Creatures made of tree branches and roots seem to have a firm place in the history ofVFX. Just think of Treebeard in The Lord of the Rings, Guillermo del Toro's Pinoccio, Groot or the creature in Seven Minutes Past Midnight. In this tradition we created woodland - an animated short film that we produced under the direction of Prof. Jürgen Schopper in the VFX programme at the HFF. Even though our forest creature may look rather frail next to many of his wooden colleagues, he more than makes up for it with his musical talent.
In search of ideas Even before active story development began in October 2023, our team had come together. Woodland is the result of the creative work of Jim Obmann, Emil Pogolski and Vanessa Chu. We wanted to create a film in a fantastic, surreal environment, far removed from the world we know. For months we played through different scenarios, wrote countless script drafts and created concepts of fantasy creatures and environments. Our ideas took us from the deep ...
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