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From Clown to Roman
Alexander Pohl, who won the Young Talent Prize at the animago AWARD 2009 with the transforming clown in “Trickster,” has not been idle in the meantime. Since “Trickster” was his graduation film, he has since worked outside his studies on, among other things, a large installation at the Landesmuseum Trier – first impressions at im-reich-der-schatten.de. It is about life in Roman-era Trier, presented in a multimedia format encompassing visitors. That fits quite well within the framework of his next works – they are to become more abstract and combine animation more strongly with live action. Pohl is now also part of the “Talking Animals” team – this company, which is made up of HFF students, also takes on larger productions, including the graduation film of the 2008 winner.
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For the future, Pohl hopes for new impulses from animation-software manufacturers – because with the development of 3D technology, which can only truly succeed without shutter or polarisation glasses – it is time to make content creation easier. The interfaces for kinematics, painting and so on have long been overdue for an overhaul. Then the auteur 3D film Pohl wants can finally exist, instead of producing matte paintings and similar things – for Hollywood.
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From Mouse to Flamingo: Tomer Eshed’s Journey
At the animago AWARDS 2008, Tomer Eshed of the HFF thrilled the audience and jury with the idea and execution of his film “Our Wonderful Nature.” But what is the student from back then doing today?
He is still studying – and is now working on his diploma project. Since the bar is of course quite high after the debut of “Our Wonderful Nature,” however, he is producing a larger production as part of the “Talking Animals” team. The subject? Animals again, naturally, but this time flamingos instead of water shrews. Yet as in everyday company life, several projects are always running at the same time. This particular company, as the name readily reveals, and the student environment – including the 2009 winner, Alexander Pohl – provide an enormous range of different techniques, tools, possibilities and input.
So far he still views the Stereo3D trend cautiously, because its potential cannot yet be assessed. He therefore simply wants to experiment with it until he can use it properly and achieve the maximum creative result. We are curious to see what the flamingos will do.
