Lucas is in his twenties, with short puffy brown hair and wears jeans and an orange T-shirt.

Laura is in her twenties, with above the shoulders straight brown hair with bangs and wears jeans and a purple T-shirt.

As a song plays, Lucas and Laura walk in the woods, cross a bridge, balance on a fallen tree trunk, cross a stream, run across the city and in a park full of geese.

The song says PACK UP YOUR BAGS KISS YOUR TURTLE GOODBYE COME UP AND CLIMB WHERE WE CAN TOUCH THE SKY SO MUCH TO SEE SO MUCH TO DO IN OUR TREE FORT WE GOT A SHOW FOR THAT TVOKIDS, THAT TVOKIDS THAT TVOKIDS THAT TVOKIDS SHOW

Laura says PASSWORD PLEASE. [FWEET!]

Lucas whispers something in Laura's ear as a caption reads "Cartoon."

In animation, a dialogue bubble pop out of a map with a caption "That TVO Kids Show."

The song continues LA, LA, LA, DO, DO, DO, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH THAT TVOKIDS SHOW!

Lucas and Greg stand in the tree fort.

Lucas says IT'S A GOOD DAY IN THE TREE FORT.

Greg is in his twenties, with short puffy brown hair and wears black jeans, a blue T-shirt and an open flannel shirt.

Greg says IT'S A REALLY GOOD DAY IN THE TREE FORT. HEY, LUCAS, HAVE YOU EVER WISHED THAT YOUR TOYS COULD COME TO LIFE?

Lucas says I WISH THAT ALL OF THE TIME. AND PRETTY MUCH ALL OF MY CHILDHOOD.

Greg says WELL, IT'S YOUR LUCKY DAY, BECAUSE TODAY IS ANIMATION DAY IN THE TREE FORT.

Lucas says SINCE YOU'RE SUCH A FAN, TELL US WHAT IS ANIMATION?

Greg says I WOULD LOVE TO.

Lucas says WHAT IS IT?

Greg says ANIMATION IS A SERIES OF STILL IMAGES THAT CREATE THE ILLUSION OF MOVEMENT.

Lucas says THAT'S TOTALLY TRUE. AND YOU CAN DO IT IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS, RIGHT?

Greg says THAT'S RIGHT.

Lucas says YOU CAN DO IT WITH A BUNCH OF LITTLE IMAGES. YOU CAN DO STOP MOTION, CREATING AN IMAGE OR EVEN A SCULPTURE.

Greg says WE HAVE THIS CLIP FROM TVOkid MAY WHERE SHE ANIMATES LITTLE PLAYMOBIL TOYS TO COME DO LIFE.

Lucas says LET'S CHECK THIS OUT, MAY!

A clip shows a Playmobil going down a toy water slide.

May says YEAH, OKAY, EVERYONE GOING ON A SLIDE. WEE. HEY, I DON'T CARE, I'M JUST GOING TO SWIM. I'M GOING TO GO ON A DIVING BOARD. OKAY, DIVING BOARD.

Greg says BUT MAY, WHERE WAS THE BABY? WHAT A CLIFFHANGER.

Lucas says I KNOW, IT WAS SUCH A GOOD STORY. MAY, YOU'RE VERY TALENTED. THANK YOU FOR SENDING THAT IN. TVOkids, IF YOU DO STOP MOTION, PLEASE SEND THEM OUR WAY. GO TO tvokids.com TO FIND OUT HOW.

Greg says I WANT TO START WORKING ON A FLIPBOOK.

Lucas says I MADE A PLASTICINE CLAY PUPPY HERE, AND I WAS GOING TO MAKE A STOP MOTION TODAY.

Greg says OH, LIKE THE TENNIS CLUB KIDS?

Lucas says YEAH, EXACTLY. LET'S LOOK AT THAT AS WELL.

An animation shows Plasticine tennis players playing in a cardboard tennis court.

A voice says READY TO START PLAYING TENNIS? GOOD. SO WE'LL START WITH BOUNCING THE BALL AND, WHOA, YOU GUYS ARE PROS! HOW GOOD.

