SMALL TALK
Table of Content
Film Details
About the Film
Adventurous Interview with a Globetrotter
An adventurer causes turbulence in an interview with his extremely vivid descriptions.
Film Profile
Themes
Storytelling · Imagination · Truth and Exaggeration · Adventure
Mood & Impact
humorous · surprising · fast-paced · absurd
Kind of Film
Language-driven pixilation film – between interview parody and tall tale.
Recommendations
Certificate: “especially commendable”, German Film Quality Assessment Board (FBW), Germany
Jury statement
A great deal of fun, a film that is suitable for all ages, a mixture of real animation, cartoon and special effects, has been awarded the highest rating by the evaluation committee. The gags happen so quickly that it is impossible to follow them all. The effort that the filmmakers have put into this work is surprising. It is somewhat reminiscent of short interviews on television and somewhat of ‘Münchhausen’, whose language can only be understood in tiny hints, which is entirely intentional. It is encouraging to experience such quality.
Suitable for ages 0+, Voluntary Self-Regulation Organization of the Film Industry (FSK)
Awards and Festivals
3rd prize of the audience, Ruesselsheim’s Day of Film 1994, Germany
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Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Prize 1995 Wiesbaden, Germany
International Festival of Animated Films Stuttgart, Germany
37. International Festival for Documentary and Animation Film Leipzig 1994, Germany
Filmfest Dresden 1994, Germany
Cinanima 1994, Espinho, Portugal
4th Bamberg Short Film Days 1994, Germany
Cinevideo, Karlsruhe 1994, Germany
Animationsfilm Festival Itabashi 1994, Tokyo, Japan
Filmwerkstatt Muenster 1994, Germany
Filmfest Weiterstadt 1994, Germany
German Week for culture and Information, Ulan Bator, Mongolia
Filmfestival, Bilbao 1994, Spain
Days of Short Films Istanbul 1995, Turkey
Anima Mundi 1995, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Credits
actors
presenter – PETER LEMKEN
storyteller – FRANK ERFTEMEIER
author, director
THOMAS STELLMACH
project consultant
PROF. PAUL DRIESSEN
camera operators
THOMAS BEHRENS
CLEMENS BIRKENBACH
lighting
TYRON MONTGOMERY
music
HERMA FOCKEN
REINER SCHÄFER
sound design
THOMAS STELLMACH
sound assistant
SAID AREFI
make up
DOROTHEA DONNEBERG
MONIKA STELLMACH
catering
FRANK THÖNER, FILMLADEN KASSEL
props and animation
SAID AREFI
OMID AZMI
ISMAIL BULUT
DOROTHEA DONNEBERG
HERMA FOCKEN
SILKE GERLACH
ROBERT KLOSE
PETER LEMKEN
PARVIZ SAFADEL
MONIKA STELLMACH
film editing
BEHZAD BEHESHTIPOUR
copyright 1994
THOMAS STELLMACH ANIMATION
Making-of
The animation film department of the Kassel College of Art produced a 2-minute festival trailer on behalf of the 10th Kassel Documentary Film and Video Fest. The 5-minute pixilation film SMALL TALK was created from the same footage.
My script was chosen from a variety of ideas from the students. So, as the director, producer and production manager, I implemented the two versions of the film with the help of 17 fellow students.
With SMALL TALK I was able to take part in various film festivals, e. g. in the competition of the International Festival of Animated Film in Stuttgart.
The film was shot in pixilation and stop motion. Two students served as actors. They animated their body frame by frame, while 10 other students were responsible for animating the props. The preparations took one week, the animation two weeks and the sound design four weeks.
Animation Show
SMALL TALK is part of my Animation Show, an infotainment programme in which I present my award-winning animated films and explain how they were made.
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- Explore my other films
- See how I present my films in my Animated Film Show
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Contact Form
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Duration
4:51 minutes
Technique
Pixilation, stop motion
Production
Thomas Stellmach Animation and Kassel College of Art, 1994
Director & Producer
Thomas Stellmach
Language
No dialogue
Film format
MP4, 1080p, stereo
DCP, 2K, stereo