Deanna’s Film Program

Night Sounds: Imagination

1992, 1:17

Animation created for Sesame Street. A little girl is scared by the night sounds, and she is not the only one!

Animation by Deanna Morse and Rose Rosely, sound by Billy Vits.

Storyboard Animatic

Image Gallery

Layers: background, girl painted on acetate cel, cut-out cricket

Layers: background, girl painted on acetate cel, cut-out cricket

Paper cricket had movable legs and head.

Paper cricket had movable legs and head.

String and tape connected limbs

String and tape connected limbs

Monster had separate body parts and eyes.

Monster had separate body parts and eyes.

Four replacement tails created motion.

Four replacement tails created motion.

Three replacement jaws for talking

Three replacement jaws for talking

When the jaws were in place, they were nearly invisible.

When the jaws were in place, they were nearly invisible.

When the monster freaks out, things get big for a frame or two.

When the monster freaks out, things get big for a frame or two.

The first storyboard. It was heavily revised. (1 of 3)

The first storyboard. It was heavily revised. (1 of 3)

(2 of 3)

(2 of 3)

(3 of 3)

(3 of 3)