Movie Description:
It's everywhere. We need and want it. We find it in places where we wouldn't expect it. A world without plastic is inconceivable. But do we know the consequences of our self-indulgent plastic consumption? This film shows various problems associated with plastic and looks at possible solutions.
Why about plastic?
In my holidays I saw a secluded beach that was littered with plastic waste. I asked myself how this could be possible. Back home, I began to fathom the causes of this. The problem is that the ocean is completely polluted with plastic. A lot of plastic is washed up on beaches worldwide. This and many other bad facts led me to make my degree movie about the material plastic and its follow far-reaching.
It took weeks collecting facts, writing a story and draw a storyboard. After four months production time the movie is finished. With two excellent speakers and a nice music, I’m happy to present you “It’s a plastic world”.
Workflow
In my holidays I saw a secluded beach that was littered with plastic waste. I asked myself how this could be possible. Back home, I began to fathom the causes of this. The problem is that the ocean is completely polluted with plastic. A lot of plastic is washed up on beaches worldwide. This and many other bad facts led me to make my degree movie about the material plastic and its follow far-reaching.
It took weeks collecting facts, writing a story and draw a storyboard. After four months production time the movie is finished. With two excellent speakers and a nice music, I’m happy to present you “It’s a plastic world”.
Workflow
At the beginning I've collected countless facts, studies and information about plastic. Within two weeks the narration and storyboard have emerged and I started with the actual film production. First, about 200 props were modeled and textured. At the same time the camera movement was planned and set up with a complex camerarig that could be adjusted over the entire 7000 frames over and over again if needed. The rigs were created and skinned for all animals and deformable objects (CAT Rigs). Most of the work (approx five weeks) was the animation, which was animated on the speaker comment. After that all the scenes were lit with a HDRI and various auxiliary lights. I have rendered the movie at the company Unexpected, where I did my internship. The render time was five days on 150 render cows. The production took about 4 months.
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Concept & Project Timeline
Storyboard
Some Materialtests during Look-def stage
Credits
Animator & Producer: Andreas Tanner
Art Director: Andreas Tanner
Animation: Andreas Tanner
Music and Sound Design: Alexander Rösch
English Voice: Thomas Lüthi
Art Director: Andreas Tanner
Animation: Andreas Tanner
Music and Sound Design: Alexander Rösch
English Voice: Thomas Lüthi
