Cuphead is a classic run and gun action game heavily focused on boss battles. Inspired by cartoons of the 1930s, the visuals and audio are painstakingly created with the same techniques of the era, i.e. traditional hand drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings.
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Studio MDHR
A short film by Wim Goossens © 2020
Footage filmed at ‘De Walvis’ car wash in Dordrecht, the Netherlands.
Music: An der schönen blauen Donau, Johan Strauss by André Rieu.
An allegory about the dangers of following your deepest instincts, “Sous la Glace” (Under the Ice), a CG short film by six students at École des Nouvelles Images comes wrapped in the most sublime digital cinematography.
Directed by Milan Baulard, Ismail Berrahma, Flore Dupont, Laurie Estampes, Quentin Nory, Hugo Potin with music composed by Baptiste Leblanc.
A short film by Wim Goossens © 2020
Footage filmed at ‘De Walvis’ car wash in Dordrecht, the Netherlands.
April 6th, 1917. As a regiment assembles to wage war deep in enemy territory, two soldiers are assigned to race against time and deliver a message that will stop 1,600 men from walking straight into a deadly trap.
Golden Globe-winning “1917” is a serious Oscar contender. It stars George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman, Colin Firth, and Benedict Cumberbatch and was filmed to look like one continuous shot. Cinematographer Roger Deakins explains how he and director Sam Mendes did it, from digging up a mile of trenches to attaching cameras to cranes and drones.
More one shots:
Atonement by Joe Wright
Boogie Nights by Pault Thomas Anderson
Touch of Evil by Orson Welles
Kurzgesagt – German for „In a nutshell“ is a Munich-based YouTube channel and design studio with a unique perspective on design, color, and storytelling.
Background Visuals for the opening concert ‘Bosh Choirbooks’ by the Cappella Pratensis, March 2020 ‘s-Hertogenbosch. Made with the initials from the books.
Music: Nesciens Mater by Jean Mouton
Duck Amuck is an American animated cartoon short directed by Chuck Jones and produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. The short film was released in early 1953 by The Vitaphone Corporation, the short subject division of Warner Bros., as part of the Merrie Melodies series. It stars Daffy Duck, who is tormented by a seemingly sadistic, unseen animator, who constantly changes Daffy’s locations, clothing, voice, physical appearance and even shape, much to Daffy’s aggravation and rage. Pandemonium reigns throughout the cartoon as Daffy attempts to steer the action back to some kind of normality, only for the animator to either ignore him or, more frequently, to over-literally interpret his increasingly frantic demands. In the end, the tormenting animator is revealed to be Bugs Bunny.
A kinetic typography animation made in a ‘Typofilm workshop’ at ArtCoDe Tilburg by Wim Goossens. The audio excerpt is from the podcast ‘HeavyWeight’ by Jonathan Goldstein.
Animations and Visual Effects for the Dutch historical film Publieke Werken, in collaboration with Planet X FX . We made New York around 1900, the platforms of Amsterdam Central, the old Post Office and the bees for a very memorable scene!
Japanese anime film told in three interconnected segments, we follow a young man named Takaki through his life as cruel winters, cold technology, and finally, adult obligations and responsibility converge to test the delicate petals of love.
(Station Scene)
La Linea (“The Line”) is an Italian animated series created by the Italian cartoonist Osvaldo Cavandoli. The series consists of 90 episodes, each about 2–3 minutes long and were originally broadcast on the Italian channel RAI between 1971 and 1986. Over the years the series aired in more than 40 countries around the world.
Dive in – An illustrated tale is an underwater journey, through revolving landscapes and unexpected monsters, a world of breathing caves and valleys, tiny fishes and huge, hiding whales. Made with a set of 33 looping gifs.
Taking inspiration from my favourite designers of all time, Fortunato Depero, Enzo Mari, Bruno Munari, i tried to create, like them, an uncommon product for children and grown ups.
The title sequence for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse takes us on a kaleidoscopic journey through an endless array of Spider-Men across infinite dimensions. We explore a multiverse of colorful visuals and scenarios, all visually inspired from the tactile quality of the comic books and traditional animation techniques.
