// SKINSCAPES FASHION FILM
// CONCEPT
Skinscapes is a fashion film presenting the A/W 2012 Collection, which is a diploma thesis by German fashion designer Melanie Faulhaber of the Düsseldorf University’s Design Department, Germany.
It was important to director Sandra Birkner to transfer the idea of the designer into the video. The concept of the film is, to abduct you in an unreal intangible world of presentation, sub coolness and arrogance. But the outside appearance is deceiving. Clothing is fashion, society and presentation and in a simple way to dress. Without clothing we are assailable. In nudity we cannot cover our uncertainty. If two people are presenting themselves and do not have the courage and uncertainty to overcome their minds are lost.Maybe the only way to come together is in a physical way. The middle part is about imagination and a wish we all have. We want proximity and love.
We also want to get out of our cover of clothing and be loved for our worth.
The 360-degree shot is the climax of the film. It shows that the presentation area offers security and that it gives them a safe feeling to stay in the world they know.
The location of this film is the new building of the Arp Museum Rolandseck, Germany, designed by the US American architect Richard Meyer. The film was realised as a low budget project and the crew worked for free. Getting the approval for the location was a great benefit. Therefore we were able to transmit all our ideas the way we wanted to. We worked 5 month on the fashion film starting in September 2010 until February 2011.
The film has been presented in the design departement fashion show at Tonhalle, Düsseldorf in Germany.
// CREDITS
Models
Caroline Bruchmann / Most Wanted Models Germany
Marcus Scheumann / Mega Models Germany
Fashion
Melanie Faulhaber
Producer / Director
Sandra Birkner
Director of Photography
Leif Thomas
1st Assistant Camera
Christiane Buchmann
Additional Photography
Max Wiemann
Gaffer
Max Tsui
Electrician
Simon Wandelt
Anniki Lee
Dominic Drolshagen
Producer Assistance
Jannike Stelling
Hair & Make Up
Lisa Binz
Editing
Leif Thomas
Sandra Birkner
Grading
Leif Thomas
Special Effects
Moritz Kleine-Büning
Max Daerr
Visual Effects
Philip Lumpp
Music
Mount Kimbie / Taps
Management Paul Rose Hotflush Recordings
Supported by
Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck
Shoot B&S
Design Department Düsseldorf
FH Dortmund
Management Paul Rose Hotflush Recordings - Mount Kimbie