Another voice says OKAY, NOW IT'S THE BOYS' TURN. COME ON, GIRLS.

The first voice says OH, ARE YOU OKAY?

Lucas says THAT WAS GOOD FOR ME TO STUDY. I CAN SEE THEY ARE SLOWLY MAKING MOVEMENTS WITH THESE PLASTICINE MOVEMENTS. SO I'M GOING TO MOVE THE TAIL SO IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S WAGGING. WAIT, TVOkids, AT THE END OF THE SHOW I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU GUYS.

Greg says COOL. TVOkids, IT'S ALSO THE LAST WEEK TO SUBMIT FOR MEET MY MONSTER CAMPAIGN. TWO LUCKY TVOkids ARE GOING TO BE SELECTED, AND THEIR MONSTER IS GOING TO BE ANIMATED USING MOTION CAPTURE.

Lucas says THAT'S TRUE. WE'RE GOING TO BRING YOUR MONSTERS TO LIFE. IT SOUNDS AMAZING. IT'S GOING TO BE EVEN MORE AMAZING. SEND IN YOUR SUBMISSIONS. CHECK OUT THIS CLIP TO FIND OUT HOW.

Laura says LURKING DEEP INSIDE.

Lucas says EVERY KID IS.

Greg says A MONSTER.

Laura says AND TVO WANTS TO HELP YOU

Greg says BRING THAT MONSTER TO LIFE.

Lucas says ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS.

Laura says DRAW YOUR MONSTER.

Lucas says TELL US ABOUT IT.

Greg says AND A TEAM OF TALENTED ARTISTS, ANIMATORS AND STORYTELLERS.

Laura says WILL HELP YOU.

An animated monster says YES, YOU, BECOME YOUR OWN MONSTER.

Greg says WHAT!

Laura says JUST GO TO tvokids.com.

Lucas says FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS CHANCE TO BRING OUT THE MONSTER IN YOU.

The animated monster says WHAT'S YOUR MONSTER!

Back in the fort, Lucas says WHAT IS YOUR MONSTER?

Greg says MY MONSTER? HMM, I WOULD SAY IT WOULD BE LIKE AN EGG MONSTER.

Lucas says WHAT? THAT'S A SMELLY MONSTER, GREG.

Greg says NO, NO, I WOULD CALL IT THE ANGRY EGG MONSTER, AND BECAUSE IT GOES GR, AND THEN IT'S AN EGG, AND THEN I WOULD CALL IT GREG.

Lucas says IS IT GOOD OR EVIL?

Greg says IT'S A GOOD EGG.

Lucas says OKAY, GOOD TO KNOW. HOW TVOkids, GREG AND I WERE ACTUALLY SORTING THROUGH A BUNCH OF SUBMISSIONS TODAY. WE WERE SO IMPRESSED BY ALL THE THINGS WE SAW, SO WE PICKED A COUPLE TO SHOW YOU GUYS.

Greg says YES, OKAY, THIS ONE, I LIKED IT.

Lucas says I DID TOO.

A drawing on screen shows a pink and purple octopus with cat ears and a rainbow unicorn.

Greg says I CHOSE EDEN. IT REMINDS ME OF, LIKE, A CAT, OCTOPUS, UNICORN AND IT'S CLASSY. IT HAS A BOW TIE. AND LISTEN TO THE SOUND IT MAKES.

Lucas says ARE THOSE BUBBLES? IS IT COULD BE UNDER THE WATER.

Greg says I FEEL LIKE IT COULD COME ON TO LAND AS WELL.

Lucas says I REALLY LIKE THAT ONE IN, EDEN. CHECK OUT THIS PICK. THIS ONE WAS SO COOL, FROM SARAH AGE 10. SO EXCITED TO SEE THIS. IT IS CALLED THE OUTLET.

Now another drawing shows a big headed monster with spikes and outlets and a thin snake body.

Greg says OH, THE OUTLET. VERY OMINOUS.

Lucas says IT IS, AND LOOK, IT HAS LITTLE OUTLETS ON ITS HEAD AND ARMS. IT'S REALLY, REALLY WELL DESIGNED. I GIVE THIS A TEN OUT OF TEN.

