Preset
Retro rubber hose
A 1930s black and white rubber hose cartoon: pie cut eyes, noodle limbs, film grain and everything swaying to one beat.
Shares the family guardrails: this direction follows the same rules as Animated cartoon.
- Best for
- Kids' content, mascots, and playful brand moments.
- Output
- Video
- Time
- 2 to 4 minutes
- Credits
- 22 to 66 credits est.
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About this preset
The rubber hose look comes from 1930s theatrical cartoons: black and white or two tone sepia, pie cut eyes, white gloves and limbs that bend like garden hose. The motion vocabulary is the bounce; everything in frame sways to the same beat, from the characters to the curtains and the footlights, and gags come from stretching, squashing and rhythm. The palette is monochrome with grey wash tones, film grain, gate weave and a soft vignette, and the pacing is bouncy and theatrical with vaudeville staging. It suits retro brand moments, title sequences without lettering and anyone who wants a vintage feel with real character. Avoid any specific historical cartoon character; invent your own performers and keep their designs original.
Use cases
- Vintage brand idents and stings
- Retro comedy shorts
- Backdrops for stage and event visuals
- Period projects that need a period cartoon
Examples
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Cat and goose two step on a vaudeville stage, 1930s rubber hose style in black and white
A 1930s black and white rubber hose animated cartoon. THE CHARACTERS: Mabel, a cheerful round cat with a big polka dot bow, pie cut eyes and white gloves, and Bartholomew, a tall gangly goose in a bow tie with a very long bendy neck. THE MOMENT: on a small vaudeville stage with a striped curtain and glowing footlights, the two do a bouncy side by side two step; Bartholomew's bowler hat pops off, his noodle neck stretches up and catches it back onto his head, and both take a bow. THE STYLE: rubber hose limbs with no elbows or knees, everything in the frame swaying to one beat, the curtain, the footlights and even the stage boards, hand inked lines, film grain, gate weave and a soft vignette. THE PALETTE: black and white with grey wash tones. Camera: locked off proscenium wide shot. Original characters not based on any existing cartoon, no lettering on the curtain or placards, no titles or captions anywhere in frame. Sound: room tone plus creaking stage boards, tap steps in rhythm and a soft crowd murmur.
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Seedance 2.5
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- 65 credits per 5s clip
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