Animation in German Feature Films...

[archijam]

.. seems to be taking off.

Whatever you think of Bully's films, I was impressed by the effects in Traumschiff Suprise, and the latest of his is all CG:

Lissi und der wilde Kaiser (http://www.lissi.film.de/)

Click on Filmrolle to see the previews.

Can't find much info, but the landscapes look totally Vue-ish to me ;)

j.

[Lightwolf]

In both cases http://www.scanline.de/ were responsible. Probably the biggest studio over here. And one of the few that do real in-house r&d as well.
Unfortunately, in both cases the humour sucked badly (my opinion, Bully has his fans over here - think of Mel Brooks but less funny).

Cheers,
Mike

[stefan]

heja the animation from this movie are not good. take a look on pixars last movie and on the new Lissi und der wilde Kaiser animation (3 year i belive they work on the sissi) u think the movie makes newbies. self in german tv are critic on the nod good animation in sissi. ok after rattaoui are not easy make it better :)

[Lightwolf]

heja the animation from this movie are not good.
Absolutely. Then again, I don't think they had the budget nor the man power that Pixar have either ;)

Cheers,
Mike

[Iain]

I thought the animation looked pretty good (but then I'm no animator.)

Pixar set a really high bar and to rate others against them is like comparing every actor to Robert De Niro.
I just saw Ratatouille at the weekend and it's unbelievable. Every frame looks lush.

[Elmar Moelzer]

German movies, to the best of my believe, generally have about 1/50 if not less the FX- budget of US- movies. Comparing anything seen in a German movie to any US movie directly is more than unfair.
I am kinda sad that the EU took on the US- copyright laws. I would not have done that. Now EU- movie productions stand even less of a chance than they used to.
CU
Elmar

[Lightwolf]

German movies, to the best of my believe, generally have about 1/50 if not less the FX- budget of US- movies.
Sissy had around 12 million € - not a lot... but not that bad either.
On the other hand... we're used to getting the most out of a small budget ;) (Which is apparently why a lot of German directors are doing surprisingly well in the US).

Cheers,
Mike