Most material is gone by now, since ‘betacam’ videotapes, on which TV was shot in the ’90s, were re-used to save on budget. But i dug up this title from a program I worked for in that period – I was the graphic designer for some Dutch TV programs (Lola Paloeza, Lola Da Musica, Lola Moviola, Spirit of America, De Toekomst and some occasional others)

This was a special on Jan Akkerman in Lola Da Musica. I think the guitar work you hear during the title is mine actually – hahaha i was a ballsy youth! Special about the Dutch guitar master and play something myself whahaha.

Educated as a graphic designer, i know that end credits of movies do not get the attention they deserve. As a film buff, I hate it when people even do as much as whisper during the beginning titles but i lost hope for the end credits. A good film has great titles, until the very end! Now I would not say my animated short ‘Deep Shit’ is a ‘good’ movie, but the end credits are perhaps the best part of it. The theme music, that was played incorrectly by the punk band at the start of the movie, now in it’s perfect glam style, (listen to that bass! i am proud of that!) but mostly: look at those titles!

So I posted the stills here – all of them are worth a good look. Some pictures are inspired by real life – like the devil lying on the floor, that drawing is inspired by a photo I took of my friend Rosto when he produced (or tried to) my punk band Disaster Nein. The film itself has references to Café ‘De Diepte’ that I used to frequent and of course to Maloe Melo and the squat Occii. If you’re not from Amsterdam these names don’t say much, but for connoisseurs of the Dutch metropolitan underground it does.

You can see the film here – the titles start at 9.16

This is a moving background for the animated Vlogger Little Sister.