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Hugo Boss Flagshipstore

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:26:47 +0000

A series of videos commissioned by Schokolade Filmproduktion, all directed by Florian Rederer. Art direction by Andreas Fischer of ChopChop.

Boss Green

Andreas Fischers role was the art direction and the compositing. 3d by Bastian Bohl and Michael Tan. The [inofficial] chopped & slowed track is by Miike Snow

Hugo Boss — Sailing

The fluid and Ocean simulations were made with Blender3d
The [inofficial] soundtrack is by Clams Casino soundcloud.com/clammyclams

Hugo Boss — McLaren

The [inofficial] soundtrack is by Clams Casino

“unnamed soundsculpture”

admin — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 10:52:52 +0000

Project by Daniel Franke & Cedric Kiefer

produced by:
onformative
ChopChop

Documentation:
vimeo.com/38505448

The basic idea of the project is built upon the consideration of creating
a moving sculpture from the recorded motion data of a real person. For
our work we asked a dancer to visualize a musical piece (Kreukeltape by
Machinenfabriek) as closely as possible by movements of her body. She was
recorded by three depth cameras (Kinect), in which the intersection of the
images was later put together to a three-dimensional volume (3d point cloud),
so we were able to use the collected data throughout the further process.
The three-dimensional image allowed us a completely free handling of the
digital camera, without limitations of the perspective. The camera also reacts
to the sound and supports the physical imitation of the musical piece by the
performer. She moves to a noise field, where a simple modification of the
random seed can consistently create new versions of the video, each offering
a different composition of the recorded performance. The multi-dimensionality
of the sound sculpture is already contained in every movement of the dancer,
as the camera footage allows any imaginable perspective.

The body – constant and indefinite at the same time – “bursts” the space
already with its mere physicality, creating a first distinction between the self
and its environment. Only the body movements create a reference to the
otherwise invisible space, much like the dots bounce on the ground to give it
a physical dimension. Thus, the sound-dance constellation in the video does
not only simulate a purely virtual space. The complex dynamics of the body
movements is also strongly self-referential. With the complex quasi-static,
inconsistent forms the body is “painting”, a new reality space emerges whose
simulated aesthetics goes far beyond numerical codes.

Similar to painting, a single point appears to be still very abstract, but the
more points are connected to each other, the more complex and concrete
the image seems. The more perfect and complex the “alternative worlds” we
project (Vilém Flusser) and the closer together their point elements, the more
tangible they become. A digital body, consisting of 22 000 points, thus seems
so real that it comes to life again.

nominated for the for the MuVi Award:
kurzfilmtage.de/en/competitions/muvi-award/selection.html

see video in full quallity:
daniel-franke.com/unnamed_soundsculpture.mov

HQ Stills
flickr.com/photos/37752604@N05/sets/72157629203600952/

Thomas Azier – Red Eyes

admin — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:08:21 +0000

Directed by Sander Houtkruijer and Imri Kahn
Cinematography – Lauro Cress
Assistant Camera – Albrecht von Grünhagen
Light – Emma Rosa Simon
Grip – Matthias Maercks
Make-up – Sophia Dietz
Styling – Helena Grierson & Georg Naoum

with: Henrike Meyer, Thomas Azier and Moshik Hayman

Egyptrixx – Old Black

admin — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:30:42 +0000

Egyptrixx feat. Ohbijou – Old Black
Directed by A. N. Fischer
720p; 4 minutes 04 seconds;

Old Black is Egyprixx´ remake of the song of the same title by the drone doom band Earth. David Psutka had already commissioned me with the video Start from the Beginning for Egyptrixx last year and I am glad he asked me again for this one. Even though Old Black and Start from the Beginning are completely different songs, I tried to stick to a similar concept and develop a bleak artifical world, which is influenced by the soundcsape. Starting out I had designed a lot more symbols and scenes, but David urged me to keep it as minimal and simple as possible.

The graphic elements are a mixture of 3d-renderings and flat 2d textures aligned in space. The video makes heavy use of particles and simulations and was made with the open source 3d software Blender, with After Effects used for particle and compositing work. Randomness finds its way into my work often and I appreciate the element of not having complete control over the outcome of a scene.

Faux Images – Trailer

admin — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:39:53 +0000

Dir: Daniel Franke & Andreas Nicolas Fischer

Jason Forrest – Raunchy

admin — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:29:03 +0000

Director – Sander Houtkruijer
Assistant director – Imri Kahn
Cinematography – Mariel Baqueiro
Assistant camera – Carlos Andres Lopez
Gaffer – Alejandro Bernal
Make up – Anne Lomberg, Sarah Eissler
Styling – Gerda Postma
Animation – Alexi Johansen

cast: Heiko Tubbesing, Mirto Strambi, Nat Fowler, Alina Rojas
Produced by Pari Garvanos and Sander Houtkruijer

Start from the Beginning

Aki — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:55:37 +0000

„Start from the Beginning“ – Egyptrixx / Bible Eyes LP (Night Slugs 2011)
Animated short by A. N. Fischer / Datdatdat. You should watch it in HD on Vimeo.

The video examines the relationship between the simulated image and its physical manifestation. The landscape appearing in the video references one of Fischer´s relief sculptures (http://anfischer.com/new-relief-in-progress/).
The sculpture is magnified and distorted by the soundscape created by Egyptrixx. As time progresses the landscape becomes increasingly complex and distorted and finally changes its aggregate state to liquid. The shapes of the polygons appear in contrast to the fluid with which they collide. The 3d model was textured with photos of the physical sculpture, which was carved from a block of mdf with a cnc-miling machine.

Egyptrixx on MySpace
Night Slugs on MySpace

We are the World – Not in Death

Aki — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:46:50 +0000

Music video for We Are The World from Los Angeles.

Directed by Robbie Williamson
Shot by Jonathan Narducci
Edited By Nina McNeely
Produced By Kristen Campbell Taylor
Motion design & post production by the Chopchop collective (Andreas Fischer & Daniel Franke)

Marteria Sekundenschlaf

Daniel Franke — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 20:00:59 +0000

MARTERIA feat. Peter Fox Sekundenschlaf from Storz & Escherich on Vimeo.

One Minute Sound Sculpture

admin — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:11:50 +0000