MONSTERS OF SIN

An unrealized concept for Zoobe based on the seven deadly sins.

ZDF OLYMPIA PITCH I+II

Two storyboards I painted for a pitch to the ZDF.

This was the first idea for the Olympia packaging from dyrdee media:

"The columns of glory"

... and this was the second idea:
"Fire and ice"

ZOOBE EASTER 2013

The Zoobe Cam Easter costumes are up and ready to use.

iPhone
https://itunes.apple.com/de/app/zoobe-cam-eve-say-it-character/id581181850?mt=8

Android Phone
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zoobe.zoobecam

BACK FROM NEW YORK

A week with a lot of tough meetings and finally I got to see the sacred halls of Marvel and DC.

SEVERAL UPDATES ON MY WEBSITE

Please check out the new stuff here:

stephansacher.com

WHAT IS A ZOOBE MESSAGE?

Let the bunny explain it to you.
I art directed this little clip for zoobe.
It features wonderful animations by Felix Graf and great sound by Henning Schärfke

FILM FLIRT

The zoobe film flirt Edition is out now!
http://www.facebook.com/zoobe

It's the most eleborate edition I worked on for zoobe so far.

Animago

My two favourite buddies won the animago award 2011 for best student film. Thank you!

ZOOBE

Obviously I havn't been updating my blog since I'm busy with a major project for several months now.
It's a new messaging system called "Zoobe", that let's you create your own little film.
Choose a character, choose a background and give it your voice!
It'll look like this

This clip was created with the "Zoobecalypse Now" edition.
Check it out here:
http://www.facebook.com/zoobe

And the winner is...

Chump & Clump won at these festivals:

2008
Matita Film Festival
3. Prize
Chiete, Italy

2008
The Accolade Competition
Award of Merit: animation
La Jolla, U S A

2009
IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival
Best Student Film
Sofia, Bulgaria

2009
FEST - International Film Festival Portugal
Best academic work
Espinho, Portugal

2009
ReelHeART Internatinal film festival
Best animated film
Toronto, Canada

2009
KLIK amsterdam animation festival
Best student film
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2009
FIKE 2009 - 8th Évora International Short Film Festival
Best Animation
Don Quijote Award
Évora, Portugal

2009
The 7th International Festival of Animation Arts
Special mention for the wittiest animation
St.Petersburg, Russia

2010
NEXT REEL FILM FESTIVAL 2010
Best Animation Award
Singapur

Chump & Clump at the festivals

Since the two year run of "Chump & Clump" at the various film festivals of the world now comes to an end, I'd like to take a look back at the great times Michael and I had with film.
A big thank you to all the people who supported "Chump & Clump" and the nice jurys, who invited the film (and often also us) to their festivals and sometimes even awarded a us with a prize. :)

It all started as good as it can get, when "Chump & Clump" got nominated for Siggraph 2008 Jury Award along with "Our wonderful nature" from our buddies Dennis Rettkowski and Tomer Eshed.

So it was off to Los Angeles for the four us ( And the brilliant composer of "Our wonderful nature", Stefan Schneider. Seen here in the front) . But first we got stuck in Denver.

Here we had our world premiere at the Nokia theatre.

Dennis and Tomer were also invited to give a talk at the Pixar booth

As a special treat for the attendees of the conference, we got cards for a baseball game. That was the first time I sensed minor cultural differences between people from the US and from Europe.
Basically nothing happens in that game, most of it is strikes and players standing around.
Our bus driver told me, that people just go there to get drunk. Can't blame them.

Our last day at the Santa Monica Beach. That evening really had something magical to it.

Here we attended the Trickfilmfestival Stuttgart.
The festivals programm was a bit artsy, but I still can agree on the winning films.
On the other hand they had a great party every night of the week, so it was totally worth it.

At the filmfest Munich 2008 we didn't win the Animation Award, but "Chump & Clump" built up a fanbase with the other directors and therefore they awarded us with the "Winner of the hearts"-Award. Thank you guys! :)

These are pictures from the Giffoni Festival in Italy. It's a big film festival for kids and youths and holds a special place in heart. I never had more fun at a film festival or met a crazier crowd than there. This was Oooon!

These pics are from the Era New Horizons 2009 festival in Poland. I really liked it, because they had a great side programm and scenery to offer. Set in the beautiful city of Breslau we spent most of the time exploring the city, instead of watching films.

Pics of Michael and me enjoying various delicious beverages in Breslau.

Wow, that is quiet a longish post. A few weeks ago Michael flew to Singapur to the Next Reel 2010 festival. Unfortunatly I couldn't come, but we won the "Best Animation" there. Thank you.

Anyway, thanks again to all the film festivals that screened "Chump& Clump". I wish I could have visited all of them. But with nearly forty festivals that just isn't possible ( You can find the complete festival list on www.chumpandclump.com)

Chump & Clump development stuff

Here's some old development material from 2007.
I still like the color key. During the production,
Michael and I had a discussion about applying
a paper cut look to the film instead of cg shading,
because of this small illustration.

Watch Chump and Clump online

If you don't have the chance, to watch the film at a
film festival on the big screen, here's the second best
solution.

http://www.3min.de/831/21/2/Short-Films-Chump-and-Clump

Chump & Clump upcoming screenings

If you're anywhere near there, go check it out!

KLIK amsterdam animation festival

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

September 2009

CAPALBIO CINEMA
International Shortfilm Festival

Capalbio, Italy

October 2009

ANIMA - Córdoba International Animation Festival

Córdoba, Argentina

October 2009

CINANIMA 2009

Espinho, Portugal

November 2009

35th FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL FILMETS BADALONA

Barcelona, Spain

November 2009

A fate worse than dragons

A while ago I painted the cover for the german release of the
comedy/fantasy novel "A fate worse than dragons" by John Moore.
I had a nice e-mail correspondence with the Houston based author.
He told me, that it's the best cover any of his novels has ever had.
Thank you, John! :)

Here is the cover without lettering.
The book is shipping out this november.