully believing that Connor loved her deep down (He could’ve, but Zoe doesn’t think he did at all, and this note made her think again), and she also is realizing she’ll never be able to forgive him for what he did.

This must have taken forever to draw and animate.. amazing job! Definitely worth it, we can see all the sentiment and effort in this, plus your drawing style is excellent