Dortmund Concert Hall - Season 2008 Trailer

Jung von Matt and Sehsucht created the trailer for the 2008 season of the Dortmund Concert Hall

The advertising agency, Jung von Matt, came to Sehsucht studios for the creation of the 2008 season trailer for the Dortmund (Germany) concert hall. The previous year's theme, “Music in my blood” (also created using CINEMA 4D), was to be followed by the theme, “The fire has been ignited” (German: "Das Feuer ist entfacht."). The challenge for this project was to merge the natural phenomena of fire with the theme of classical music.

Seven artists using 8-core Mac Pros created this 60-second spot in only five weeks. In addition to using CINEMA 4D with Advanced Render, MoGraph and Thinking Particles the artists took advantage of the seamless connectivity to After Effects and Shake – which allowed up to seven Multi-Pass layers to be modified simultaneously.With CINEMA 4D, Art Director and Motion Designer, Alexander Heyer, was able to quickly find solutions to important content issues – for example, how to generate and implement fire effects. Alexander explains, “After several tests it quickly became apparent that we would have to work with real footage since creating CG fire within the allotted time wasn’t possible. We had to find a way to integrate the fire footage into 3D space without giving away that is was really a 2D element. We also wanted to create flocks of flaming birds that looked as organic and realistic as possible.”“Using the MoGraph and Thinking Particles modules was an excellent choice for creating realistic results. We used MoGraph’s Displace Deformer and Spline Wrap to create the flaming wolves that ran through the woods. The footage was mapped onto simple geometry, fixed, displaced, and animated using the Spline Wrap. The results were fantastic – we could move freely around the flames without giving away that they consisted of 2D footage. The same applied to the flocks of birds. The foundation was made using a simple Thinking Particle Expression that was modified and optimized to fit our needs. This let us disband and regroup the flocks as we wanted.”The final result was very impressive and is an exciting allure to attend an event in the Dortmund concert hall.Production: Sehsucht GmbH, Hamburg, Germany