an animated 3D film
length: 04:28 (incl.credits)
available formats: DVD PAL, R0, 25 fps
1080-HD (1920x1080), 24 fps
(c) 2007 brainpets GbR
After presenting a paper on coherent NPR techniques at last year's NPAR, Thomas Luft was contacted by David Maas who recognized the inherent artistic and production value that such an application would offer. This 'expressive' renderer is both a straight-forward attempt to grant artists access to existing NPR techniques and an innovative approach to hybrid 2 ½ D visualization, interpreting 3D scenes within a metaphor of 2D compositing planes. An important aspect of the collaboration is to provide practical feedback to theoretical graphics research.
The symbolic abstraction of the give-and-take encounter between a leech and a tomato offered itself for this exploration, as our goal was to adress the expressive nature not just of the materials, but also of the represented forms and their haptic qualities – as experienced through deformation, transformation and interpretation, the accessiblity of which is too often clouded by technically-demanding 3D rigging and animation processes and so remains associated with hand-drawn animation.
a film by
David Maas
producer
Tatjana Maas
animation / rigs
David Maas, Christopher Lutz
software development - aquaTree
Thomas Luft
shading / rendering
David Maas, Thomas Luft
score / recording
Patrizio Deidda
sound
Tatjana Maas
voices
Tanja Krampfert, Tatjana Maas, David Maas
©2007 brainpets GbR
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American artist
David Maas has resided in Europe since 1989, first in
Prague – then capitol of Czechoslovakia – and then Berlin,
were he met, married and teamed up with Tatjana Maas. After working in
construction, English instruction, art and advertising, David found his
way to animation and now works as freelance production manager, illustrator,
animator and concept artist. He has been a freelance instructor at the
Animation Institute of the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg since March
2006.
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Thomas
Luft brings an artistic understanding to the technical research
of non-photorealistic rendering techniques. He is currently a PhD student
at the University of Konstanz under the supervision of Oliver Deussen.
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Tatjana
Maas is engaged in cultural management and content development.
Her focus revolves around societal change and has included projects such
as the art exhibitions "FallWallFall" (1993 Berlin, Paris),
"StationDeutschland" (1996 Berlin, Hamburg) and "PowerFrau"
(1997 Berlin). The most recent project was a series of readings and exhibitions
titled "James Kruess: An Unforgettable Encounter" which focused
on the promotion of reading among children. This project culminated in
a documentary intiated and authored by Tatjana Maas.
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Patrizio
Deidda is a trained jazz and pop musician currently studying
film music and sound design at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg.
Parallel to his studies he works as a live and recording musician and
is an instructor at numerous music schools.
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Christopher
Lutz has been working as a chess professional for the past 15
years. In 2002 he came in touch with 3D animation and never looked back
since. A focus of his work is character rigging and plug-in writing for
various 3D applications.
brainpets GbR is a concept
and pre-production company established in January, 2004 – based
in Berlin and Ludwigsburg, Germany.
Love.Leech.Tomato (2007) – animated 3D
short
Fun for Free, Caritas (2005) – animated
ad against youth going into debt
Rather be in Berlin?, Berlin Tourism Board (2004)
– animated ad
Aufwaerts, Kuenstlertreu (2002) – animated
music video
BonnBerlin, Deutsche Telekom (1988) –
animated multimedia content
Company
information/contact info:
brainpets GbR
www.brainpets.com
tatjana@brainpets.com
Tel: +49 7141 702 5847
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