My most recent project is titled "Agent Cauliflower and The Missing Seedling". It's inspired by the corny (no pun intended) and sometimes wacky world of 1950's/60's cartoons. It all started when I watched a bonus scene from "The Incredibles" which included a fictional commentary over a fake vintage superhero show featuring Mr. Incredible and Frozon. The art style and atheistic made me laugh but also made me interested in doing something similar. Thats when I found a show called "Clutch Cargo" which inspired the bonus feature on The Incredibles. From that point on I worked towards recreating a vintage cartoon inspired by "Clutch Cargo" and the other imitators of the format. The format is called Syncro-Vox Animation. The style was fast and cheap meaning that the studios could make a lot of money without having to put in the tradition amount of effort typically seen in most animations. Everything about this project was geared towards making this cartoon as close as possible to the era it represented. An example of this was using a limited color palette. Keep in mind everything was physical back then so colors equaled paint and you would need storage to store the paint. A low budget animation didn't have the money or the space to store and keep track of all the colors, so colors were often reused and limited in terms of variety. I also tried making the plot similar to one of the same era. Helicopters and planes were often used as transportation in "Clutch Cargo" and the final villain rival is reminiscent to one that could be on "Scooby-Doo". Even aspects like "what shape should their eyes be?" was considered when making the cartoon. Overall i'm very proud of the script, animation, sound, and editing that went into this project. It was so much fun working on and I can't wait to continue the story!
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AuthorMy name is Mate Daus. I am a filmmaker, editor, Musician, and artist. Archives
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