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Loom
Jam Bitzer,
Polynoid,
Csaba Letay,
Ilija Brunck
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“Loom” was our last project at the Baden- Wuerttemberg Film Academy and the production time including story development and pre-production took one year. It was fully completed in April, 2010.
The initial idea was a moth being caught in a spider’s web and, after facing the predator, being digested and in the end becoming an integral part of its own trap. We took the time to think about this very linear story string, which is basically a description of nature’s causal cycles, to find out its strengths and possibilities and to develop several other strings on the graphical level as well as the cinematography and scale / time. It all came out of the urge to search for the big story inside a small one.
After pre-production we went into developing the look, color palette, editing rhythm and technical research on how to process all this. We used Softimage for 3D and Fusion for compositing and several other tools. We decided not to storyboard it out, instead we set up the production pipeline on a very basic level and developed the CG elements parallel to animation, editing and rendering techniques.
For the development at our end, Joel Corelitz, our sound designer, started very early on the first rough sketches of the audio. We had a lot of feedback rounds with him, which made it possible to also react to his sound ideas on the visual/editing side. “Loom” is by far our most ambitious piece yet and we are curious about the responses on it.
The initial idea was a moth being caught in a spider’s web and, after facing the predator, being digested and in the end becoming an integral part of its own trap. We took the time to think about this very linear story string, which is basically a description of nature’s causal cycles, to find out its strengths and possibilities and to develop several other strings on the graphical level as well as the cinematography and scale / time. It all came out of the urge to search for the big story inside a small one.
After pre-production we went into developing the look, color palette, editing rhythm and technical research on how to process all this. We used Softimage for 3D and Fusion for compositing and several other tools. We decided not to storyboard it out, instead we set up the production pipeline on a very basic level and developed the CG elements parallel to animation, editing and rendering techniques.
For the development at our end, Joel Corelitz, our sound designer, started very early on the first rough sketches of the audio. We had a lot of feedback rounds with him, which made it possible to also react to his sound ideas on the visual/editing side. “Loom” is by far our most ambitious piece yet and we are curious about the responses on it.
A film by Polynoid. Directed by Jan Bitzer, Ilija Brunck, Csaba Letay; Technical Director: Fabian “Pit” Pross; Producer: Regina Welker; Sound design & re-recording: Joel Corelitz
Polynoid (DE) The Design and storytelling collective Polynoid came together in 2007 while studying at the Baden-Wurttemberg Film Academy. Originally a trio comprising Jan Bitzer, Ilija Brunck and Tom Weber, Polynoid expanded to become a five piece in 2009 with the addition of fellow. Film Academy cohorts Csaba Letay and Fabian “Pit” Pross. Blending a variety of aesthetic and cultural influences, Polynoid’s multifaceted creative vision is nourished by interests in graffiti, nature, graphic novels, science and philosophy. Playing with extremes of tension and silence, Polynoid conduct their film work with a surprising virtuosity. As a trio, the collective’s first student project, “458nm”, garnered international festival and awards attention and won the Golden Nica of Prix Ars Electronica in 2006.