Greg says I LIKE IT, YEAH. I LIKE... ELECTRICITY IS USEFUL, BUT IT CAN ALSO BE SCARY.

Lucas says AND I THINK IT ACTUALLY SAYS IN THE DESCRIPTION THAT IT IS RECHARGEABLE. [Frog horn]

Greg says THAT'S GOOD. WE NEED RECHARGING, RE-USING BATTERIES.

Lucas says TREE FORT, LUCAS SPEAKING, WHO'S CALLING?

The caller says DANIEL AND DAVID.

Lucas says DANIEL AND DAVID. A DUO.

Greg says WE GOT TWO.

Lucas says WHAT'S THE PASSWORD?

The caller says CARTOON.

Greg says YOU ARE RIGHT, IN THE SKY.

says BOOM. WELCOME. HI.

Daniel and David pops up on the sky screen.

Daniel says HI.

David says HI.

Lucas says ALL RIGHT, FRIENDS, TELL US, YOU CREATED A MONSTER FOR MEET MY MONSTER, CORRECT?

Daniel says YEAH.

Lucas says ALL RIGHT.

Greg says OKAY, WELL, WE'D LOVE TO SEE IT. CAN WE SEE HIM?

Lucas says YEAH, DANIEL, YOU GO FIRST.

David says THIS IS NELLA.

Lucas says OKAY, WE'LL CHECK OUT NANA'S. TELL US ABOUT THE MONSTER NANA.

Greg says YES.

David says NANA JUST KEEPS DANCING AND DANCING. SHE ALSO HAS MICROSCOPIC BACTERIA.

Greg says OKAY. IT'S A DANCING BACTERIA MONSTER.

Lucas says THAT'S RIGHT. SO TVOkids, AS YOU CAN SEE, DANIEL AND DAVID, YOU'RE A LITTLE BIT FROZEN SO CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHAT NANA LOOKS LIKE?

David says NANA'S SKIN IS PURE ORANGE.

Lucas says OH.

David says AND, WELL, HIS EARS AND EYES ARE GREEN.

Lucas says THAT'S RIGHT. AND THERE'S BACTERIA ALL OVER THE BODY, RIGHT?

Daniel says ALSO THE HAIR IS BLUE.

Greg says OKAY.

Lucas says CLASSIC.

Greg says SO AN ORANGE BODY, KIND OF LIKE YOUR VEST. YOU WOULD IMAGINE LIKE LUCAS BUT WITH GREEN HAIR.

Lucas says KIND OF LIKE MY VEST? I SHOULD GET BLUE HAIR. AND, DAVID, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT YOURS IS, WHAT YOUR MONSTER IS?

Daniel says HE TOLD YOU.

Greg says OH, SORRY, DANIEL.

Lucas says REAL QUICK. MY BAD. BROTHERS.

Greg says DANIEL, WHAT MONSTER DID YOU CREATE?

Daniel says WELL, MY MONSTER IS THE BLACK AND WHITE... MONSTER. IT WAS CREATED BY THE MAYORS AND THE CO-MAYOR. AND THEY ACCIDENTALLY PUT SPAGHETTI, SO THEY PUT IT IN THE WILD, AND NOW DOING RANDOM EVIL STUFF. HE HAS AN EVIL BRAIN.

Lucas says AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS LUCIUS AND LAUREL ARE THE CREATORS.

Daniel says YEAH.

Lucas says I LOVE THAT. WE GOT TO SAY GOOD-BYE TO YOU GUYS, BUT FIRST WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU A CUTE TIME OOT VIDEO, OKAY?

Daniel says OKAY.

Lucas says HERE'S OUR CHAMPION. CHECK IT OUT. CUTE TIME OOT

A series of pets appear with the title "Cute time oot." The announcer says CHAMPION!

A clip shows an up close image of a bee pollinizing a flower.

Greg says ALL RIGHT, DANIEL AND DAVID, THIS IS THE CHAMPION FROM YESTERDAY. IT'S A LITTLE BUMBLEBEE.

Lucas says I LIKE IT TOO.

Greg says IT'S VERY CALMING.

