Celles et Ceux des Cimes et Cieux

Phi · 1903

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Phi

  • RPM Knight
  • ****
    • Posts: 14855
    • View Profile
on: June 04, 2015, 09:46:47 PM
Roughly translates to: Girls and Guys from the Summits and the Skies

http://youtu.be/UopjsmEfnwM

Quote
The short is a gorgeously animated trailer for what looks like an amazing yet-to-be-made feature film. Created by Gwenn Germain, who is studying at the French art school Créapole, the animation is also a love letter to legendary filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki.

It’s no wonder why Japanese netizens went crazy for “Celles et Ceux des Cimes et Cieux.” Germain’s short seems sprung from the same world as Miyazaki. The giant bugs look like something out of Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. The ambiguously European architecture looks like something from Kiki’s Delivery Service and those purple amorphous worms look like something from Spirited Away.  Heck, Miyazaki himself even seems to be in Germain’s short – that bearded old guy at the end of the movie is a spitting image of the famed animator.

Germain credits other influences aside from Miyazaki: Syd Mead, the concept artist who created those flying cars in Blade Runner and the city of the future in the upcoming Tomorrowland, and particularly the boundlessly imaginative French illustrator Moebius. Their influence might not be as obvious as Miyazaki’s, however.

Yeah, definitely getting HUGE Miyazaki vibes from this. I'm also seeing some Avatar/Korra influence, too.

And interestingly enough, Germain used HANA-BI, which is a piece by Joe Hisaishi, the amazing God man who is the primary composer for the Studio Ghibli films.

http://youtu.be/dA9ZUajYUZc



Offline ViperAcidZX

  • Blastia researcher and
  • Master's Unit
  • *
    • Posts: 4494
    • Gender: Female
    • View Profile
    • -Lousy Artist since 1991-
Reply #1 on: June 04, 2015, 10:55:27 PM
That trailer just gave me the feels.