Thank you guys for such a warm response to this video. I'm grateful it touched many of you, and reading all the positive comments make me so happy. I drew this as the Evan before Heidi sung this to him, hoping to understand and become the Evan at the conclusion of the song. I guess we are all Evans.
pistachiosoda I hope you see this comment; this video really hits home to me because my parents divorced when I was 5 and my dad lives an 8 hour plane ride away. Anyway I love the animation if you respond it would be amazing but I know you can't respond to everyone so it's fine if you don't.
I WOULD LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE WRITER OF DEAR EVAN HANSEN CAME TO SPEAK AT HIS OLD HIGH SCHOOL (MY CURRENT SCHOOL) AND HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE PROCESS OF PUTTING SONGS INTO HIS WORK AND HE SHOWED THIS ANIMATIC IN FRONT OF THE WHOLE SCHOOL. I FELT LIKE YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW THAT
YES!!! HE HAD SOME PEOPLE READ THE ORIGINAL SCENE BEFORE IT WAS PUT IN SONG FORM, THE HE SAID "and this is what it looks like when it's done" AND HE SHOWED THIS VIDEO
actually now that i think about it, in Anybody Have A Map, it shows you the parallels! Parenting alone, and not knowing what to do. and parenting with a partner, and still not knowing what to do. Its giving us a chance to grasp just how hard it is to understand your child. That no matter how close or how devoted you are to your child, you still won't know what to do sometimes.
That's hardly a detriment, I'm sure the characters are supposed to be crying during the sad songs. Unless your crying is so vocal that it affects your singing, in which case... I pity you.
On my birthday my mom took me to see DEH on Broadway. When this song came on and she listened to it she grabbed my hand. I will never forget the look on her face. It was one of the few times i've seen her cry in my life.
What I mean: *WHO GAVE YOU THE RIGHT TO DRAW OLDER EVAN CRYING, AND THEN GOING TO LITTLE EVAN BAWLING HIS EYES OUT?! AND WHO GAVE YOU THE RIGHT TO DRAW THIS PIECE OF ART THAT DOESN`T EVEN HAVE 100,000 VIEWS YET?! AND JUST LOOK AT THOSE GHIBLI TEARS, LOOK. AT. THEM!!* What I`m saying: I wish I could draw!
as a person who is very dependent on their mom this made me bawl due to the one lyric "is there gonna be another truck that is gonna take mommy away" this is by far the best animation I've seen for this song.
SAAAAME I lost my mom on Mothers Day a few years back (overdose...) so it gets me everytime- and the little head bob Evan does right before- OH LORD I CAN'T--
wow, okay... This is the first animatic that actually brought me to tears... It's just... This really is close to home... My dad left my mom when I was way smaller than Evan, and my mom was struggling with depression while taking care of a 4-year-old, and just like Evan's mom, she... She tried. A lot. We don't talk much now, not like we used to, but... This animatic left so nostalgic about that days of my mom being my whole word and the gap between us. The expressions was just amazing and i'm still sobbing, omg...
Michelle Finholdt I am so sorry for what you had to go through. I cried too but not because of something that happened to me. I love kids and it hurts knowing that they have to go through stuff like this especially after wittnising my best friend and how it affected her when her parents divorced.
Wow, I know how is it. Or something like that, because my parents divorced when I was just 1 years old. I have two older brothers and és were so young when my dad is left us. Yeah I see him every second weekend and i'm used to it, but this isn't mean that I like it or it's good to me. Because it isn't. This is why I cryed on this video. (Sry for the bad English, it isn't my main language, but I hope you can understand this )
fun fact: this song in the musical is where heidi is asking evan how he actually broke his arm. but he replied by saying "you'd hate me" i'd like to think this is a song about how she finally understood what he meant by that, realizing that he tried to commit suicide and this is her message as to how she loves him no matter what and wouldn't leave him like his father did. now go get a tissue box
Jesus Christ that's powerful. As a child coming from a divorced home life that whole song coupled with the beautiful animation this hit home for me. The song really shows how much a divorce can hurt. For me this song just touches on every single part of a divorced household ranging from how the kid doesn't understand to how the mom knows she will fall short. And all that stuff is hard to stomach but this animatic brings along a sort of Beauty. Thank you for making this 😭❤️
Honest Rebellion 20 Ikr I also come from a divorced house hold and...I just can relate so much...and also like Evan I had only a few friends...hell I even needed a counsellor to help make friends... I was awkward lonely child...I never really got along with others and that lead me to a life of fandoms and internet...but I made some school friends and we hang out and comfort each other when feeling down...I felt like the world was against me
Well said both of you! This video shows the flashbacks amazingly! I feel like being a kid of divorce gets tougher as you get older and realize how fucking messy it really is.
