BALANCE, 8 min.
Balance winn Oscar (Best Short Film, Animated 1990)
[Size: 47.7 MB]
"Balance ... turns a black comedy into a meditation on human interdependence ..." Los Angeles Times
The setting is on a floating platform where a group of evenly and carefully placed men live. Each man is aware that the platform is not stable and in order not to fall to their deaths, they maintain a careful balance of weight to prevent the platform from tipping too far and cause them all to fall. This reasonably harmonious understanding is lost when one man pulls up a heavy trunk. In the ensuing struggle, balance is lost in more than one sense.
Genre Drama
Category Animation, Short
Year of Production 1989
Directors Christoph Lauenstein, Wolfgang Lauenstein
Director of Photography Christoph Lauenstein
Production Company Lauenstein Filmproduktion/Hamburg
Length 8 min
Format 16 mm, color
The German twins, Christoph and Wolfgang Lauenstein, combine claymation,
classical puppet animation and computer animation to create their own unique
style.
Their film BALANCE won an "Academy Award" for Best Animated
Short.
The Lauenstein brothers create unusual commercials for international
clients including Coca-Cola, Nike, Smarties, MTV.
Сайт: http://www.lauenstein.tv
[Size: 47.7 MB]
"Balance ... turns a black comedy into a meditation on human interdependence ..." Los Angeles Times
The setting is on a floating platform where a group of evenly and carefully placed men live. Each man is aware that the platform is not stable and in order not to fall to their deaths, they maintain a careful balance of weight to prevent the platform from tipping too far and cause them all to fall. This reasonably harmonious understanding is lost when one man pulls up a heavy trunk. In the ensuing struggle, balance is lost in more than one sense.
Genre Drama
Category Animation, Short
Year of Production 1989
Directors Christoph Lauenstein, Wolfgang Lauenstein
Director of Photography Christoph Lauenstein
Production Company Lauenstein Filmproduktion/Hamburg
Length 8 min
Format 16 mm, color
The German twins, Christoph and Wolfgang Lauenstein, combine claymation,
classical puppet animation and computer animation to create their own unique
style.
Their film BALANCE won an "Academy Award" for Best Animated
Short.
The Lauenstein brothers create unusual commercials for international
clients including Coca-Cola, Nike, Smarties, MTV.
Сайт: http://www.lauenstein.tv