Gofmaniada

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name = Gofmaniada


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director = Stanislav Sokolov
producer = Akop Kirakosyan
writer = E.T.A. Hoffman Victor Slavkin Stanislav Sokolov
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music = Shandor Kallash
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released = 2008
runtime = 78 min
country = Russia
language = Russian
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website = http://www.smfanima.ru/newprojects/gofmaniada/
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"Gofmaniada" ( _ru. Гофманиа́да) is an upcoming stop motion-animated feature film from Russian studio Soyuzmultfilm. The concept and all of the art design was done by Mikhail Shemyakin and it is being directed by Stanislav Sokolov.

It will be based on the tales of E.T.A. Hoffman. The film will use puppet animation exclusively and will avoid using computer animation for special effects. The first 20 minutes of the film were screened on November 20, 2006, in St. Petersburgcite news | url = http://news.ntv.ru/98119
first = | last = | title = Шемякин оживил сказки Гофмана (video)| date = 2006-11-20 | accessdate=2006-12-16 | publisher = НТВ (NTV.ru)ru icon] and got positive reactions from various news outlets.cite news | url = http://www.tvkultura.ru/news.html?id=130398&cid=48
first = | last = | title = «Гофманиада» Михаила Шемякина| date = 2006-11-21 | accessdate=2006-12-17 | publisher = Культура See also: [http://petersburg.rfn.ru/rnews.html?id=26781&cid=7 video version] of this story.ru icon] A 2006-11-21 article says that the money to continue filming could not be found in Russia and that the filmmakers will probably try to find Western investors. The finished film will run around 78 minutes and be completed by the end of 2008 at the earliest.

History/technique

The project was initiated by Soyuzmultfilm director Akop Kirakosyan (Акоп Киракосян), who invited Shemyakin to the project; the idea of doing a film about E.T.A. Hoffman's stories was Shemyakin's. Work began in 2001. It is the biggest project that the Soyuzmultfilm studio has worked on since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The 22 puppets which were used in the first 20 minutes of the film were brought to the November screening. Each puppet took no less than a month to make. Actual filming for the pilot began in late 2005.

The full film will have over 150 puppets, some of which will appear on the screen for only a few seconds. The spring of 2008 will be devoted to creating these puppets, and the actual filming period for the rest of the film will begin in the summer. [ [http://www.40i.ru/Video/fc6104d1-e6bb-4bb9-979c-c99804f13fc6.html «Гофманиада» Михаила Шемякина] . 04-02-2008.]

Plot

The film will feature several of Hoffman's tales, with the main character being Hoffman himself. In particular, it will focus on the duality between the imaginative universe of his writings and his real-life profession as a government clerk (which will be based on his letters and journalscite news | url = http://www.nevskoevremya.spb.ru/cgi-bin/pl/nv.pl?art=257819070
first = Алина | last = ЦИОПА| title = ШЕМЯКИН "ЗАБОЛЕЛ" АНИМАЦИЕЙ| date = 2006-11-22 | accessdate=2006-12-17 | publisher = Невское времяru icon] ).

Crew

*Director: Stanislav Sokolov
*Writers: Stanislav Sokolov and Victor Slavkin, who've worked together on many previous films
*Producer: Akop Kirakosyan
*Main artist: Mikhail Shemyakin (film is based on his drawings and sketches)
*Art director: Yelena Livanova
*Cameraman: Aleksandr Vikhanskiy
*Animator: Olga Panokina

References

ee also

*History of Russian animation
*List of animated feature films
*List of stop-motion films

External links

* [http://www.realestate.moscowtimes.ru/archive/realestate/21 Article about Soyuzmultfilm's recent property ownership troubles which mentions the film] Russian:
* [http://www.smfanima.ru/newprojects/gofmaniada/ Official website] (currently offline)
* [http://www.rg.ru/2005/11/25/shemjakin.html News article with picture of Shemyakin next to a puppet from the film]
* [http://www.kinoros.ru/db/movies/748/content/pres.html The film's entry at Kinoros]
* [http://www.og.ru/articles/2005/11/22/2943.shtml Another news article]
* [http://www.be-in.ru/journal/index.php?event/86 Article about the premiere of the first half of the film on Nov. 20]
* [http://m-j-u.livejournal.com/18066.html#cutid2 Many pictures of the Nov. 20 premiere]