not to be rude but this is a legit question. when you were little did your parents divorce actually make you sad? cause everyone in my family gets a divorce so it didnt effect me when my parents did. but some people are really hurt by it and i want to know why? not trying to be insensitive or anything
gros well it really depends on the family and the situation, my parents got divorced when I was really little so I don't remember my dad that much. While I am sad some days because I miss him, other days I don't even think of him. But with you if it's the norm than it's easy to see why you might not be as badly as affected
oh my god this fucked me uuuuuuupppppppp. This song always manages to turn me into a baby and it did the same here. The line "a truck that will take mommy away" always breaks me down because Evan is just a tiny kid at that point and all he has to worry about is chicken nuggets not being dinosaur shaped and girl with cooties and he just doesn't understand what's going on. his dad is just leaving and he doesn't know why and he thinks his mom is gonna leave him too and holy shit it kills me
Two minutes? I started sobbing at 0:35, and by 0:40 I was crying SO badly. The goodbyes had me crying too and 1:35 is just shattering.. I don't know how people could _not_ cry at this
literally me, her channel is what got me into dear evan hanson but I found her cuz I like the heathers, if u wanna dive right in listen to waving through a window, I literally listen to it on repeat.
My parents divorced around 3-3,5 years ago. I can't get through this video without crying. Especially the "Your mom isn't going anywhere, your mom is staying right here, " since, just like him, I live with my mom. Dear pistachiosoda, thank you for this animatic. It's wonderful.
2:50-3:10 I will have you know I have never. EVER. Cried to an animatic. But the way you did this, it's amazing. I've subscribed because I'm shocked that i actually hiccuped, and started crying. Great work! I hope to see more great videos from you!
I have never ever ever ever cried from an animatic either but the meaning and emotions just hit me right in the tear ducts I couldn't hold back the tears!
When it get's to the part were Evan asked if there was another truck that was going to take her away, I always cry. Because I grew up with my dad, hoping to any god out there that he wouldn't choose something else over me like my mother did... It never fails to make me cry, and what you did was perfect for this song. Showing all the emotion , its true. Thank you.
this song really hits home for me, as my father moved out recently and has gone to live with this woman she'd been cheating on my mom for 2 years with... that part where it said there's not another truck and you'll always have your mom really.... i needed to hear it. beautiful artwork.
Man just wow... I have never cried due to an animatic before and it hurts, a lot. It hurts a lot more because I also remember the day my dad left. He showed up after being gone for awhile (like a couple of weeks) left a note for my mom then left again. I remember I was just like 'Yay dad's back!' and I followed him and saw when he put down the note and part of me knew (I had seen my parents fight before) and I just didn't want to see the words on the note. So I followed him to the door. He was teary eyed pulled me in close kissed my head hugged for awhile and said something like 'I'll be back' or 'see you later' and left. I remember my mom getting home and she saw and read the note and kinda just rushed to the restroom..... I just remembered so clearly because of this animatic... This animatic makes me really appreciate my mother and also be happy that I still see my dad but just wow. I never could've imagined this would come when I clicked on this. So seriously thank you, (sounds sarcastic but its not I swear) otherwise I would've forgotten that...
"And I knew there would be moments that I'd miss. And I knew there would be space I couldn't fill. And I knew I'd come up short a million different ways and I did, and I do, and I will." This was a punch to the gut.
oh my god the sob i had to hold back while watching this.....absolutely beautiful!!! emotional and one of the best songs of the musical. the story telling you do is wonderful.
Now, for real. This may be the second video I saw that was able to bring me into tears, and almost sobbing. Your drawings are beautiful, really proffesional I must say, and you show the characters emotions so well, it's wonderful! The song, sad by itself, was much sadder, since you showed it in a perfect way, and the viewer got attached to the story, and the characters, it was painful to see when they cried. Congratulations, you have made a piece of art.
Zac Varg the fact that it made you cry despite your inability to personally relate to the characters speaks volumes about how well made this was. I didn’t have parents who left like this and yet I broke down over this song and perfectly made animatic and not just any sad media can do that like. Shit i cant see they these tears
coming from an only child who is being raised by a single mother this song has reached my soul so fast. It’s so beautiful and the constant worry that fills the mothers mind is that she will come out short in how she won’t be at every game or every concerts because she has to work harder now to pull the two of them through
growing up my grandma WAS my mother. it was just me and her like evan and heidi. now that im in college this song just feels so different. i miss being her little girl. i miss being able to cry in her arms. now i just cry alone
could someone tell me how the animatic was? I couldn't see it between all my tears :') (this was amazing, I finally understand the meaning of this song, thank you.)
I just finished seeing DEH yesterday and I cried so much during this beautiful song, and now I'm emotionally incapable of going through this song without tears... THANK YOU FIR SUCH AN AMAZING ANIMATIC JOB
I know the animatic were 2 years now but it didn’t failed to make me cry everytime. Each time i watched this, i remember how painful and how much tears my mom had when my dad left. But she eventually came so far from that because she know she have to stay strong for us, for me and for my sisters. So thank you for making this beautiful animatic of this beautiful musical.
