How It's Made - Rebecca Sugar, Lauren Hecht, Nick DeMayo, Jackie Buscarino, and Lisa Zunich (Vol.1/Ep.8)

The Steven Universe Podcast

Cartoon Network

Tv & Film

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2017

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Rebecca Sugar assembled a team of ridiculously talented people to bring Steven Universe to life, and you'll find out how she managed to do that! You'll also discover why diversity in background, culture, and life experiences was crucial to her selection process, how the respective crewniverse members' influences make their way into the show, and what really happens during those crewniverse writer retreats! Plus, if you're wondering why it takes 10 months for a new Steven Universe episode to make its way to you, Producer Jackie Buscarino and Production Manager Lisa Zunich will fill you in. And if it moves on Steven Universe, then Animation Director Nick DeMayo and Animatic Editor Lauren Hecht were involved! They've got favorite moments & episodes to share, and reveal some of the scenes and characters they fought to save from the cutting room floor (remember that crab?!)!

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Mackenzie Atwood, coming at you again with the Steven Universe podcast.
0:09.3	I'm in the writers room at Cartoon Network Studios in Burbank, California, and today's
0:14.1	show is all about the production process.
0:16.8	How does an episode get from conception to the finished version we all see and love?
0:21.1	We're going to find out from some of the crew members who were instrumental in the
0:24.4	process.
0:25.4	I'm talking about producer Jackie Buscarino, production manager Lisa Zunich, animatic editor
0:31.1	Lauren Hecht, animation director Nick Dimeo, and of course show creator Rebecca Sugar.
0:36.5	So starting us off today, producer Jackie Buscarino and production manager Lisa Zunich.
0:41.6	Thank you guys so much for being here.
0:43.2	Thanks for having me.
0:44.2	Thanks for having me.
0:45.2	Yeah, so let's jump right into it.
0:46.7	I was hoping you guys could just give us a shortened version of the different stages
0:51.4	of production for an episode of Steven Universe.
0:54.8	But for starters, I wanted to point out sometimes maybe the listeners when they're like,
0:58.3	what's taking so long?
0:59.3	How come episodes aren't airing?
1:01.6	For our schedule from boards to delivery is at 39 weeks schedule.
1:05.9	So that's just to make one episode.
1:07.8	How many weeks?
1:08.8	It's almost like almost 10 months.
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