1930's Style Animation Selling a 21st Century Product

[ChiTownScion]

Saw this earlier this year and thought it was extremely cute:

 

[EngProf]

Saw this earlier this year and thought it was extremely cute:

Nice animation, but I don't know what "slack" is.

 

[ChiTownScion]

Nice animation, but I don't know what "slack" is.

Some sort of app, from what I gather.

 

[Matt Crunk]

Yes, I've seen this commercial bouncing around the interwebs I give them points for the vintage '30s influence.. but as a fan of traditional hand-drawn, frame-by-frame animation, flash-based stuff like this can sometimes be difficult to warm up to. Adobe Flash can be a wonderful animation tool. I own it and have used it. But it looks best when the animators go to great lengths to make it appear NOT to have been computer aided. That's not the case here.

 

[Fading Fast]

... But it looks best when the animators go to great lengths to make it appear NOT to have been computer aided. That's not the case here.

I thought the same thing. The '30s animation looked great, the modern add felt forced and thoughtlessly done. I have no problem with using old cartoons in new ways - it can introduce a young generation to them and gives them on going commercial value which will help with their preservation - I just don't think this was done as well as it could have been.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Facial proportions are a bit anime -- which seems to be the default mode for kids learning to cartoon today -- but the overall feel is nice!

 

[ChiTownScion]

Facial proportions are a bit anime -- which seems to be the default mode for kids learning to cartoon today -- but the overall feel is nice!

The big guy with the beard bears an astonishing resemblance to a friend/ lodge brother of mine.