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Paul Conrad
FILM
DESIGN
ILLUSTRATION
ABOUT/CONTACT
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FILM
DESIGN
ILLUSTRATION
ABOUT/CONTACT
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Carl holding up the finished Tepui etching in front of the Paradise Falls location. View fullsize
The final image (in the film it receives the addition of a house drawn by Elie Docter. See the first image of this post.) View fullsize
  Initial sketch of South America map and screen shot of placement, (opposite page from the etching in Ellie's book) during layout  View fullsize
Final South of America map rendering. View fullsize
An early round of design as we determined the overall look and level of detail that Carl and Ellie's tickets would have. View fullsize
The final two tickets. View fullsize
  EPHEMERA for CARL's HOUSE Letters, postcard backs and a screen shot of the living room shrine, during layout for placement purposes. View fullsize
Working from the preproduction sculpt I created the Tepui photograph (lower right) for newspaper and magazine clippings. View fullsize
Articles and clippings for the mantle shrine. View fullsize
Two postcard fronts (subtle reminders throughout the set of the trips that they never took). View fullsize
Magazine covers. View fullsize
Loose Change. View fullsize
Album and record label. View fullsize
Coupons. View fullsize
Pharmacy receipt and pill bottle labels. View fullsize
Layout screen shots of Carl's front foyer and living room for graphics placement. View fullsize
Carl's milk carton (opened from the wrong side naturally). View fullsize
Carl's cereal box. View fullsize
Shady Oaks retirement home: logo for van,  brochure (3D models would later replace the storyboard drawing) and the ID badges for the orderlies.  View fullsize
Signage for modern stores that have built up across the street from Carl's house, including models and layout screen shot for placement. The thinking here was to be slick, plastic and generally the antithesis of Carl's aesthetic. View fullsize
Carl & Ellie's mailbox. View fullsize
Screen shots of the store fronts and mailbox. View fullsize
digger.jpg View fullsize
bulldozer.jpg View fullsize
Construction equipment graphics. View fullsize
Early billboard concept:  Through the decay that you often see on billboards, we would be able to combine an underlying image with a tattered front to convey the up and out movement. View fullsize
Later the thinking was to tie in the billboard with the travel agency/airline where Carl had previously bought his and Ellie's tickets. View fullsize
For the final, we ended with a much more simplified version of the airline logo, in a subtle blue (shown with layout screenshot). View fullsize
Carl holding up the finished Tepui etching in front of the Paradise Falls location.
The final image (in the film it receives the addition of a house drawn by Elie Docter. See the first image of this post.)
  Initial sketch of South America map and screen shot of placement, (opposite page from the etching in Ellie's book) during layout 
Final South of America map rendering.
An early round of design as we determined the overall look and level of detail that Carl and Ellie's tickets would have.
The final two tickets.
  EPHEMERA for CARL's HOUSE Letters, postcard backs and a screen shot of the living room shrine, during layout for placement purposes.
Working from the preproduction sculpt I created the Tepui photograph (lower right) for newspaper and magazine clippings.
Articles and clippings for the mantle shrine.
Two postcard fronts (subtle reminders throughout the set of the trips that they never took).
Magazine covers.
Loose Change.
Album and record label.
Coupons.
Pharmacy receipt and pill bottle labels.
Layout screen shots of Carl's front foyer and living room for graphics placement.
Carl's milk carton (opened from the wrong side naturally).
Carl's cereal box.
Shady Oaks retirement home: logo for van,  brochure (3D models would later replace the storyboard drawing) and the ID badges for the orderlies. 
Signage for modern stores that have built up across the street from Carl's house, including models and layout screen shot for placement. The thinking here was to be slick, plastic and generally the antithesis of Carl's aesthetic.
Carl & Ellie's mailbox.
Screen shots of the store fronts and mailbox.
digger.jpg
bulldozer.jpg
Construction equipment graphics.
Early billboard concept:  Through the decay that you often see on billboards, we would be able to combine an underlying image with a tattered front to convey the up and out movement.
Later the thinking was to tie in the billboard with the travel agency/airline where Carl had previously bought his and Ellie's tickets.
For the final, we ended with a much more simplified version of the airline logo, in a subtle blue (shown with layout screenshot).

conrad.paul@comcast.net