I dressed a corner in our premises as the show’s central control room. This is from where line-producer Ludwig Wolpertinger (puppet builder: Robert Rebele) desperately tries to manage the on-stage mayhem.
Just moments before shooting. Behind the camera: director David Gromer and DOP Stefan Spoo.
Under the table, quite uncomfy: Norman Cöster (head and voice) and me (both hands) working Ludwig.
Sauhund, a puppet show. My DingStars will also appear in this show. A new regular feature will be the Socken-Fans, characters clearly to identify as sock puppets . A bunch of fans waylaying the guest star at the back door of the sound stage. I’m doing my best to make the most of those normally rather primitive sock puppets and make them fully-fledged characters.
An example from sketch to final puppet:
Rudi, a Bavarian Prototype.
And here the whole cast so far.
This little tuna can was quite stubborn during shooting. The hinge between lid and can didn’t want the way I wanted it to work…
The riddle is camouflaged as a metal memorial plate. I’m fastening my dummy to the front side of the original one so that no one notices anything at a first glance.
By the way, great shooting! A real outdoor experience in the Bavarian Alps. No art-department trucks, no cars. Only packing cases and brim-full back packs, that need to be dragged through the woods and up the mountains. Tough, but big fun.
Hundrets of bright coloured balls need to be flushed down the waterfall. So somebody has to be upstream to throw them in…
And now for the complete opposide. After the shitty stuff now the shiny one. The pirates’ treasure vault. Thousands of fake coins, a mass of hot glue and dozens of spray paint cans. The result: fantastically absurd piles of coins.
Great project! My last two days work: a dung heap at the entrance of the pirates’ hideout. Complete with vomit and excrements. Big, big fun, Really!
I’ve no idea how many of them I made during the last couple of days. But here all those flags fit in quite well.
The room of prince Aydin, son of Catherine’s arch-enemy, the sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Realised in the interiors of Amerang Castle, the set is a team work of the whole art department. I contributed all those artefacts that show Aydins affection for aeronautics. Much love and effort went in those details, because they are an excellent way to co-narrate a part of the character Aydin.
With the Munchausen-project in Catherine the Great’s castle in Saint Petersburg. Well, actually it’s Ludwigsburg Castle which stands in for the Saint Petersburg interiour shots.
It’s so unbelievably cold – even indoors. The flower arrangements on the tables didn’t make it over night. All frozen.