As animation producer for The Simpsons, Rick Polizzi began working on the latest “Treehouse of Horror” episode months ago, and his work will pay on Sunday. After each Simpsons script is locked and the show’s brilliant voice cast has recorded the dialog, layout drawings are sent to a team of animators in South Korea, where the characters are brought to life. It’s Polizzi’s job to oversee the two-month-plus, trans-world, animation turnaround. Once an episode is back stateside, segments have to occasionally be tweaked, or dialog re-recorded. “If the show is not as strong as they like, they can rewrite a few things,” Polizzi said. “If the ending isn’t that strong and they want to punch it up, we can.” Because of the minimalist animation style used in The Simpsons, lines can often be changed without re-drawing faces. Read More >>>
