December 11th, 2010
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.
Der Grüffeloadventskalendercountdown #6
December 6th, 2010
Some more preproduction from “Der Grüffelo”, which you can watch on ZDF this Christmas, December 24th at 10.40 am.
Different production stages from the film’s “swamp sequence”, from top to bottom: Initial location design by Manu Arenas, set dress and prop design by Jakob Schuh, sculpt by Helena Ebel, location supervisor Klaus Morschheuser putting final touches on the set, lighting reference for CG by Louis Tardivier.
Der Grüffeloadventskalendercountdown #5
December 5th, 2010
Manu Arenas’ wonderful, early b/w concepts (top and middle) inspired the “field of dandylions” sequence, which was later further visualized by the very talented Louis Tardivier (bottom).
Der Grüffeloadventskalendercountdown #1
December 1st, 2010
We recently completed our über-lovely German version of Magic Light Pictures/Studio Soi’s Christmas Special. To celebrate the Umlaut we share a piece of the film’s preproduction each day until you can watch “Der Grüffelo” on ZDF, December 24 th at 10.40 in the morning.
Propdesign (detail) by Manu Arenas
Setdesign (click to view) by Manu Arenas
The Gruffalo: man overboard!
March 18th, 2010
Some nice drawings below, which Manu did for “The Gruffalo” to illustrate how his design of the stream and rapids would work after the bridge (above) comes loose and falls into the water…