he Book of European Short Pitch. - Nisi Masa
he Book of European Short Pitch. - Nisi Masa
he Book of European Short Pitch. - Nisi Masa
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ENI BRANDNER AUSTRIA<br />
ERSATz<br />
Tel: +43 699 1151 6696<br />
E-mail: eni@c<strong>he</strong>llo.at<br />
Intention<br />
In my story I want to show a man, who easily ‘buys’<br />
things, without looking behind t<strong>he</strong>ir surface. By conforming<br />
to uniformity <strong>of</strong> mass production instead <strong>of</strong><br />
using his skills to improvise and find new solutions -<br />
anything is marketable with t<strong>he</strong> right target audience,<br />
no matter how useful it is. I want to play with t<strong>he</strong> aest<strong>he</strong>tic<br />
<strong>of</strong> a constantly monitored world and t<strong>he</strong> voyeurism<br />
it causes - surveillance and monitoring, also in t<strong>he</strong><br />
sense <strong>of</strong> behavior that is instilled through propaganda<br />
or advertisement.<br />
Ersatz will have an approximate duration <strong>of</strong> 5-7 minutes<br />
and will be made with stop motion and pixilation<br />
10<br />
technique, shot partly in a real environment, partly on<br />
green screen - which will be made to look like a realistic<br />
environment through 3D compositing. T<strong>he</strong> protagonist<br />
as well as t<strong>he</strong> objects, will be recorded and animated<br />
in t<strong>he</strong> real environment and on green screen.<br />
T<strong>he</strong> aest<strong>he</strong>tic is realistic, we can’t see it is a digitally<br />
created environment, until t<strong>he</strong> surreal elements appear,<br />
w<strong>he</strong>n t<strong>he</strong> layers start to shift and twist out <strong>of</strong> perspective<br />
- a visualization <strong>of</strong> how easily pictures can be<br />
manipulated and we need to look behind t<strong>he</strong>ir surface,<br />
before we believe in t<strong>he</strong>m.<br />
Synopsis<br />
Ersatz looks at t<strong>he</strong> daily life <strong>of</strong> a human, that is increasingly<br />
influenced by t<strong>he</strong> effects <strong>of</strong> trying to consume<br />
t<strong>he</strong> instant happiness promised to him by convenience<br />
products.<br />
T<strong>he</strong> more simple <strong>he</strong> tries to make his existence, t<strong>he</strong><br />
more <strong>he</strong> suffers from some adverse effects: t<strong>he</strong> objects<br />
surrounding him begin to come to life instead <strong>of</strong><br />
him and, bit by bit, t<strong>he</strong> human turns into a perfect but<br />
hollow s<strong>he</strong>ll <strong>of</strong> his original self. Items and gadgets start<br />
to appear out <strong>of</strong> now<strong>he</strong>re on t<strong>he</strong>ir own, growing and<br />
changing into different versions <strong>of</strong> t<strong>he</strong>mselves, filling<br />
t<strong>he</strong> space up to its last corner, constantly moving and<br />
transforming. Everything gets full <strong>of</strong> activity ...except<br />
t<strong>he</strong> human.<br />
Will <strong>he</strong> be a victim <strong>of</strong> his own consumption? Or can <strong>he</strong><br />
break free amidst all <strong>of</strong> t<strong>he</strong> commotion that is going on<br />
around him?<br />
PRODUCTION FACTS<br />
Estimated Budget: 45.000 €<br />
Amour Fou Filmproduktion<br />
Looking for co-producer(s) in Animation,<br />
Digital Compositing, Location/Studio<br />
“A life taken over<br />
by objects and<br />
gadgets.”<br />
Director Biography<br />
Eni is a <strong>European</strong> filmmaker, animator and<br />
visual artist. In <strong>he</strong>r work s<strong>he</strong> is interested<br />
to reflect on and around social-critical t<strong>he</strong>matics<br />
and experiment with creating narratives<br />
from fragmented visual elements.<br />
After studying Multimedia Art (Salzburg/<br />
Austria, 1999-2003) and Animation &<br />
New Media (Zagreb/Croatia, 2003-2005),<br />
s<strong>he</strong> collaborated with directors and artists<br />
from different disciplines as animator<br />
and digital artist. After showing <strong>he</strong>r first<br />
film Granica successfully at more than<br />
30 international Festivals receiving four<br />
awards, s<strong>he</strong> is currently based in Vienna,<br />
working on <strong>he</strong>r second animated experimental<br />
short film Exhaustibility, which will<br />
be finis<strong>he</strong>d in 2012.