Don't Hug Me I'm Scared
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Don't Hug Me I'm Scared |
| Country of production | United Kingdom |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 2011-2016 |
| Episodes | 6 in 1 season ( list ) |
| genre |
Puppet theater horror comedy |
| Director | Rebecca Sloan Joseph Pelling |
| script | Rebecca Sloan Joseph Pelling Hugo Donkin Baker Terry |
| production | Rebecca Sloan Joseph Pelling |
| First broadcast | July 29, 2011 on YouTube |
Don't Hug Me I'm Scared is a British web series produced by filmmakers Rebecca Sloan and Joseph Pelling from 2011 to 2016. There were six episodes that were published on YouTube and Vimeo . The series combines puppetry and computer animation with humorous horror elements.
content
The basic concept of each episode is that the main characters Yellow Guy, Red Guy and Duck Guy sing nursery rhymes about everyday subjects. In the course of the song it often becomes clear that the moral or message is nonsensical or contradicting and that the educational ulterior motive is mostly negative and dark. The climax of each episode contains an element of shock, sometimes with a hint of violence.
Episode list
The series consists of six episodes that were published on the YouTube channel of the same name .
| episode | Original title | publication |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Creativity | July 29, 2011 |
| 2 | Time | January 8, 2014 |
| 3 | Love | October 31, 2014 |
| 4th | Computers | March 15, 2015 |
| 5 | Health | October 14, 2015 |
| 6th | Dreams | 19th June 2016 |
production
Sloan and Pelling met while studying fine arts and animation at Kingston University , where they founded the THIS-IS-IT collective with some friends . They produced the first episode of Don't Hug Me I'm Scared in their spare time. When they started the project, they envisioned turning it into a series, but dropped the idea after completing the first episode. After the short film gained popularity, they decided to revisit the idea. The Channel 4's Random Acts have commissioned the second episode.
reception
The first episode in particular went viral. All six episodes had a total of 143.4 million views on YouTube in July 2017. Scott Beggs listed the original short as number 8 on his list of the 11 Best Short Films of 2011. Carolina Mardones listed the first episode as number 7 in her Top Ten Short Films of 2011.
Future projects
On June 19, 2017, a year after Episode 6 was released, Sloan hinted at additional work on the Don't Hug Me I'm Scared series . On September 13, 2018, a teaser trailer entitled "Wakey Wakey ..." was released on the channel. The 30-second video was viewed over two million times within 24 hours of its release and peaked at # 1 on YouTube Trends. On December 3, 2018, it was announced that the pilot episode of the show would be shown at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival , and details of the plot were also released.
Web links
- Do not Hug Me I'm Scared in the Internet Movie Database (English)