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Thursday, 31 May 2007
La Linea (the line)
This cartoon animation is part of a series of old italian adverts for "LAGOSTINA". These adverts were created by the Italian animator Osvaldo Cavandoli that became famous for his "La Linea", a simply drawn cartoon, first appearing in 1969 and broadcasted until 1977. This amusing character has appeared in a great many Lagostina advertising films and later independent films, which were broadcasted in over 40 countries, and have been awarded many times. Cavandoli made a comics version of his character for Il Giornalino in 1974. 'La Linea' reappeared on Italian television in 1997. In 2001, Cavandoli made a series of 20 films with his character for Universal Studios in the USA.
La Linea reminds me of my childhood when these cartoons appeared on our "black and white" televisions everyday in a special programme called "Carosello".
Hope you enjoy it as much as I did!!!!!
Here is an adult version.......
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6 comments:
Thats funny Fabio, you even managed to grow up to be like the character... full of mischief!
really like these, such a simple idea stems from the line. the voice(or noises...) reminds me of morph, the orange plastacine dude. That or pingu.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morph_%28character%29
Yeah i think they're great simple but clever...and i also agree with holly they reminded me of morph. Not just the voice but the way morph used to dissolve into different shapes and be so inquisitive about his surroundings.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWcjbId7-cc
I found this video on youtube and it reminded me of these line videos. It is a totally different style but still using simple line drawings. I think it goes excellently with the music aswell. Definately worth having a look at! See what you think
David!! The link point to a video that was actually made with flash. This is a little game that you can find online.... with your mouse you can draw the track for the little man to slides on.....the purpouse??? don't know, although its quite funny to play with!!!!
Ahh! awesome, a cross between Morph the plasticine animation and that stunning Audi advert for the A5 (I think)
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