The Re-Animated Woody Woodpecker

The Re-Animated Woody Woodpecker

October 24th, 2017

Jerry Beck

This is the coolest thing you’ll see today.

Woody Woodpecker must be very popular in Brazil. Animator Ivanildo Soares has just post the payoff to a group project he conceived – bringing 70 South American animators together to re-animate a vintage 1960s Walter Lantz theatrical cartoon with hilarious, eye-popping results.

The original cartoon, The Bird Who Came to Dinner (click here to see it), is a 1961 Paul Smith short in which Woody pretends to be a toy to gain access to a mansion and a free meal, but the plan does not go as expected. Every few seconds, the art and the animator change, creating a unique blend of humor. The soundtrack, however, is still the original English language version.

The project had an initial deadline of one month, but the production ended up taking nineteen months to complete. “Originally each animator had a week to do their scene, ” says director Soares. “The scenes were of an average of 2 seconds, the longest had a maximum of 8. It was complicated to collect the work, being done just for fun, as the animators had to prioritize even their freelance work and social life.”

“Almost everyone was from Brazil, though some gringo friends jumped in. Barbara Oliveira and her companion João Rodrigues, are great Portuguese animator friends! Catalina Torres, super talented Chilean animator, and Lisa Vertudaches from Australia, known for her gifs at LoopdeLoop.”

“If you are interested to know more about the process of the animators, give a look at group gallery on facebook. And to know more the work of each artist involved, the description of the video on youtube has the link for all animators.”

Congratulations to all involved. I love it!

THE ANIMATORS

Allan Pilon – https://www.instagram.com/allan_pilon/
Allan Sanches – http://allansanches.tumblr.com/
Ananda Radhika – https://www.instagram.com/hey.radhi/
Anaximandro Santos Martins – https://www.facebook.com/anaxcartoons
Anderson Lister – https://andersonlister.tumblr.com/
Animaçau – https://www.youtube.com/animacau
Antônio Lilhares – https://www.instagram.com/_antoniolin…
Barbara Oliveira – https://www.barbaraofthesun.tumblr.com
Beto Gomez – https://www.instagram.com/betogomez/
Bia Leme – http://bialemeart.tumblr.com/
Breno Rohr – https://www.behance.net/brenorohr
Bruno Sandes – https://brunosandes.wordpress.com/
Catalina Torres – https://vimeo.com/176262413
Cesar Custódio – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr8D…
Dalton DaSou – https://daltondasou.wordpress.com/ilu…
Daniel Caetano – http://marretabionica.tumblr.com/
Daniel Veras Burigo – https://www.facebook.com/daniel.veras…
Eduardo Bruekers – http://ebruks.tumblr.com
Eliana Miyuki – http://elianamiyuki.tumblr.com/
Felipe L. Bende – https://www.youtube.com/shadplays
Filipe Mecenas – https://www.instagram.com/filipemecenas/
Gabriel Gomes – https://www.instagram.com/gahbagomes/
Gabriel Moura – https://www.youtube.com/user/artecest…
Geovani Angelo – https://www.artstation.com/geovaniangelo
Gilberto Soares – https://www.facebook.com/gilberto.soa…
Gui Kirinus – https://www.behance.net/guikirinus
Ícaro Cruz – https://icarocruzart.tumblr.com/
Ivanildo Soares – https://www.instagram.com/loberoso/
Jackson Abacatu – https://www.www.abacatu.com
Jacques Palermo – https://vimeo.com/62647451
Jhonny Bezerra Gomes – https://www.instagram.com/jhow_heifer/
João Rodrigues – https://www.facebook.com/joaop.silva….
Julia Brasileiro – https://ju-brasileiro.tumblr.com/
Júnior Soares – https://www.instagram.com/juniorand02/
Leonardo Amaral – https://www.youtube.com/RABISCOXXX
Lisa Vertudaches – https://www.instagram.com/lisa_vertud…
Louis Poague – http://cargocollective.com/lpoague
Luah Garcia – http://luahgarcia2d.blogspot.com
Lucas Pelegrinetti – https://www.www.pelegrineti.com
Luciana Yamana – https://www.behance.net/lucyamana
Luiz F. da Silva – https://www.instagram.com/silvafluiz/
Maykeon Salvatiera – https://www.facebook.com/maykeon.salv…
Natália Faria – https://www.instagram.com/nataliaftc/
Natalia Keiza – https://www.youtube.com/user/nataliak…
Natalia Zangarine – http://nataliazangarine.wix.com/natza…
Nathália Takeyama – https://www.instagram.com/natstaks/
Pablo Max – https://www.instagram.com/maxbritoart/
Paola Hiroki – https://www.instagram.com/phiroki/
Paulo Stoker – https://www.instagram.com/paulostoker/
Pedro Eboli – https://pedroeboli.tumblr.com/
Pedro Magalhães – https://www.acriatura.com
Pedro Miranda Filho – http://pedromirfilho.tumblr.com/
Rafael Dourado – https://sapobrothers.net/
Rafael Machado – https://www.facebook.com/R4F4ELDSM4CH…
Rafael Rosa – https://about.me/rafael_rosa
Robson Menezes – https://www.facebook.com/MagmaAnimeBR/
Rodrigo Estravini – http://morethanabanana.tumblr.com/
Rodrigo Ferreira – http://rodigro.tumblr.com/
Rodrigo Makoto – https://www.instagram.com/mkt_makoto/
Rodrigo Veras – https://www.facebook.com/rverasart/
Rubens Caetano – https://vimeo.com/user976780
Sergio Filho – https://vimeo.com/sergiofilho
Sniffs Cartoon – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE-ZrVHt4aEJPAKhsmiSipw
Stephanie de Oliveira – https://www.instagram.com/tuelha/
Thiago Soares – https://www.artstation.com/thiagosoares
Tiago Kogi – https://tiagokogi.tumblr.com/
Victor Oliveira – http://boloassassino.tumblr.com/
Victor S. Crispim – https://victorscrispim.tumblr.com/
Vinicius Torres – https://www.youtube.com/canaldeciderio
Will Fernandes – https://www.instagram.com/wiiryam/
Yuri Custódio – https://www.youtube.com/user/AnimasAn…

(Thanks to Chase Pritchard)

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Jerry Beck

Writer, cartoon producer and author of more than 15 books on animation history. A former studio exec with Nickelodeon and Disney; currently on the faculty at both CalArts in Valencia and Woodbury University in Burbank, California.