Above: Some of the great work Harald Siepermann has done for the characterdesign of Owl, perfectly suggesting not only his design but literally his character. (click to enlarge) Watch the result on ZDF, 24.12.2010 10.40 am.
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In earlier versions of Mouse’s very first encounter with his imaginary “friend”, the Gruffalo’s hands were treated almost like characters of their own: They walked about, teasing Mouse, bullying him, and eventually chasing him down, all without much effort on the Gruffalo’s part. Sketches by Max Lang.
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Variations for the Nut Tree, seen by the Mouse at the very beginning of the film and later serving as the dramatic location for the Mouse’s first encounter with the Gruffalo. Drawings by Manu Arenas.
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Some more artwork from the Mouse’s passage over the stream. Top: Shotlayout by Manu Arenas. Middle: Colourkey by Neil Ross. Bottom: Propdesigns and schematic drawings by Manu Arenas. See more from that sequence here.
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THE GRUFFALO BROADCAST IN THE US TODAY
We interrupt our Christmas countdown for a moment to quickly say that THE GRUFFALO is being broadcast in the US today, Dec 9th, 07.00 pm on ABC Family ….and a then again in Canada week later!
– ABC TV (USA) details and trailer HERE
– TVO TV (Canada) details HERE
– in the UK, The BBC will roll out the Big G again on Christmas Day, Dec 25th, 04.30 pm…details HERE
-the just completed German version will premiere on ZDF, Dec 24th, 10.40 am…datails HERE
Frohe Weihnachten, everyone!
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Top three: Variations of the “bridge” on which Mouse first meets Owl, artwork by production designer Manu Arenas. Bottom: Colourkey of Manu’s final design by the great Neil Ross. More from that sequence here.
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Here’s another piece of daily preproduction from “Der Grüffelo”, which you can watch on ZDF this Christmas, December 24th at 10.40 am.
Early colourconcepts by Louis Tardivier.
GRUFFALO & BEAST: TRIPLE VICTORY IN CHICAGO.
“The Gruffalo” and “The Little Boy and The Beast”, together with Soi’s Jakob Schuh, recently visited The Windy City to find that our films had won three awards at the wonderful “27th Chicago International Children’s Film Festival“. “The Gruffalo picked up “The Best of the Fest” and a Second Prize for “Best Animated Short”. “The Little Boy and The Beast” was awarded as “Best Animated Television Production”. We’re very happy, we had a great time there, thank you, fine people of CICFF.
GRUFFALO NOMINATED FOR A “ROSE D’OR”
“The Gruffalo” has been nominated for the prestigious “Rose d’Or” at the 50th International Television Festival, Lucerne.
GRUFFALO WINS AT CURTAS, PORTUGAL
Soi’s Torben Meier recently went to Portugal to accept the “Prémio Curtinhas” at the 18th Curtas International Film Festival. See snapshot above.
BIG IN BRAZIL: TRIPLE VICTORY FOR BEAST & GRUFFALO
We’re delighted to hear that Soi’s “The Gruffalo” has been awarded ‘Best Short for Children’ at Anima Mundi, Sao Paulo, and was a runner up for the same award at Anima Mundi, Rio de Janeiro. Soi’s “The Little Boy and the Beast” won ‘Best Short’ in Sao Paulo and again was the runner up for the same award in Rio. The Professional Jury also awarded Marcus Sauermann’s script for “The Little Boy and the Beast” as ‘Best Script’.
“BEAST” AWARDED WITH ROBERT GEISENDÖRFER PREIS
We’re very happy to hear that Soi’s “The Little Boy and The Beast” will be awarded with a “Robert Geisendörfer Preis” this year. Read more here.
“THE BEAST” AWARDED AT HIROSHIMA 2010!
We’re delighted to hear that Johannes Weiland’s and Uwe Heidschötter’s “The Little Boy and The Beast” was awarded with a Special Price at the International Animation Festival Hiroshima 2010!