We were comissioned by Fabian&Fred to help with a Concept Trailer for a project in development back in 2020 - The Defiant
Pitch:
Hermann Langbein fights for humanism and against forgetting.
His opponents: Franco, Hitler, Stalin.
His allies: solidarity, humanism, courage.
He became a chronicler of the criminal ideologies of the 20th century.
Service Work, 2020
Animation Direction: Friedrich Schäper
Client: Fabian&Fred
Category: Feature Documentary - in Development
Original Title: Die Stärkeren
Writer: Susanne Beck & Thomas Eifler
Producer: Kurt Langbein, Fabian Driehorst
Production Companies: Langbein & Partner, Fabian&Fred
Storyboard: Christian Puille
Animation: Till Machmer, Carlo Palazzari,
Yann Lebot, Florian Maubach, Alba Dragonetti
Lea Eberhardt, Lara Ennigkeit, Andreu Campo
Backgrounds: Katharina Rival, Robert Brandt
Character Design: Jurek Malottke
The full trailer is not released for the public eye, but we got permission to show a couple of shots as snippets of the concept trailer.
Animation: Adobe Animate.
Backgrounds: Adobe Photoshop
Compositing: Adobe After Effects
Backgrounds
Artdirection Notes
1. Flat colors
2. color variety with a Hue Jitter Brush
Style guide
3. secondary shapes
3. Texture Strokes to create a variety of edges
Characterdesign
Layers
Characterdesign
Details
Jurek Malottke
Colorboard
Beatboards