Artwork Director Thomas Gugel at WeFadeToGrey in Cologne, Germany: “The historic mini-series BONN – Outdated Mates, New Enemy, is a six-part political thriller in regards to the rise of the younger Federal Republic of Germany shaded by a transferring household story.
“Primarily based on true occasions throughout the tense Chilly Battle, the collection is ready in 1954, on the eve of Germany’s rearmament. It tells of rival secret companies, of networks of relationships within the Alt-Nazi milieu, and of a younger lady who will get caught between these fronts.
“By intensive historic and inventive analysis, we ended up with a complete overview of the historic details, the visible language of the time, colours, and the usage of images and typography in business graphic design.
“The problem, nevertheless, was to carry the viewer into this world inside the quick operating time of the titles, providing an perception into the geopolitical state of affairs of the time and setting a temper for the entry into every episode.
“For the ultimate designs, we selected a daring strategy by way of components and colours. The palette, related to the Third Reich and the brand new Federal Republic, subtly picks up the core theme of the collection. The visible id is fashionable regardless of the historic context however retains the specified placing, intense, and darkish general temper.
“The main target stays on the characters and the key service/espionage theme at the side of the historic storytelling element by means of the interwoven archive footage, which reveals a number of key factors from the interval between 1945 and 1954, the 12 months wherein the collection begins.”
Shopper: Odeon Fiction, Leonine Studios
Manufacturing: WeFadeToGrey
Director: Claudia Garde
Editorial division TV Collection: Götz Schmedes (WDR)
Publish manufacturing: Anne City
Producer: Fabian Winkelmann
Artwork director: Thomas Gugel
Design: Thomas Gugel, Bastian Schiffer, Catrin Mackowski
Animator: Thomas Gugel, Bastian Schiffer
Music: Florian Tessloff
