[Dear Evan Hansen] You Will Be Found (Animatic)

I loved the focus on Jared when Evan said "like you could fall and nobody would hear" because it was like he just realized what really happened to Evan's arm.

The fact that Michael from "Be More Chill" is in the audience gives me life.

I just noticed something while watching this for probably the millionth time - In "Requiem", Zoe angrily sings that "No one lights a candle to remember." But in this animatic, she holds a lit candle up to her face and starts sobbing as she imagines Connor's ghost in front of her.

I just noticed!!! Alana: “Connor’s everywhere.” Jared: “Your speech is everywhere.” They said it nearly at the same time. But I like the little hint that Jared isn’t pretending at the level of believing it like everyone else.

Jared’s face at 0:35 makes me lowkey sad bc it looks like he either feels bad for being lowkey an asshole Or that he understands exactly how that feels

I actually feel bad for Connor cause imagine if he could see everything that’s happening he would see his parents getting a someone who actually listens to them and acts as a good son he would see his sister getting a boyfriend that’s love her he would see how everyone is happy and better without him he would see how in reality he didn’t matter cause the Connor everyone thinks and remembers with love is not the real Connor is the Connor that Evan created the real Connor got forgotten and replace by an ilusión of himself created by someone else

"From across the silence, your voice is heard." Every day I feel like I’m not making a difference. Like I’m just another selfish, lazy teenager. And every time I feel this way, I don’t let myself tell anyone. Not my parents, my friends or my teachers. I tell myself that their problems are worse and I don’t what them to hold my problems on their shoulders. They don’t need that. They need a shoulder to cry on. They need someone to talk to. They don’t need to hear about my problems. When I heard this song for the first time, and even now, I cry. Because I want to be found, I want to be heard. We need more people to hear this song. ‘You Will be Found’ speaks to me differently than it will to others. Everyone needs a shoulder to cry on. Everyone needs to be heard. Everyone needs to be picked up and dusted off because I know things can be shitty but goddamnit it will get better. Your feelings matter.

Zoe’s part gives me chills every time. Could you imagine not only the pain of Zoe realizing that she ignored someone who she truly loved the whole time, and didn’t get to show him anymore, but also Connor watching powerlessly as the tragedy of the song “If I Could Tell Her” kicks in? The face Connor makes in this animatic kills me. Every. Time.

"I can't stop watching this video."

@ 3:49, a bunch of people raise their hand. I find this specific moment inspiring for one reason. Each hand is different. There is the one with the bracelet, the one with the tattoo, the one on a t-shirt, the one in a sweatshirt and what caught my eye right away, the arm with scars. This is SO important because no matter who you are and what you are facing there is always someone who wants to love you if you reach out your hand. Like if you found this moment as inspiring as I did

I actually got to see the musical on Broadway and the part that made me cry the most, was the moment in You'll be found, when Conners dad breaks down. He hold himself up over the whole show but at that moment he just falls down and cries and that's okay.

I love how the song revolves around the phrase “you will be found” like that’s what Evan wanted. And then in For Forever, Evan imagined that he was not alone. That just made the line “you are not alone” hit deeper for me.

I love how instead of using an iphone to record he straight up uses a camera XD

1) Heathers and BMC trying to be slick 2) who gave you the right to hurt me like this gross sobbing 3) you did an amazing job

I absolutely adore how you draw Jared

Not only has his song and speech spread, it even found their way to other musicals. 😭 I saw Veronica, Martha, Duke, McNamara, Jeremy, Michael, Christine, and more.

sees Michael gasps sees Martha after rewatching the animatic gasps

When I saw Jeremy and Michael I was really happy because I'm sure this would have helped them realize that they really aren't losers and that they belonged.

Everybody after speech: HE IS THE MESSIAH! Evan: WHAT'S A MESSIAH?!

3:43 Veronica and Jenna from Heathers 3:46 Michael, Jeremy, and Christine from Be More Chill love what you did there :3