MATTHIAS LECHNER production design - art direction
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LAURA'S STAR                                                  WORKBOOK ARTIST / LOCATION DESIGNER

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This is the original trailer for the German 2D animation movie "Laura's star" (2004)
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I worked on it as set designer / workbook artist: We designed the sets AND the shots at the same time.
​It was a very satisfying process because you were in full control of the set design, lighting and camera -  so you would literally design the sequence how it would appear in the final film. (In the modern 3D animation process the set design is done first and then the layout department creates the actual shot cameras and the lighting is created by the lighting department)
Here is a little "work in progress" video of some of my sequences in workbook form.
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Nearly 20 years after we were designing the animation movie the live-action version is released. What is amazing is that they stuck to our designs and actually recreated the whole thing shot by shot extremely close to the original.
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