Lucas says IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING VERY SLOW. I WONDER IF THIS IS SLOW MOTION. WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK OF THIS?

One of the brothers says TEN OUT OF TEN.

The other one says I WOULD RATE IT FIVE OUT OF TEN.

Lucas says TEN AND TEN. INTERESTING.

Greg says OKAY, ALL RIGHT, A LITTLE BIT OF DIVIDE THERE.

Lucas says LET'S CHECK OUT THE CHALLENGER.

The announcer says CHALLENGER!

A animated clip shows a sunglasses-wearing cat dancing.

Greg says IT'S AN ANIMATION! IT'S AN ANIMATED CAT CELEBRATING ANIMATION DAY.

Lucas says WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS, DANIEL AND DAVID?

One of the brothers says I WOULD SAY TEN OUT OF TEN.

Lucas says OKAY.

The other brother says I WOULD RATE IT 9.7 OUT OF TEN.

Lucas says WHICH MEANS THAT IS A CLEAR WINNER. THANK YOU FOR JUDGING THAT. GOOD-BYE, YOU GUYS. IT WAS AWESOME TO TALK TO YOU. WE LOVE YOUR MONSTER.

The brothers say BYE.

Lucas says WOWEE.

Greg says ANIMATED CAT WON.

Lucas says IT TOTALLY DID.

Greg says WE ASKED SOME OTHER TVOkids FOR THEIR MONSTERS, SO LET'S CHECK THAT OUT REAL QUICK.

Lucas says MORE MONSTERS.

A caption reads "Let's meet your monsters."

A brown-haired girl shows her drawing and says IT'S A HIPPOPOTAMUS. IT WILL KILL ANYONE IT WANTS AND IT EATS WATERMELON, A WHOLE WATERMELON. AND IT DRINKS COFFEE.

A blond girl says A MUTANT TURTLE. IT'S LIKE GRRRR.

A girl in a black and white hoodie says IT WAS TALL, WHITE, HAD NO EYES, LAZY EYES.

A boy with a blue hair says WIGGLY EYES, LIKE A SNAKE, AND IT'S [INDISCERNIBLE] THE EYES ARE RED.

A girl in a blue Gap hoodie says ITS EYES ARE LIKE A MIRROR, AND ITS TEETH ARE POINTY, SO YOU SEE YOURSELF WHEN IT BITES YOU.

A boy says RIGHT NOW IT'S FOLDING A FORK AND A KNIFE BECAUSE IT WANTS TO EAT SOMEONE. HAS A... FORK.

The girl in the black and white hoodie says AND IT HAD SHARP TEETH.

Lucas says CAN I SAY THAT THE MONSTER WITH THE FORK AND KNIFE, VERY CLASSY.

Greg says VERY CLASSY.

Lucas says VERY CLASSY MONSTER, AND WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU AN ACTUAL PROFESSIONAL ANIMATOR, RIGHT?

Greg says YES, YES, WE ARE. CHECK IT OUT.

A caption reads "Payton Curtis. Stop motion animator."

Payton is in his thirties, with short wavy brown hair and wears sunglasses, a chocolate brown shirt and a gray-brown jacket.

He says HI, MY NAME IS PAYTON CURTIS, A STOP MOTION ANIMATOR AND ALSO PRO-PYATTOR OF THE LORD RIDGE CINEMA. I'VE WORKED ON CORLINE, BOX TROLLS, THE FANTASTIC MR. FOX, AND LITTLE PRINCE IN MONTREAL, CANADA. I'VE ALSO MADE A COUPLE OF SHORT FILMS MYSELF. ONE WAS CALLED BONE GUITAR, WHICH IS JUST A BIT OF HALLOWEEN FUN WITH A SKELETON AND A GUITAR, AND THE OTHER ONE WAS CALLED THANKS RAY, AND IT WAS A TRIBUTE TO THE LATE GREAT HARRY HOUSEN, THE GRANDFATHER OF STOP MOTION. STOP MOTION ANIMATION IS BRINGING AN INANIMATE OBJECT LIKE MY ROBOT FRIEND HERE TO LIFE. HOW YOU DO THAT IS IN A SERIES OF STILL PICTURES.

