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klingspor

01-09-2009, 01:30 PM

Hey everyone!

Studio Lampion (http://www.studiolampion.com) is pleased to announce the completion of our latest animated short film "A Night at the Cathedral".

Teaser Trailer:

Watch Online (http://www.studiolampion.com/play/a-night-at-the-cathedral-trailer)

Download Quicktime (7MB) (http://www.studiolampion.com/assets/video/a-night-at-the-cathedral-trailer.mov)

Watch at Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po7BGG8mEms&fmt=22)

In this 5 minute short film we tell the story of Belze, an unaccomplished crook with ill intentions, on his quest to steal the golden statue of the Holy Mazioles from a medieval cathedral. As you can imagine, things don't turn out the way he planned.

The film hasn't gone through the festival cycle yet, so unfortunately we cannot post the whole work here.

We are however preparing a public teaser trailer and are happy to show some of our favorite shots right now. We're also working on a little Making-Of article, so if anyone is interested in publishing it... let us know!

http://cdn.lampions.net/anatc/19.jpg

http://cdn.lampions.net/anatc/1.jpg

http://cdn.lampions.net/anatc/5.jpg

http://cdn.lampions.net/anatc/2.jpg

http://cdn.lampions.net/anatc/17.jpg

http://cdn.lampions.net/anatc/4.jpg

http://cdn.lampions.net/anatc/9.jpg

http://cdn.lampions.net/anatc/24.jpg

http://cdn.lampions.net/anatc/28.jpg

http://cdn.lampions.net/anatc/26.jpg

Hope you enjoy, any feedback most welcome!

For some more information and pictures visit Studio Lampion (http://www.studiolampion.com).

PolyPilot

01-12-2009, 12:03 PM

Man, that looks really awesome!! I love the character and environment design, the mood and especially the light setup. I would love to see some moving pictures! :D
How many people were actually working on this project?
..great work!

cheers,
marcel.

klingspor

01-12-2009, 03:19 PM

Thanks for the kind words, Marcel!

We had two artists working on the animation and visuals and got a little help with the sound and music.

As promised, we've uploaded a little teaser trailer.

Watch Online (http://www.studiolampion.com/play/a-night-at-the-cathedral-trailer)

Download Quicktime (7MB) (http://www.studiolampion.com/assets/video/a-night-at-the-cathedral-trailer.mov)

Watch at Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po7BGG8mEms&fmt=22)

Keep the comments coming!

.

PolyPilot

01-12-2009, 04:00 PM

beautiful!

Paul4wood

01-12-2009, 04:04 PM

This looks amazing! Just one thing looked like it needs some attention and that is the hands of the thief when he is hanging from the rope. At the moment the hands float away from the rope a little.
To my eyes this production has a touch of Disney style to it.

iLegacy

01-18-2009, 10:15 PM

Looks real nice, i hope we can enjoy the complete movie soon!

HenningK

01-19-2009, 11:40 AM

You should put your links to the trailer at the top of your post... that will get more eyes on it, and more comments.

Looks pretty... can't say much from a 30-second clip except that what character animation you've shown looks kinda weak. That is, rigid and jerky.

Activemind

01-20-2009, 11:42 PM

nice work, i like the style, the feeling!

but as said above, i think the animation is the weakest part of it... it does look quite rigid and weightless at some points...
Good luck! Congratulations for your efforts!
Cheers,
Virgil

blz

01-21-2009, 04:52 AM

sweet work, i agree about the animation tho, could use some more polishing.
other than that, a very nice piece!

klingspor

01-29-2009, 09:30 AM

Thanks for the comments everyone!

IT'S ART has published a pretty in-depth article on the Making of A Night at the Cathedral (http://www.studiolampion.de/journal/the-making-of-a-night-at-the-cathedral).

I'm sure some of you might find it interesting!

kgaulin

01-29-2009, 05:32 PM

This is looking really nice, I like the feel. How long have you been in production? With only two artists you must be awake at all hours.

I can't wait to see the final product.

Cheers...

vvkonline

01-29-2009, 05:47 PM

looks really nice, but character animation did not impress.

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