Paper Brain Productions

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When Paper Brain was just starting as a full time animation studio in Houston, Texas many years ago, one of the goals on our "animation bucket list" was to make an animation for the show that was such a big part of our childhood, Sesame Street. Fast forward to 2025 and we can say that this year marks the tenth year Paper Brain has been making animated letter and number films for Sesame Street and the Sesame Workshop. We can't think of a better way to celebrate that than sharing our most recent number film, "Number 8 Space." Airing on the ninth episode titled "A Trip to the Moon," this animation follows eight astronauts on a number-filled voyage to the moon. The score was done by composer Gregory Pepper, and the confident voice over from Mission Control was done by Violet Ray. Lisa Ray fabricated many of the paper assets, and all the characters were made with real construction paper, then composited into 3D paper and cardboard environments using After Effects.

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"Number 8 Space" from Sesame Street Season 55 Uploaded with permission from the Sesame Workshop. Returning to the cartoon modern character design we used in our film Nine to Five Ned, Paper Brain made a stop-motion…