Before an animator created one of the music videos that you can watch in the Music Starz section of Webkinz, an artist first created a storyboard for the video. A storyboard is a series of drawings that are used to show the sequence of scenes planned for a video. This gives the animator a visual script to work from when creating the actual video.
Take a look at some of the panels from the “It’s A Beautiful Day” storyboard compared to actual frames from the music video. In this video, a Webkinz Rooster and Chicken try to wake up their little chick:
Watch the complete music video to “It’s A Beautiful Day” in the Music Starz section of Webkinz. You can access Music Starz from the THINGS TO DO menu or, CLICK HERE to watch the video on the Webkinz YouTube channel!
Stay tuned for a look at more Music Staz Storyboards on Webkinz Newz. What is your favorite Music Starz video? Which storyboard would you like to see next? Please leave your comments below…
I heard that the songs were created by the employee’s that work at Ganz, is that true?
I loved these videos back when they were still being made in 2010 (and some of them are still rather catchy now)! As an aspiring animator, it’s always interesting to look at these storyboards! My favourite of the Music Starz videos is Nine lives… It always makes me cry…
Oh my, I really enjoyed this feature. As a mom it made me laugh as I remembered the difficulty I had waking my son up for school and work. I would pull all the covers off his bed to finally get him up and moving. As an amateur artist I really enjoyed seeing how these videos come to life. My favorite video is “Nine Lives”. I’ve watched it and sang along with my grandchildren and it has become a favorite of theirs also. I would really enjoy seeing the art behind the “Nine Lives” video. Thank you for this feature!
I love all the videos, especially when the pets dance. It’s so neat to see how things look before they become “the real official thing” :D So much work! I can see a great contest (or 20…) for us – coloring in a storyboard drawing from one of the wonderful videos. Who decided we can’t have checkered chickens? Hmmmm…….
I loved mustache Louie the song
Cute!
Cool, umm… are you guy planning on making more videos like this– I love these Pet of the Month videos and it’s been so long sense we’ve seen videos like these, same goes for the crafts… please either Micheal or Sally Webkinz answer my questions– I mean what you all have in your archive is great. I’m just wondering if there’s ever going to be some new stuff added to make it fresh and new for older players. And maybe you can also add the host Dragon back in– you know the one who used to work at the Travel Agency, and can you also add the Crafty Critterz section back onto the Webkinz site… I mean I know it’s on Webkinz Newz now but isn’t it possible to have it both places?
Wow! This Music Starz video is adorable! Great work artists and animators! Thanks for featuring this on Webkinz Newz ~ you’ve opened up a whole new (old?) world for me. Now I need to watch all of the videos! XD LOL
This is really neat. I love all the pet of the month videos.
This is so cool! I loved those videos so moch. I use to sing to them when I was younger.
much not moch.