11 min
HD, Surround
2017
With its subjective camera movements and sounds of cracking branches, night views illuminated by shaky beams of light, and long, silent takes emphasizing a sense of anticipation of the appearance of the long-awaited “animal”, the film dilettantishly cites the visual language of wildlife documentaries. With slow movements, the 13 twigs, acting in concert as one body, imitating a stick insect, explore a intimate apartment setting. The twig is neither entirely ghostly nor entirely physical matter –it is a fiction with three-dimensional features in a real filmed setting.
Sound, Animation: Jakob Spengemann
VFX, Animation: Wassili Franko
Focus: Kalle Kallovsky
Production design: Stella Rossié
Light, Grip: Marvin Hesse & Tom Otte
Titel: Steffen Goldkamp
Kindly supported by: Maddels Cameras GmbH, Electric Sun and Produzentengalerie Hamburg