german filmprize … the making of

Deutscher Filmpreis 2019 on May 3: Best Film: ‘Gundermann’

Check out the Deutscher-Filmpreis.de site for a ‘Making of’ page under “Die Lola und ihr Design”. Under motion design you find one of my opening animations. The last image below is a favorite: showing work-in-progress and my last touches at the Bavarian ARA-Kunst Giesserei.

Robert Marciniak, Karoline Herfurth, Philipp Budweg (©Clemens Bilan)On the  design of the GERMAN FILMPREIS “LOLA”

“I wanted to symbolize motion. Film IS movement. I wanted the statue to express confidence without being stern, strength without being static. It was important to me to give the “Deutschen Filmpreis” its own identity, not trying to borrow what other awards already successfully symbolize. While the Oscar is the strong, firm standing fighter and winner, I wanted the Filmprize statue to symbolize the dynamics of movement, the muse, the inspiration necessary to make a work of art, to become a winner. The movement is carried through to the asymmetrical conical base. Stylistically, I was looking for a timeless modern design as well as a historical reference to the first golden era of German film, the Art Deco in the 1920s. “

„Dem Medium Film entsprechend, wollte ich Bewegung symbolisieren. Ich wollte der Statue Selbstbewusstsein geben, ohne streng zu sein, Stärke ohne statisch zu werden. Es war mir wichtig, dem Deutschen Filmpreis seine eigene Identität zu geben, sich nicht anzulehnen an das, was andere Preise schon erfolgreich symbolisieren: Während der ‘Oscar’ fest und symmetrisch stehend den Kämpfer und Gewinner kennzeichnet, wollte ich mit dem Filmpreis die Dynamik der Bewegung, die Muse, die Inspiration, die zum Kunstwerk führt verkörpern.“

(Interview  ‘Deutscher Filmpreis’ Katalog 1999 – see also ‘Motion Design’)(Wikipedia)

Work-in-progress, paper, 3D models, Spiral forms. Working with a dental polisher at the ARA-Kunst Giesserei in the Bavarian Forest was a favorite memory (On my return trip I got stuck in a snow storm + missed flight + luggage to the Berlin Filmprize nomination event. Without sleep + a borrowed dress I made it.)

Article on “Lola” design, Deutscher Filmpreis

“Eine Statue für die Stars”, Gert Brichta, Badische Zeitung, Samstag, 29.7.2017, Titisee Neustadt

Article on my LOLA award statue design,