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'''Jeff Mann''' is the production designer for the 2007 [[Transformers (2007)|''Transformers'' film]].  While at [[ILM]] he has been involved with many films, such as ''Forrest Gump'', ''Men in Black'', and ''Minority Report''.  On ''Transformers'', he lead development on the look and feel of the robots.
'''Jeff Mann''' is the production designer for the 2007 [[Transformers (2007)|''Transformers'' film]].  While at [[ILM|ILM]] he has been involved with many films, such as ''Forrest Gump'', ''Men in Black'', and ''Minority Report''.  On ''Transformers'', he led development on the look and feel of the robots.


{{quote|I focused on the idea of what they are before they transform and finally, how do they transform? I wanted the designs to be rich and textured so that audiences would feel like somebody cared enough to create a backstory to enhance the viewing experience. Of course Michael’s mandate was that the robots be cool while respecting the designs that came before.<ref>[http://enewsi.com/news.php?catid=190&itemid=11213 Jeff Man, The Making of The Transformers Movie]</ref>}}


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&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" style="padding:4px 10px 5px 10px;font-family: &#39;lucida console&#39;, arial, sans-serif;"&gt; I focused on the idea of what they are before they transform and finally, how do they transform? I wanted the designs to be rich and textured so that audiences would feel like somebody cared enough to create a backstory to enhance the viewing experience. Of course Michael’s mandate was that the robots be cool while respecting the designs that came before.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="#cite_note-0" title=""&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;
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==References==
==References==
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&lt;ol class="references"&gt;&lt;li id="cite_note-0"&gt;[#cite_ref-0" title=""&gt;↑&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://enewsi.com/news.php?catid=190&amp;itemid=11213 Jeff Man, The Making of The Transformers Movie]&lt;/ol&gt;
 
==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0542801/ Jeff Mann at IMDB]
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0542801/ Jeff Mann at IMDB]


[[Category: Designers|Mann, Jeff]]
 
[[Category: Dreamworks|Mann, Jeff]]
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[[Category:Visual effects artists|Mann, Jeff]]<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>
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Revision as of 06:56, 19 March 2009

Jeff Mann is the production designer for the 2007 Transformers film. While at ILM he has been involved with many films, such as Forrest Gump, Men in Black, and Minority Report. On Transformers, he led development on the look and feel of the robots.


<table align="center" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote"> <tr> <td width="20" valign="top" style="color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;text-align:left;padding:9px 10px 0 10px;"> “ </td><td valign="top" style="padding:4px 10px 5px 10px;font-family: 'lucida console', arial, sans-serif;"> I focused on the idea of what they are before they transform and finally, how do they transform? I wanted the designs to be rich and textured so that audiences would feel like somebody cared enough to create a backstory to enhance the viewing experience. Of course Michael’s mandate was that the robots be cool while respecting the designs that came before.<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-0" title="">[1]</a></sup> </td><td width="20" valign="bottom" style="color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;text-align:right;padding:10px 10px 0px 10px;"> ” </td></tr>

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References

<ol class="references"><li id="cite_note-0">[#cite_ref-0" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://enewsi.com/news.php?catid=190&itemid=11213 Jeff Man, The Making of The Transformers Movie]</ol>