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What Time Is It?

"He travels back in time ten years to meet his younger self and give him a message. A message that is of tremendous importance for his future life!"

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Special features: Animated entirely inside VR. Formats: cinema 5.1, binaural VR version, DCP, stereoscopic 3D!

  • Eric Giessmann
    Director
  • Piers Goffart
    Director
  • Piers Goffart
    Writer
  • Eric Giessmann
    Producer
  • Piers Goffart
    Producer
  • Jono Yuen
    Key Cast
    "VR Artist"
  • Nicole Jankowski
    Key Cast
    "Production Manager"
  • Meta Audio Team
    Key Cast
    "Audio "
  • Jonathan Gleit
    Key Cast
    "Executive Producers, Meta Quest"
  • Goro Fujita
    Key Cast
    "Executive Producers, Meta Quest"
  • Paul Gorman
    Key Cast
    "Audio Director"
  • Eric Van Amerongen
    Key Cast
    "Sound Designers"
  • Andrew Russell
    Key Cast
    "Voice Talents"
  • Remy Joseph
    Key Cast
    "Voice Talents"
  • Lava Machine
    LAVAMACHINE
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Short
  • Genres:
    Animation, Sci-Fi, Comedy, romance, childhood
  • Runtime:
    3 minutes 16 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 26, 2022
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Country of Filming:
    Germany
  • Language:
    English
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Eric Giessmann, Piers Goffart

Eric Giessmann
Director/ Animator
www.ericgiessmann.com
Multiple international award-winning director for animated short film and specialized in VR content. With the founding of Studio LAVAMACHINE, he combined his passion for classical painting with the digitalization of the 21st century.

Piers Goffart
Director/ Concept Artist
www.lavamachine.com
Freelance illustrator and animator with a passion for storytelling, comedy and character acting. In 2015 he won the POS Award for best Artwork. Since 2017 he shifted his craft more and more into VR painting and animation.

Filmography:
Veteran
2008 Wrong bet
Mr. Tophat
Vitrine
DreamSynphony
2009 Menschenbeifall
Maart
The Hutch
2014
Negentropy & Progression
2015
TYPEWRITERHEAD
2017
Sand Wanderer
2018
A Cochlear Implant
Water Bending
Rays in the sky
Time Machine
2019
A life with CI
2020
What Time Is It?
May, 2022
Reincarnation Mall
Feb 2023

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Director Statement

Special features:
The film is animated entirely inside VR. It's available in different formats including cinema version, binaural VR version, DCP, optional as stereoscopic 3D!

Statement:
"WTII is based on a short comic I did 7 years ago for an indie comic-magazine. I had to draw something on the theme of "X" or "10". I thought about some regrets I had 10 years ago and came up with this partly autobiographical story.
Together with an extremely talented team, we took the idea to another level through the medium of film. It's an indescribable feeling to see this little piece from back then with all its characters suddenly come to life." Piers Goffart

"I feel very connected to the main character of the movie because I know from many personal experiences how difficult it is to find the right words in the right situation when trying to show interest another person." Eric Giessmann

Trivia:

“One last bit of trivia that I thought was worth mentioning that's kind of cool and I think works on a subliminal level: The main music theme for What Time Is It (That can be heard in the opening shots and then at the end in the first Credits Sequence) has a BPM of 60. Yes, that's right, sixty beats per minute, just like a real clock would have. I think this is why the clock ticking effect in those sections works particularly well...because it's at the exact tempo of a real clock “
Paul Gorman

“I found the Lavamachine Rubik's cube and Typewriter Head!”
Goro Fujita

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Also available as: VR, Dolby 5.1 and Stereoscopic mov/DCP

Meta Quest VR Headset preview link:
https://www.oculus.com/experiences/media/997594964091974/