He starts moving his robot's head little by little.

He says SO LET'S PRETEND HE'S GOING TO LOOK UP AT THE CAMERA, YOU GUYS. FIRST IMAGE WOULD BE HERE. YOU'D MOVE HIM JUST A LITTLE BIT, TAKE ANOTHER PICTURE, LITTLE BIT MORE, TAKE ANOTHER PICTURE, AND REPEAT THAT PROCESS UNTIL HE'S LOOKING AT YOU, AND THEN WHEN YOU PLAY IT BACK AGAIN, THIS IS WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE. SO THESE ARE STORYBOARDS, AND EACH PANEL REPRESENTS A FEW SECONDS OF FILM. SO THE FIRST ONE IS JUST A GUITAR ON THE TABLE, AND THE NEXT SHOT WOULD BE THE SKELETON BREAKING THE STRINGS. AS YOU CAN SEE WHEN I FIRST PLANNED IT, I THOUGHT HE'D USE PLIERS, BUT I LIKED THE IDEA OF HIM PLUCKING THE STRINGS AS IT IS A GUITAR AND IT WORKED A LOT BETTER. NEXT FRAME, THE SKELETON POKES HIS HEAD OUT. OKAY, SO HOW DO WE MAKE THE CHARACTERS' FACIAL EXPRESSIONS CHANGE? HERE'S A HEAD.

He now shows a clay face on a wooden board.

He says THIS IS NORMAN FROM ParaNorman, AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, HIS ENTIRE FACE IS REMOVABLE. SO IT POPS OFF AND THEN YOU HAVE SELECTIONS BETWEEN EYEBROWS AND MOUTHS. SO SAY I WANT THIS SMIRKING FACE FOR A SHOT. IF I WANT, SAY, THIS EYEBROW, WHICH LOOKED SORT OF WORRIED, YOU CLICK THAT INTO PLACE. AND THAT'S ONE FRAME OF ANIMATION, AND THEN OF COURSE FROM THERE YOU DO THE EXACT SAME THING AND REPEAT HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF TIMES UNTIL THE SHOT IS FINISHED. MAKING A CHARACTER TALK OR MAKING A PUPPET LOOK LIKE IT'S TALKING IS VERY DIFFICULT. HERE'S A QUICK EXAMPLE. IF I'M TURNING PROFILE, WHAT ANIMATORS WILL SOMETIMES DO IS HAVE A MIRROR IN FRONT OF THEM SO THEY CAN WATCH THEIR OWN MOUTH AND SEE WHAT SHAPES TO MAKE. SO LET'S USE THE WORD "BUT." BUT. THREE POSITIONS. VERY PRECISE, AND THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT. SO THE ADVICE I WOULD GIVE TO ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO BECOME AN ANIMATOR IS VERY SIMPLE. YOU'VE GOT TO PRACTISE, AND THERE ARE LOTS OF DISCIPLINES YOU CAN PRACTICE. DRAWING, SCULPTING. OF COURSE ANIMATION ITSELF, BUT LIKE ANY OTHER DISCIPLINE, MUSIC OR ART, YOU'VE GOT TO PRACTISE. VERY IMPORTANT.

A caption reads "Clips courtesy of 20th Century Fox, Laika Mechanical Farm."

Lucas says THE SCIENCE BEHIND ANIMATION, AND IT ACTUALLY TAKES QUITE A LONG TIME TO GET A FULL-BLOWN VIDEO OUT OF IMAGES.

Greg says YES, AND PAYTON SAID WE NEED TO PRACTISE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE AND THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING RIGHT NOW.

Lucas says I KNOW. IT'S BEEN A WHILE. TELL US, HOW HAS THE PROCESS BEEN? WHAT'S GOING ON?

Greg draws images on each of the pages of a sticky notes pad.

Greg says THE PROCESS HAS BEEN VERY TEDIOUS BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO DRAW ONE IMAGE AND THEN THAT IMAGE BUT SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT AND THEN YOU DRAW THAT IMAGE BUT SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT AND YOU DO THAT, LIKE, 50 TIMES.

