Episode 01
The Midnight
Cookie Heist
Eight frames. Twenty seconds. One very guilty face. Scroll through it one beat at a time.
That’s the whole story.
Now hear it.
Episode 01 · Now streaming
Shh…
don’t wake
them up.
A small animated family with a big appetite for trouble. Two kids, one cookie jar, and parents who always find out. A new short film every week.
EP 01
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The Midnight
Cookie Heist
The Midnight
The cast
Meet the Smiths.
Four characters. One kitchen. Endless mischief. Drag the kids around to see them from every side.
01
The Night Shift
Dad
Forever calm. Rarely winning. Owns exactly one pair of pajama pants.
02
The Witness
Mom
Sees everything. Says nothing. Yet. Usually the first one laughing.
03
Drag to turn
The Mastermind
Brother
Plans every heist. Denies every heist. Always “wasn’t me.”
04
Drag to turn
The Accomplice
Sister
Small. Sticky. Unstoppable. Will share her cookie, but only after one bite.
How they’re made
Same faces, every episode.
Every Smith starts life as a turnaround sheet: front, three-quarter, profile and back. We lock in the design before anything moves, so the family looks like the same family in every frame of every film.
- 01
Cast
We design and lock in the characters, from the knit of the sweater to the frog eyes on the hood.
- 02
Story
A twenty-second idea, written beat by beat, with a laugh at the end.
- 03
Scene
Lit, animated, voiced and cut together. Moonlight first, then the lights snap on.
New mischief every week.
Follow along so you don’t miss the next one.
Work with us
Want your family in a film like this?
Tell us who’s in your family and what kind of trouble they get into. We’ll write back with ideas. No story is too small or too silly.
