Any short form project exploring novel aesthetics, production methodologies and/or technologies.
The German Institute for Standardization (DIN) has created over 33,000 standards in the last century.
These standards influence our daily physical movement.
By recording a freely improvised dance with motion capture and translating these movements into unique character designs, we delve into the irony of technical standards: designed for us, yet limiting us. “DIN” invites us to question what it means to be a human who moves within modern standards and technology.
Direction and art direction: Samuel Lewek
Dance: Thomas Lempertz
Music: Frederic Hellmann
Editing: Katharina Jung
Sounddesign: Frederic Hellmann, Vincent Egerter & Jannik Ost
Production: Sabina Stöckler
Animation: Ole Bornitz & Samuel Lewek
Visual system: Luca Carubia & Samuel Lewek
Motion graphics: Luca Carubia & Victor Heckle
Creative coding: Victor Heckle
MoCap camera: Jan Wittkopp
MoCap technical direction: Justus Henne
Technical support: Paulo Scatena & Leon Monschauer
Many thanks to: Tatjana Theuer, Chantale Eglin, Tille Berger, Rebecca Zahor, Max Alber, Zoi
Panteliadou, Ole Freytag, Erica Esserman , Martin Lorenz, Lucas Hesse, Dirk Schuster,
Benjamin Simon, Tobias Röttger, Shinjiro Sueda, Ziyan Xiong & Simon Haag.
Supervised by Prof. Dr. Heike Sperling & Alexander Hanowski.
A production by Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH.
FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
CARLOS EL ASMAR