Lucas says I KNOW. SO WHAT DID YOU DO?

Greg says I DID THIS. CHECK IT OUT. I CALL THIS THE WILD WACKY ADVENTURES OF STICK MAN, EPISODE ONE. HERE WE GO.

Lucas says WILD WACKY ADVENTURES OF STICK MAN.

Greg says ARE YOU READY?

Lucas says MM-HM.

Greg flips the pages really quickly from back to front and says ALL RIGHT, SO STICK MAN GETS ACCIDENTALLY STUCK ON A SPACESHIP, AND HE JUMPS OFF AND PARACHUTES DOWN AND THE PARACHUTE FALLS ON HIM.

Lucas says IMPRESSIVE, ACTUALLY. THAT WAS GREAT, TVOkids. I HOPE YOU THOUGHT THIS WAS GOOD TO. YOU CAN DO THIS ON A NOTEPAD YOU HAVE AT HOME. IT MIGHT TAKE A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT'S WORTH IT, TOTALLY IS. SO I'M FINISHING UP MY STOP MOTION. I HAVE TAKEN MY CAMERA TO TAKE A BUNCH OF LITTLE PHOTOS.

He takes photos of a clay dog and says I SET DOWN BY CAMERA, I TAKE PHOTOS OF THE DOG, AND EACH TIME I TAKE A PHOTO, TVOkids, I'M MOVING THE MOUTH AND THE TAIL AND EVEN THE EARS AND A LITTLE BALL TO FETCH WITH. SO IT'S REALLY, REALLY COOL. HOW ABOUT WE CHECK THIS OUT. DO YOU WANT TO CHECK THIS OUT, MY LITTLE DOG FRIEND? ARE YOU READY? HMM?

A clip shows the dog lifting his hears and barking.

Lucas says WOOF, WOOF! OH, SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE READY. IMPRESSIVE, HUH?

Greg says THAT WAS LIKE MAGIC.

Lucas says I KNOW, IT WAS REALLY FUN TO MAKE. IT JUST TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF PATIENCE. SO NEXT I THINK WE SHOULD PLAY FETCH. DO YOU WANT TO PLAY FETCH? HERE WE GO!

Now a clip shows Lucas throwing the dog a ball and the dog catching it.

Greg says WHAT! IT CAUGHT IT! THAT IS SO COOL.

Lucas says I KNOW. I KNOW. IT WAS REALLY, REALLY COOL.

Greg says THAT'S REALLY COOL.

Lucas says YEAH. GOOD BOY. GOOD BOY FOR FETCHING. REALLY GOOD BOY. YES, YOU'RE A GOOD BOY. YES, YOU ARE.

The clay dog says WHY DID YOU CREATE ME? WHAT IS MY PURPOSE?

Greg says UH-OH. IT SEEMS YOUR DOG HAS A...

Lucas says I KNOW, WHAT IS THE PURPOSE? JUST PUT YOU ON TV IN FRONT OF THOUSANDS OF TVOkids!

Greg says YEAH, LIKE THAT'S OUR PURPOSE TOO.

Lucas says I KNOW.

Greg says YOU SHOULD BE HONOURED. YOU SHOULD BE HONOURED.

Lucas says TAKE A LITTLE NAP HERE. BUT REALLY FUN. WE GOT TO GO. IT'S THE END OF ANIMATION DAY. TOMORROW IS SNOW DAY. FACETIME, SKYPE, CALL US WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE CRAZY THINGS. WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO PLAY GAMES. HIT IT.

Greg plays the ukulele and they sing a song that goes SO LONG SEE YA LATER I BET TOMORROW WILL EVEN BE GREATER BUT NOW IT'S TIME TO SAY GOOD-BYE TO YOU

Greg says 'TIL TOMORROW BECAUSE IT'S SNOW DAY.

The song says 'TIL TOMORROW. SO LONG SAYONARA CLUE

Lucas says A LONG LUGE MADE OUT OF LUMBER

The song continues IS THE PASSWORD FOR TOMORROW

Lucas says I'M LUCAS. MAKE SOME MAGIC.

Greg says GREG. EAT YOUR VEGETABLES.

(music plays)

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