17 Souls

Since October 2020, the Munich University of Television and Film has been offering a new specialisation in VFX as part of the Image Design course. In their first year, the students have already been able to realise an animated film in teams of three; from a reinterpretation of the werewolf myth (from page 102) to mysterious radio messages from a lost plane.

Six of us started our studies with Professor Michael Coldewey in the 2020 winter semester. Thanks to his extraordinary commitment, we were the first VFX class at HFF to start giving free rein to our ideas early on. When Professor Jürgen Schopper took over as head of the specialisation in spring 2021, we were confronted with realistic project planning, which meant that the projects could be completed in July 2021. For the most part, we succeeded and it was an extremely important experience for us. by Chris Kühn, Nicolas Schwarz and Christian Geßner

Jonas Kluger, Pipeline TD at HFF Munich, set up the Shotgrid software for us to manage the projects. With regard to time tracking, which is common in the industry, we quickly realised how much time is actually needed for some "small" changes. We received cinematographic input from Rodolfo Anes Silveira, who also supported us in all audiovisual matters.

The two films 01 of the new VFX class at the HFF Munich

Jürgen Schopper took over the p...


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