These " dear Even Hansen " things all ways get me crying by the end 😭 It's mostly because I can relat to most many of these songs... well not this one because I'm still young but some parts I can relate to and i sort of feel for this one because I'm adopted and i still remeber when my mom said that at had to leave with daddy and ihad to stay here for just a bit longer ( the adoption centre ) a year later I get adopted... I'm 14 now... I still remeber her her tears falling in me while she left... Beautiful animatic tho! 😅
Poor little Evan didn't understand it was a bad thing his Dad left at first. The song without animation itself is sad, now I scrolled to this. It's perfect!
im shaking so hard right now. i feel so bad for evan and his mother. oh how much of a good mother she is. her emotional singing is honestly making me hold back sobs as it's almost 1am. thank you. this is the first animation ive almost choked not wanting to let out whimpers. this got me good. so thank you 💞
I have a playlist of things that help me feel a bit better when I’m sad and this touched me so much that I added it. I usually only put things there if it makes me feel like there’s someone out there who’s there for me. Yes I do know that it’s stupid that I have a playlist like that but don’t judge me okay? I really need a little bit of extra happiness
This is one of the most underrated songs in Dear Evan Hansen, and one of my personal favorites. Depending on my mood, I may cry listening to it... unless I'm watching this animatic. I consistently cry about halfway through watching this.
I was doing okay until he came on-screen at 0:35.. when he turned smiling so brightly at 0:40 I definitely lost it, his genuine joy killed me. My crying has only worsened through the song because it's so emotional and beautiful
I have a trauma with crying, I unconsciously force myself to not cry, even if I want to, but sometimes I just lock in my room, put headphones, I put this song and cry in silence, just to vent my feelings in someway
I haven't cried at a single dear Evan Hansen animatic until thus one congratulations on making me a waterfall. Seriously though this is so well done and beutiful thank you for animating this!♡♡♡
This is my first listen to So Big So Small, and my first time crying uncontrollably at a single line and an animatic. Said line was, “A truck that will take mommy away?” Whoever you are, dear animator, you are amazing
I love this animatic. I got tears-eyed, I'm not going to deny it. What I love most about what this song and this animatic portrays is that beautiful, perfect, love that a mother has for her child. The sort of love where, on your worst day, you can go to your mom and curl up on her lap and cry and just feel like you're three years old again as your mother gently holds you and comforts you and tells you everything will be alright, no matter how bad things seem. It shows a mother's heart and strength as she tries her best to fill in the gaps, sometimes not even wholly knowing what it is she's doing or what she's trying to do or why she's doing and giving it her best shot anyway because she would do anything for her child. And what I love most about it is that physical sense of comfort and kindness that a mother shows. How she'll just hold you while you cry and comfort you, how she'll be strong for her child even when she doesn't know what to do, and how she's the kindest person anyone could ever know. I've never had to deal with a divorce like the Hansens did, but this song and this animatic get me tears-eyed every time because Heidi's words and portrayal remind me of my own mother, whom I love dearly. To all the mothers out there, thank you from the bottom of my heart for all that you do, you incredible, incredible people.
This reaaally hit home, since I'm pretty sure my mom felt like this too when my parents divorced, however, the video was so well done that it actually brought me to tears, and I don't like crying a lot. Great job
Seeing baby Evan hearing this and watching Evan cry made me so upset I was sobbing when She remembered Evan asking if there was another truck in the driveway I was like "Well shit there goes my day"
The "truck that takes mommy away" part always gets me no matter how meny times I listen, god what a beautiful song Not to mention the show all together god dam
I have watched this three times with a few minute breaks inbetween and I cried every time. How you draw expressions is what I dream of doing and you've inspired me to draw people again ;v; Thank you so much for this
Every time I need a good cry, I just come to this animatic, something about the voice of the music and the expressions of the characters just gets to me EVERY time so yeah, just wanted to send my thanks to you for crafting this
This little kid at my church, he’s in the first grade, he has two moms because they’re lesbian, one of the moms cheated with a guy, the other one is like connor, overdosed on drugs and took her own life, the boy was the one who found the body. But at church he was running around and playing happily, proves how hard his home life was. He hadn’t fully processed the death of his mother, he is now living with his friends temporarily and he’s very happy, I feel terrible. And the pure shock was the worse.. it was incredibly heartbreaking, he started breaking down because how this happened was my mom works with his grade, and their lesson was about a sad time. So she asked everyone if something sad had recently happened to them. The little boy raised his hand and said his mother died. Yesterday. 😔✊🏻🙌🙏 Rest In Peace gorgeous
I’m going to show this for a school project about grief since the teacher said we needed a video to show and not just the song, so thank you for the animatic :D!
This song makes me cry hard already, and the animatic just added more to that ahaha😂 (no literally I'm sobbing)you captured the emotions BEAUTIFULLY and honestly I can just say that it makes this song much more sentimental and powerful than it already was. Absolutely gorgeous😭😭💜
Okay. I have to tell you because I honestly just burst into tears, the line, _"Is there another truck coming to our driveway? A truck that will take Mommy away?"_ That part, her expression, I couldn't. Kudos to you. Great animatic. Great art!
The part that made me sad was when she said “I knew I’d come up short a million different ways and I did” I feel like if your a parent knowing that feeling of failing ur child must be hard :(
This is pure perfection! I love this to pieces. I've never cried because of an animatic. Guess there's a first time for everything... I love this so so soooooo much
