The 12-minute short film verreckt [snuffed it], directed by Christian Bahlo, is about a camping trip involving four young adults and a fateful idea. Silvan Oschmann, a student at IMM, was responsible for the sound design (together with Felix Rösch, IMM) and also for mixing the film. The work was created in the artistic compulsory elective course under Professor Andreas Grimm and Olaf Mierau. A three-minute excerpt is available for viewing.

 

"With his new sound recording, Felix Rösch succeeds in giving added acoustic intensity to what is in fact a complex story with great lightness and flowing continuity. He combines music generated on acoustic instruments with electronic sounds in an organic manner and with great musicality. His composition supports the dynamic of the images in a highly promising and ultimately entertaining manner."
These are the reasons given by the high-calibre jury (including Hollywood composer John Frizzell, Lola prizewinner Niki Reiser and Marcel Barsotti, composer of Pope Joan) to award the European film music prize New Sound in European Film to IMM student Felix Rösch.


Felix Rösch composed and produced a new film score for the animated film The Faktory, a work by French director and video designer Yann J. The competition was held for the sixth time as part of SoundTrack_Cologne, the Cologne congress and festival devoted to music and sound in films and the media.

 

Knolls Computerklasse [Knoll's Computer Class] was created by Matthias Parchettka as his final year project in the Media Technology course under Professor Sina Mostafawy. The design and production of the sound and music was done by IMM student Johan Leenders as part of his Sound 2 exam under IMM Professor Andreas Grimm. For the role of Professor Knoll, it was possible to enlist the services of Stefan Fredrich, who has made a name for himself especially as the German dubbing artist for Jim Carrey. The three films humorously explain the basic principles of lighting models in the field of 3D animation. The film shown here is BRDF. All three films, together with a trailer, can be found on Matthias Parchettka's website.

 

Extract (stereo) from the final-year audio project of Andrew Mottl (original sound, sound design, music and mixing) that was created as part of the Audio 2 exam under Prof. Andreas Grimm and Olaf Mierau.
The film Crew United (25 min, 5.1 surround) by director Milos Savic (production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg) tells of friendship and concerted efforts to win back a lost love.

 

"This film is so taut and gripping in rhythm and staging that it is impossible to escape its spell.", from the jury's statement of the First Steps Award 2009 about Am anderen Ende (At the other end).

The film was created by Philipp Döring as his final year project and tells the story of Marianne, who mans a helpline for people in emotional distress, and her battle to break out of the co-dependence on her daughter. It is a piece of intimate theatre of oppressive intensity; visually and acoustically so close, it is as if the viewer could feel, rather than hear, Marianne's breath.

Director: Philipp Döring (graduate of the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)

Sound design and mixing: Miriam Voth (IMM student)