We had a few questions for Emanuel.
Why use stopmotion for “Food”?
- Cgi, drawn animation or stopmotion for me are just different techniques with different tools. Each of these techinques has its strengths and weaknesses in the working process. After the initial idea of a film I think about the best way to come to the desired result. In this case clay animation was perfect for the metamorphoses. It also gave me the freedom to come up with spontanous ideas during the process of morphing.
In this film I tried to play around with the automatism and anti-rationalism the surrealists were discussing about a hundred years ago.
Do you sculpt characters as reference for your CGI work?
- In all of my films I did drawings and clay maquettes to develop the characters. I think it`s really important to try out your ideas in different media before starting with the computer.
Can you tell us something interesting about the production?
“Food” is the first film after my studies at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. It was really important for me to realize this project beside my commissioned work as a freelancing 3d-animator to prove myself that I will definitely continue working on my own films in the future. I had to get rid of my kitchen table to have more space for shooting.
- The film was shot with the nikon d7000, a 50mm f/1,8 ai lens and a 55 mm micro-nikkor f/2,8 ai lens for macro shots. For lighting I used softboxes to avoid sharp shadows.