Mindplotter (2007)
Trailer for ITFS / Stuttgart.
Directors: Ilija Brunck . Jan Bitzer . Tom Weber
Producer: Sinje Gebauer
Sound: dAdA iNN . Roman Jungblut
Production Company: Filmakademie BW
Screenings . Awards . Nominations:
. ITFS . 2007. official trailer
. Siggraph . 2007 . Electronic Theater
. Ars Electronica . 2008 . Honorary Mention
The Mindplotter. Developed as a symbol for what we think
is the essence of a creative process that every filmmaker in
the field of animation goes through.
Being able to switch between two stages,
inspiration and creation, the Mindplotter is both mechanical
and organic, hard and soft, brutal in his act of plotting out
his thoughts and relaxed in his inspirational state of mind.
While the Mindplotter alter egos, the world
around him changes with it.
The main premise for design was the ability of
the character to live in two worlds.
Like Jekyll and Hyde the Mindplotter has two
states which are basically impersonations
acted by a default character we never see.
Scribbles and moodboards helped in defining
and laying out shape, color and motion.
The idea behind the basic shape of both states
was a mirrored arc which supports the
feeling of constant tension in whatever state
the Mindplotter is. He always has to bend back
to the other state to complete the process
of creation.
