THE SECRET OF KELLS (Moore/Twomey, 2009): two dimensional split screen

Cartoon Saloon's Irish SECRET OF THE KELLS revels in a visual style that is unusual even for an independent animated feature. Partly inspired by medieval book illustrations, its clash of flatness and depth cues transcends not only Eyvind Earle's background work on SLEEPING BEAUTY (1959) but also Richard Williams's more audacious visuals for THE THIEF AND THE COBBLER (never officially released in its original form). Occasionally the screen is split for purely visual reasons.

THE SECRET OF THE KELLS des irischen Studios Cartoon Saloon schwelgt in einem selbst für unabhängige Animations-Langfilme ungewöhnlichen visuellen Stil. Teils von mittelalterlichen Buchillustrationen inspiriert, geht die Integration von flacher Graphik und Tiefenandeutungen nicht nur über Eyvind Earles Hintergründe für SLEEPING BEAUTY (1959), sondern auch über die kühneren Bilder von Richard Williams' THE THIEF AND THE COBBLER (veröffentlicht 1993, aber nie offiziell in der ursprünglichen Form) hinaus. Bisweilen wird das Bild aus rein visuellen Gründen aufgeteilt.

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Young Brendan's walk is seen through three parts of the same screen rather than three separate shots (top), while a misty long shot is seen in a much wider scope, leaving part of the frame filled with a pattern resembling green parchment (bottom)