Laura's star and the mysterious dragon Nian
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| Original title | Laura's star and the mysterious dragon Nian |
| Country of production | Germany , China |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2009 |
| length | 75 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 0 JMK 0 |
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| Director |
Piet De Rycker , Thilo Graf Rothkirch |
| script | Piet De Rycker, Thilo Graf Rothkirch, Rolf Giesen |
| production |
Maya Countess Rothkirch , Thilo Graf Rothkirch |
| music |
Guy Cuyvers , Henning Lohner |
| cut | Erik Stappenbeck |
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Laura's Star and the Mysterious Dragon Nian is a computer-animated cartoon that opened in German cinemas on September 24, 2009. The production is a German-Chinese coproduction by Warner Bros. Entertainment GmbH and 3D Animagics Entertainment Co. Ltd. - Shanghai Media Group, the film is distributed by Warner . The planned Chinese cinema release was four months after the German launch, for the Chinese New Year and Family Festival .
action
The plot of the film is based on the characters in the children 's book series Lauras Stern by Klaus Baumgart . It is the second movie about little Laura and her star. This time the action takes place in China.
Laura is traveling to China with her family because her mother will be giving a very important concert on her cello with Chinese musicians for the Chinese New Year. The star and some cuddly toys accompany Laura and her brother on the journey. At the airport, however, the star fears the baggage control will discover it and decides to follow the plane. The star gets caught in a mysterious black cloud, crashes and is found by the Chinese girl Ling-Ling and brought to the Chinese city.
A flying robot cat brings the star and the girl Ling-Ling into the concert building, where the star brings a dragon costume with star dust to life. This dragon Nian likes to eat New Year's cookies and can fly. During night flights, the girls explore a shimmering reddish-gold Beijing with their unusual flying devices - one with a star, the other on their kite. A black cloud threatens to turn the nice dragon Nian into a nasty dragon and darken the entire world. At the end, the glow of Laura's star and the onset of the New Year's fireworks ensure that the dark shadow can be driven away.
Animation technology and production
In order to preserve the picture-book charm of the first cinema film that was produced in 2D technology, while still using the possibilities of digital 3D technology , the specially developed toon shader , which is sometimes also used in anime productions, was used. This transforms the 3D images into 2D images. 200 people worked on the film in five studios. 45 minutes of the film were made in China, 7 minutes in India and 23 minutes in Germany (based on a total of 75 minutes).
music
Music plays an important role in the film, and the fight against darkness in and around Chinese opera is also presented musically. The composers and musicians Henning Lohner of the Hans Zimmer School, the Belgian Guy Cuyvers , as well as a cellist and a pipa player were hired for the film. Frank Federsel composed a total of 13 minutes of piano music for the renowned pianist Lang Lang .
Reviews
According to Die Welt , the film is beautifully animated with a lot of effort. The drawing style is reminiscent of anime and was influenced by films such as Spirited Away . The Rheinische Post writes of a harmonious combination of beautiful animations and music combined and "spherical sounds by the composer Frank Federsel, recorded by the young star pianist Lang Lang" .
The Hamburger Abendblatt judged the Rothkirchs' choice to set the story in China as quite daring; the distant land seemed all too strange to many children. So this Laura adventure does not pull all little fans of the heroine, who usually struggles with very everyday problems, under its spell.
Die Welt describes how the film was produced for the Chinese market through the second leading role for the Chinese girl Ling-Ling. It is necessary to incorporate a strong Chinese girl into the universe of “Laura's Star” as a role model for viewers in China. The ambitious goal is to shape Ling-Ling and the dragon Nian for their own series, as there is a lack of real cartoon film stars in China. A visible sign of the influence of the Chinese market is e.g. For example, the fact that all writing in the film is Chinese (e.g. on the posters in Laura's nursery).
The German Film and Media Assessment FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the rating particularly valuable.
Film funding
The film was funded by the following institutions:
- Film Foundation North Rhine-Westphalia
- Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg
- Film Funding Agency
- Film funding Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein
- MDM Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung
- German film funding fund
continuation
On October 13, 2011, the film Laura's Star and the Dream Monsters was released in 3D .
Web links
- Laura's Star and the Mysterious Dragon Nian in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Laura's star and the mysterious dragon Nian at filmportal.de (with trailer and photo gallery)
- Official film site at Warnerbros.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Laura's star and the mysterious dragon Nian . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , September 2009 (PDF; test number: 119 605 K).
- ↑ Age designation for Laura's star and the mysterious dragon Nian . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ a b c Rolf Giesen: A Eurasian Affair - Animated film history from Beijing and Berlin: "Laura's star and the mysterious dragon Nian". (No longer available online.) Filmdienst, September 28, 2009, formerly in the original ; Retrieved September 28, 2009 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Horst Peter Koll: Laura's star and the mysterious dragon Nian. (No longer available online.) Film Service - Reviews, formerly original ; Retrieved September 28, 2009 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Andrea Huber: Beijing shimmers gold in the new "Laura's star". Die Welt, September 24, 2009, accessed on September 28, 2009 .
- ↑ Ina Hochreuther: "Laura's star and the mysterious dragon Nian": Under Laura's star to China. (No longer available online.) Rheinische Post, September 24, 2009, formerly in the original ; Retrieved September 28, 2009 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Britta Schmeis: Laura's star shines in the east. Hamburger Abendblatt, September 24, 2009, accessed on September 28, 2009 .
- ↑ Rolf Giesen: Lauras Stern and Drache Nian are development workers - How the Chinese animation film is expanding. Die Welt , October 6, 2009, accessed November 1, 2009 .
- ↑ Official trailer on Youtube.de, 0:27 from 2:44
- ↑ Information on cartoon-film.de
- ↑ - ( Memento of the original from November 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on November 18, 2011
