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Feature Animation as a background painter and supervisor on
The Little Mermaid
,
Aladdin
,
The Lion King
, and
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
. At DreamWorks, she was
an art director on the
Prince of Egypt
, and production designer on
Spirit: Stallion of the
Cimarron
,
Over the Hedge,
and currently,
How to Train Your Dragon
, which will be
released in 2009.
Hammy (STEVE CARELL) has no idea that he's about to be “booked” by a Trail Guide Gal in
DreamWorks Animation's computer-animated comedy
Over the Hedge
. Over the Hedge™ & ©
2006 DreamWorks Animation LLC All Rights Reserved
Q: Could you talk a little bit about how content infl uences design in
Over the Hedge
?
Kathy:
There's no question that the scenarios in
Over the Hedge
could be happening,
at least in some part, right now in our very own backyards, in real life. It's a fi lm about
how critters have learned to adapt to our enthusiastic development of the wilderness.
Since the fi lm is meant to refl ect our lives and homes as they really are, the fi lm's style
is basically realistic. The homes are “set dressed” to look like our own backyards, com-
plete with doggie toys and old lawn chairs, beat-up grass, and barbeques. The lighting
and atmosphere are realistic; the homes are built in the computer to imitate the homes
that are built in the Midwest.
In addition, one of our directors, Tim Johnson, felt that we have a strong emotional
connection to the photographs we all have in our albums—so we re-created a similar
lighting environment that we recognize in photographs. It has to do with the behavior
of light in the lightest lights and darkest darks. The average viewer won't notice
these choices, but they add to the feeling we were trying to create of familiarity, of
home.
