LUDUS
Year: 2000
Language: english
Length: 05:34 min.
Format: DV (Sony VX1000)
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Synopsis
Uniformed people are being hunted mercilessly through a seemingly endless forest. On their heels: different types of cold-blooded fighting machines. There is no escape from death for the hunted. When their victims are finally slaughtered it happens that the pilots of the fighting machines are actually children, who argue about who won the game.
Info
In 2000, LUDUS was formulated by Amber Artworks, even before its members Helge Balzer, Florian Metzner, and Dennis Rettkowski began their professional careers or studies. It will answer the question to what extent a game might stretch or even overcome moral or social boundaries of entertainment.
Screenshots
Concept Art
Making of
Credits
Maike Balzer
#4
Frauke Balzer
#1
Jessica C. Crandall
Kid in TwoLeg
Collin J. Crandall
Kid in SixLeg
Jörg Laß
“Die Leiche”
Richard Brown
Narrator
written & directed by
Helge C. Balzer & Florian Metzner
production design, art & animation
Helge C. Balzer
visual effects supervisor
Dennis Rettkowski
director of photography
Torben Kliefoth
edited by
Florian Metzner
music by
Stefan Gubatz
sound design
Florian Metzner
sound editing & re-recording mixer
Michael Wurzbacher
produced by
Helge C. Balzer, Florian Metzner, Dennis Rettkowski & Fabian Fulda
still photography
Anke Beinert
texture photographer
Benjamin Stolz
grip
Dennis Lumme, Jörg Laß & Dorothee Jensen
prologue translator
Maike Balzer
making of
Sebastian Beck
special thanks to
Trevor W. Crandall, Nancy Owen, André Kuhl, Benjamin Stolz, Franz Sebastian Fleischauer, Jörg Laß, Gisela Kaschner, Alexander Schulz, Manuela Christian, Dr. Martin Metzner, Christoph Knies, Gerd Jensen, Willi Rettkowski, Torben Kliefoth, Danny Meier, Oke Schmidt, Dorothee Jensen
an Amber Artworks – creative film production