The Forest
The Forest is an animated short created and directed by me, which is also my final thesis for university.
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02.08.2009 | back to top | write comment | 35 comments
animated short, 2009
Credits
Script, Direction & Animation
David Scharf
Sound
48 Billion Atoms
Characters
André Ljosaj
comments
njandal
Wed 05 August 2009 @ 21:21
Hi,
I really love the first image - any chance I could get this printed on a canvas with ~2m width?
Dave
Thu 20 August 2009 @ 12:11
Hi Njandal,
I haven't really thought about that option. Maybe I could just send you a high res version of the image and you could take care of that yourself?
Lala
Fri 04 September 2009 @ 08:13
Hi Dave..
I have just watched this short. I loved the story and the style alot. I wonder what was inspiration for your script??
Thank you :)
Lala
Fri 04 September 2009 @ 08:14
Hi Dave..
I have just watched this short. I loved the story and the style alot. I wonder what was inspiration for your script??
Thank you :)
jurriën
Fri 04 September 2009 @ 08:17
Hi David,
Just want to say congratulations with your film. It is a pretty story and the visuals and style of storytelling kept me watching. Thanks for lighting up my day!
all the best,
Jurriën
mike
Sat 05 September 2009 @ 12:33
Nice work how did you crate those stars?
Dave
Sat 05 September 2009 @ 22:00
@lala: Thank you! I can't really say what the main inspiration of the script is. Writing and directing a script is just a good way of expressing certain thoughts one has about certain things.
@Mike: That's just a matte painting in photoshop and some particle effects for the blinking stars.
Lala
Sun 06 September 2009 @ 19:35
Thank you Dave for your reply. It is just inspiring to see that somebody somewhere far away can share similar energy of thoughts!
John Lewis
Wed 09 September 2009 @ 05:49
Great work. Just incredibly well done! Hope to see more of your work soon.
John Lewis
Wed 09 September 2009 @ 05:49
Great work. Just incredibly well done! Hope to see more of your work soon.
annie
Sat 12 September 2009 @ 09:19
amazing. waiting for more
markus
Mon 14 September 2009 @ 15:46
really nice movie and strong visal style. are the grassland and carpet 3d objects or textures/photos?
Dave
Mon 14 September 2009 @ 15:48
I used hair shaders for creating grass and carpet.
StudioDino
Thu 17 September 2009 @ 03:34
Excellent, good show.
Caroline
Sat 19 September 2009 @ 21:48
I watched both the Forest & Big Brother State videos on Vimeo. They are fantastic. I appreciate both the artistry and thoughtful content. Really great work. Keep going! I look forward to seeing more from you.
Nathan
Tue 22 September 2009 @ 22:57
Like Caroline I just watched both of your movies on Vimeo. I am very impressed. Your work is beautiful and your vision and message tremendous. May I ask what graphics package you use for your video design?
The Envoy
Wed 23 September 2009 @ 16:28
A top notch film! Two thumbs up!
Dave
Thu 24 September 2009 @ 09:26
Hey Nathan,
Thanks!
the work is done with Cinema4D for the 3D parts and After Effects for the 2D parts and the postproduction.
Daniella k
Sun 11 October 2009 @ 18:40
Dave, this is by far the best 3d use i have seen in a long while. Art is amazing, lightning is fantastic, the characters are very appealing - you are an inspiration to us all (or at least to me...)
(:
Shane
Fri 22 January 2010 @ 20:11
brilliant
chris
Fri 16 April 2010 @ 13:36
Wow! that is amazing! I enjoyed watching this movie of yours. The effects of lightning and the art are just amazing! Great work!!
Adriana
Sun 28 August 2011 @ 16:28
Just discovered you!
Great work!
You have captured many of my thoughts on incredible images!
I loved the story, animation, colors, everything!
Julia H.
Sun 12 February 2012 @ 12:06
Hi, hab grad zufällig deinen Film auf Zeit.de entdeckt und dachte, den kenn ich doch :-) kannt ihn natürlich von der damaligen Werkschau. Glückwunsch!
Gruß Julia
DSH
Tue 15 May 2012 @ 20:13
How did you get inside my head and watch all the daydreams I had as a kid? Eerie, but beautiful... If only more people could see through the pointless distraction of over-consuming, the world would be a much better place to live.
katerina
Mon 11 June 2012 @ 20:11
Hello, firstly, congratulations for your brilliant idea about our mind constructing educational system. I am a teacher, from greece, and i would like to show your video to my students. As i have seen, you offer it, for viewing, in your site, subtitled, but i have no internet connection at school, so as i can demonstrate the video. As a result i have to download it, if you agree, in some way from your site. Is there any possible way? Thanks in advance!
Dave
Tue 12 June 2012 @ 10:42
Hi Katerina,
you can download the film on http://the-forest.de/. Just go to the "downloads" section. You can also get subtitle files there.
katerina
Wed 13 June 2012 @ 16:26
Dave thank you very very much!!!! Your thinking is a tresure for me! Food for thinking hunter!
Jancuks
Fri 30 November 2012 @ 18:05
Hi!I Like this work :) cool!
You can enough tell which programmes You use for this animation!?
Janis
Jancuks
Fri 30 November 2012 @ 20:15
Hi!I Like this work :) cool!
You can enough tell which programmes You use for this animation!?
Janis
James
Wed 27 February 2013 @ 04:52
I love this video, thank you.
Wish you all the best.
leigrian
Tue 03 May 2016 @ 07:26
David, powerful powerful short film, please do another just like it,
true so very true, well written well portrayed, this message needs to be seen by more people, in just a few minutes you put in an audio visual what many unprogrammable true authentic essences have gone through & continue to everyday by the machine of falsity.
Sekta
Mon 09 May 2022 @ 04:18
Hello!
I just wated to tell you that i've used The Forest as a "videoclip" because its fit the meaning and concepnt of my track. I dont have any profit from this, im making this only for realising my passions. If you will, please check it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTUkcEmwT3E
Regards!
Sekta!
Hunter G
Tue 13 December 2022 @ 19:15
Hi! I come back to this video every few years
Hunter G
Tue 13 December 2022 @ 19:17
Hope you are still making things, this short film stuck out to me heavily and I come back to it when I am sad
Piotr
Sun 02 August 2009 @ 21:59
screenshots are great, hope to see animation soon,
good luck!