Hollywood Blvd., USA (lost Stephen Hillenburg animated short film; 2013)
Still from the short film (1/4).
Status: Lost
Hollywood Blvd., USA is a 2013 animated short film by Stephen Hillenburg, who is most well known as the creator of the Nickelodeon show SpongeBob SquarePants, it would end up being his final independent project before his passing in 2018.
Plot
The short (which was in production for a few years) is experimental in the sense that it doesnt have a cohesive story, with it being made using footage that Stephen recorded of people walking in Hollywood Boulevard from 2007-2010,[1] and animating them in walk cycles, with some additional shots being hand painted. In an episode of the Big Pop Fun podcast, Stephen mentions that the short is also set to music, although its unknown which track is played.[2]
Availability
The short ended up playing at film festivals such as the Holland Animation Film Festival[1] and was additionally shown in 2014 at a talk Stephen gave at the John C. Hench Division of Animation & Digital Arts.[3] Outside of these screenings, the short hasn't been made publically available anywhere since, with the only material having resurfaced from it being some stills.
Gallery
Images
Still from the short film (2/4).
Still from the short film (3/4).
Still from the short film (4/4).
See Also
SpongeBob SquarePants Media
- Astrology with Squidward (found series of "SpongeBob SquarePants" Nickelodeon animated shorts; early 2000s)
- A Day With SpongeBob SquarePants: The Movie (unproduced unauthorized direct-to-DVD mockumentary film; 2011)
- Got Chocolate Milk? (found "SpongeBob SquarePants" animated tie-in commercial; 2001)
- The Humpback Hop (found full version of "SpongeBob SquarePants" production music; 2002)
- SpongeBob's Nicktoon Summer Splash (partially lost bumpers from Nickelodeon channel block; 2000-2001)
- SpongeBob: Re-Hydrated (partially lost "SpongeBob SquarePants" animated short; 2003)
- SpongeBob SquarePants (partially lost deleted scenes of Nickelodeon animated series; 1999-present)
- SpongeBob SquarePants "Behind Closed Doors" (partially found storyboard jam comic of Nickelodeon animated series; 2000s)
- The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (lost CinemaScope version of film based on Nickelodeon animated series; existence unconfirmed; 2004)
- The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (partially found deleted scenes of film based on Nickelodeon animated series; 2004)
- SpongeBob SquarePants "Reef Blower" (non-existent original dialogue of Nickelodeon animated series episode; 1999)
- SpongeBob SquarePants "Sailor Mouth" (lost uncensored version of Nickelodeon animated series episode; 2001)
- SpongeBob SquarePants "Shanghaied/You Wish" (found alternate "Patchy the Pirate" segments of Nickelodeon animated series special; 2001)
- SpongeBob SquarePants "SpaceBob InvaderPants/Krabs' Army" (lost production material of cancelled Nickelodeon animated series episodes; 2015)
- War Blowers (found full version of "SpongeBob SquarePants" production music; 1999)
Other Hillenburg Media
- The Intertidal Zone (found Stephen Hillenburg educational comic book; 1989)
- Wormholes (found Stephen Hillenburg animated short film; 1992)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Archived listing for short on the Holland Animation Film Festival website. Retrieved 22 Jul '24
- ↑ An episode of the Big Pop Fun with Stephen Hillenburg, where the short is discussed (59:03). Retrieved 22 Jul '24
- ↑ USC Hench-DADA Seminar Blog post about a talk given by Stephen Hillenburg, where the short was screened. Retrieved 22 Jul '24