OBOLUS

VFX / Executive Producer / VFX Producer / Winner — Spark Animation, Best VFX

Down in the depth of a dark cave an old ritual takes place in an embedded temple. Chosen by holy hazard a young woman finds herself as subject of this ceremony. Determined for a higher purpose and flooded by sunlight she now has to pay the prize for her „fortune”.


OVERVIEW — An award-winning VFX production combining live-action filmmaking with complex visual effects workflows.

MY ROLE — VFX Producer
I coordinated the entire VFX production, including Techvis and Previs preparation, shot tracking, team coordination, deadline management and the successful final delivery of all VFX shots.


PRODUCTION COMPANY: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg (Germany)

MY TASK: Executive Producer / VFX Producer

PRODUCTION MANAGER: Malte Stehr, Toufik Abdedaim,

DIRECTORS: Marvin Sprengel, Steffen Oberle

FORMAT: Live Action / VFX Short Film

GENRE: Science Fiction

LANGUAGE: German

COMPLETION: 2016


MAIN CREW:

DIRECTORS: Marvin Sprengel, Steffen Oberle

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Julian Steiner, Marc Angele, Max Christmann

VFX SUPERVISION: Maximilian Auer

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER / VFX PRODUCER: Helge Forler

EDITED BY: Elena Schmidt

FILM MUSIC: Andreas Pfeiffer

SOUND DESIGN: Simon Seufert, Lena Beck

VISUAL ARTISTS: Enzio Probst, Dominik Schön, Lucas Bruchhage, Mariia Prokopenko, Elias Kremer

PRODUCTION DESIGN: Arthur Moussari-Wagner, Maike Kiefer, Leonie Lieberherr, Susanne Gartner, Andreas Pfeiffer, Marian Korenika, Frederik Felkner, Leo Dinkelacker, Yehia Abouzaid

AWARD — Winner — Spark Animation, Best VFX

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