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''The Backyardigans'' is a CGI animated series that premiered on Nick Jr. in 2004. However, its development history stretches back | ''The Backyardigans'' is a CGI animated series that premiered on Nick Jr. in 2004. However, its development history stretches back to the late 1990s. '''A CGI-animated pilot for the show (then titled ''Backyardigans'') was produced in 2002''' by series creator Janice Burgess, that was based upon a rejected live-action pilot from 1998 called ''Me and My Friends''. | ||
==Production== | ==Production== | ||
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Little is known about the pilot's plot, other than Pablo, Tyrone, and Uniqua | Little is known about the pilot's plot, other than that Pablo, Tyrone, and Uniqua are featured; Austin and Tasha are not present in the footage available. Austin (who would eventually be introduced later in the first season) seems to be completely absent even from concept art at this stage. | ||
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At present only some screenshots and a few seconds of footage are available. More was allegedly found in a YouTube video that has since been deleted, with no indication of what it might have contained. | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== |
Revision as of 02:20, 28 July 2021
The Backyardigans is a CGI animated series that premiered on Nick Jr. in 2004. However, its development history stretches back to the late 1990s. A CGI-animated pilot for the show (then titled Backyardigans) was produced in 2002 by series creator Janice Burgess, that was based upon a rejected live-action pilot from 1998 called Me and My Friends.
Production
The pilot was produced at Nickelodeon Digital animation studio in New York. It was animated using motion capture, but due to the major difference between the dancers and the character model's proportions, the animation looked too floaty, as Burgess wanted more precise movements.
Because of that, the animators had to change the movements manually to make them work properly, using footage of live-action dancers as a rough guideline.
Synopsis
Little is known about the pilot's plot, other than that Pablo, Tyrone, and Uniqua are featured; Austin and Tasha are not present in the footage available. Austin (who would eventually be introduced later in the first season) seems to be completely absent even from concept art at this stage.
Status
At present only some screenshots and a few seconds of footage are available. More was allegedly found in a YouTube video that has since been deleted, with no indication of what it might have contained.
Gallery
Videos
Screenshots
See Also
The Backyardigans
- Me and My Friends (partially found live-action pilot of "The Backyardigans" Nick Jr. CGI-animated series; 1998)
- The Backyardigans (partially found British dub of Nick Jr. CGI-animated series; mid-late 2000s)
Other Nick Jr. Pilots
- Blue Prints (partially found unaired pilot episode of "Blue's Clues" animated/live action TV series; 1994-1995)
- Dora the Explorer (partially found unaired pilot episodes of Nick Jr. animated series; late 1990s)
- Super Why? (partially found stop-motion Nick Jr. pilot of PBS Kids CGI series; 1999)