Private Project

phase three "being old .... no idea"

The video want´s to deny the timeline and the linear perception of time in film. It takes place on a plateau and an animated camera performs the cuts of the video by moving from clip to cilp.
Eight people of different ages (14-92yrs) speak about their perception of growing old.

Since my process of production is 100% digital I see no need to pretend I am still working with celluloid and I want to free myself from the dominance of the timeline. What happens, if I build a video on a plane/plateau, rather than on a timeline. How does the perception of time and also the perception of the video itself changes?

The video is built in Adobe After Effects on 48 Layers. So it it rather a vertical than a horizontal video.

  • Swantje Uphoff
    Director
  • Volker Wendisch
    sound design/sound editing
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Phase drei "alt sein ... keine Ahnung"
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Experimental
  • Runtime:
    15 minutes 30 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    August 31, 2016
  • Production Budget:
    600 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Country of Filming:
    Germany
  • Language:
    German
  • Shooting Format:
    Mini DV
  • Aspect Ratio:
    4:3
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Swantje Uphoff
Distribution Information
  • Swantje Uphoff
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Swantje Uphoff

since 2000
owner of the video production company Swantje Uphoff,
producing mainly image films for NPOs and science films
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education:
1995-1998
Diploma AA at the Architectural Association in
London; Tutor: David Greene;Filmunit of Pascal Schöning and Nina Danino
1991-1994
Vordiplom and parts of the Hauptdiplom of Architecture at the Technische Universität Berlin
1989
Abitur at the Christianeum in Hamburg

filmography/artworks
2016
Phase drei „alt sein ... keine Ahnung“ (phase three „Being old .... no idea“) animated documetary 15:30 min.
2009
Eigenarten (their way)
portrait of young people with disabilities, Schottland
documentary, 6:00 min.; shown at the exhibition take two, Berlin Friedrichshain
2008
Punks am Alex (punks/Alexanderplatz)
three punks talking to each other; and one dog
documentary, 2:30 min.
2005
Krötenwanderung 2 (toad migration 2)
animation, 2:00 min.
2002
Kötenwanderung 1 (toad migration 1)
animation, loop
shown at the exhibition Videoidyll, Staatsbank , Bln Mitte
2000
Hotspot - urban videoinstallation integrating the LED-videodisplay in front of Galeries Lafayettes
2000
kleine Wahrheiten (little truths)
two video sculptures shown at the exhibition OBZONE, Haus des Lehrers, Berlin

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Director Statement

As video makers we deal with time. But there shouldn't be a restriction of a timeline on top. So fuck the timeline and let´s pretend to build videos without it.