Beanotown: Animating Dennis and Gnasher

Animating Dennis and Gnasher - Part 2

13 October, 04:18 PM

Dennis and Gnasher - From Script to Screen

Dennis and Gnasher - The Journey from Script to Screen Continues.

In the previous part we looked at how an idea becomes an outline.

Once the writer has created this, it goes to the producers for their comments - usually something like, "Go away, I'm busy counting all this lovely, green, crinkly money."

Dad's boss counting cash behind a desk loaded with more money.

One of the producers - counting - ahem - scripts, before having them taken to a special, highly secure script vault - apparently.

(NOTE FROM THE PRODUCERS - AGAIN: We producers do a lot more than count money, you know.

We... er... well, we... um... we kind of... erm... Well, we're busy doing whatever it is we do, okay! And all those bits of foldy paper on our desks are scripts, honestly!)

After the producers make their suggestions, the writer moves onto the script.

All the details get put in now - where things actually happen, who will appear and what they'll be doing, and all the things they're going to say!

Sometimes the producers and the writers make three or four lots of changes, usually to add more and better money - I mean jokes, before the final draft is ready.

This is the version they use to make the episode. Here's a page of a script from a final draft - just click for a bigger version!

In part three, we'll explain what all the numbers and CAPITAL LETTERS mean!

Have your say!

13 October, 04:35 PM, Albert Einstein Mark II said:

There’s more to it! No need for Part 3. I know. Oh yeah. I’m just the ultimate Beano Fan, not the only one!

13 October, 05:00 PM, Harry said:

Greaty great!

13 October, 06:36 PM, Lochlainn said:

@Albert Einstein Mark II. Hey, Albert. I’m The Biggest beano fan ever!!!!!! I have more beanos than you do.

13 October, 07:04 PM, Jason said:

@ Albert Einstein Mark II,
We know, but there’s only one DANDY fan and MILLIONS of BEANO fans!!! :D P.S: I’m one of the millions of BEANO fans.

14 October, 01:12 PM, Moonerz said:

My collection rules all!

Eighty six Beano Robert Harrop figurines, two of them being music boxes, at least twenty five being limited edition – all in mint condition with box
Several Dennis soft toys
Around eleven photo frames
School packs
Watches
Clocks
Transfers
five piggy banks
Twenty badges
A selection of ties
Collectable plastic figures and toys
Keyrings
Books going as far back as 1953
Every issue from 2001 to present
The 1000th issue
All issues from 1989 to 1993
Not one, but TWO letters from Mr. Digby, the Beano Ed,
And a sketch and signed annual from Mr. Northfield, the artist of Derek the sheep!

I can carry on if you want? :P

Also – The Beano has about 60,000 fans if sales are anything to go by.

15 October, 07:17 AM, jonnie12 said:

@moonerz
Your collections too big! I have;
Every comic since no3333, 1 1958 comic, one 1955 comic, one 1951 comic(looking for older ones), all but a few beanomax comics, complete year of comics 1998
and around 30 1971 comics. Oh and the original no 2000.
How did you pay for EIGHTY SIX robert harrop figs.?

15 October, 11:19 AM, Moonerz said:

@Jonnie12
It’s just sorta…grown over the years. :P My collection’s always growing bigger, only the other day it got a nice set of poster-comics added to it :D

30 January, 02:39 PM, george said:

WIKED my beanos and beano anuals have got so big i cant fit in my own room

18 February, 12:02 PM, kieran no. 1 beano fan said:

they do count cash they do count cash they DO
bring back biffo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
p.s [im just writing random things]

04 March, 08:16 PM, cade said:

theres 10000000,00000000 websites and beanos the best one

08 March, 06:15 PM, FINLAY said:

COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

08 April, 09:41 AM, max said:

me max and my brother billy loves beanos and this one we think is the best.

26 August, 08:33 PM, andrew! said:

great the beano just rocks! i made the tv box! from the beano activity card 5! and made the taget from activity card 6(well sorta stuck it to my bedroom door!)please reply using my email!(if wont work then i’m sorry gotta go soz bye!