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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/

Faux Images – Trailer

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

Dir: Daniel Franke & Andreas Nicolas Fischer

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)

One Minute Sound Sculpture

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

Cortney Tidwell – Watusii

Daniel Franke — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:54:49 +0000

What you see is a dizzying rotation to the exhausted climax. The audience might doubt their sense of balance while parking lots, roofs, galleries and other locations are mingled and mangled. But its not just about the motion; its these little lovely details and props. The song is visualized by light-paintings moving in staccato to the beat while Courtney plays paper drums reminding us of the Stones. Strange looking persons with buckets for heads are forming words out of living bodies while others are bullying the beat with umbrellas. Conclusion: The two directors are creating a weird, screaming, fast and colorful journey that does not leaves any room for breathing.

Watch in HD on vimeo

Marteria – Zum Koenig geboren

Daniel Franke — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:16:42 +0000

Born to be king, but making a muck of life. In a dark studio Daniel Franke and Martin W. Maier filmed the way of life of a self-appointed king. Palms turn into clocks, a gun smoothing the way to the cut, not enough for a suicide. The word \”Njet\” combines to a busdoor, closing. Paper-mache made he drives through the studio set, led by a star, towards the faceless dancers. Money raining from above and a door guiding the way to marriage. In the end not everything is like in the beginning. The dancers are wearing suits now, the set fades away, leaving a rarely lit space. With their love to detail and in the style of Gondry, Franke and Maier have created their own Fantasy.

Dir. Daniel Franke & Martin W. Maier

Official selection of the MuVi-Preis at the Kurzfilmtage in Oberhausen
won the MuVi-Audience-Award

Watch in HD on vimeo

Watch on vimeo

Different Surfaces

Christopher — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:58:24 +0000

Playing with the contrast between static generative terrains and fluid isosurfaces. Sometimes the fluid surfaces are only visible by mirroring the static terrains.

This video is created entirely by code. The shapes are made with the help of the Java framework Creative Computing. It is rendered using the open source java renderer Sunflow.

Thinking Particles

Aki — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:45:50 +0000

Watch HD(720p) at vimeo

Palatine

Aki — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:43:13 +0000

Animated short. You should watch it in HD on Vimeo.
Sounds taken from Freesound.org: 1, 2, 3, 4.