Fernsehmania
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| Original title | Fernsehmania |
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| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2010 |
| length | 7 minutes |
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| Director |
Jörn Michaely , Daniel Roschy (Koregie) |
| script | Jörn Michaely |
| camera | Peter Michaely |
| cut | Peter Meiser |
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Fernsehmania ("Mania": Greek for "frenzy") is a multi-award-winning German short film from 2010 directed by Jörn Michaely , who also wrote the script. Koregie led Daniel Roschy on the seven-minute film. Fernsehmania had its premiere on September 11, 2010 in the St. Ingberter Kinowerkstatt.
action
The first shot in the film shows a family, consisting of two parents, a son and a slightly younger daughter, who are in the living room with a television on. While the mother seems to be following the program in a trance-like state, the father lies asleep on the couch, the son watches the flickering of the television with a bored, tired look and the daughter plays with Barbie dolls on the floor.
The silent get-together is disturbed when the shrill melody of a television series sounds, the son becomes restless for a moment, the father unconsciously turns away in his sleep and the daughter plays more excited. However, the mother initially shows no reaction, but then reaches for the remote control completely emotionless and begins, initially slowly, to zap through the stations. This causes unrest in the room and with the increasing switching speed, the dog can no longer sleep in the basket, the daughter lets the dolls dance uncontrollably in front of her, the son rolls on the armchair and the father becomes restless in his sleep. The television program eventually changes so quickly that the dog begins to whimper, the daughter's dolls hit each other and the mother drops the remote control because of her distraction from the television. Instead of picking it up, she bends back, almost relieved. A car series is now running on the television, prompting the son to grab the remote control for his model car and let it drive off. The car steers towards the daughter's dolls in a controlled manner, rams them and tears off a head of one of the two dolls, whereupon the daughter kicks away the car and leaves the room disappointed.
After a short time, the television starts to flicker until the picture disappears. The son gets nervous, then starts jumping around on the chair. Even the mother shows a reaction to what is happening on the television for the first time, so she only goes into “action” when the picture fails. Finally, the father wakes up who cannot sleep soundly without listening to the television. The father fetches a ladder, climbs to the satellite dish and manages to restore the television picture, but falls off the ladder and injures himself. When the father comes back into the apartment, nobody seems to care, the daughter even comes back to watch TV. The situation in the family eases after the picture was restored, although the father then re-enters the room bleeding. The situation seems to be the same as at the beginning of the film, but now the dog wakes up, who is “fed up”, jumps to the remote control lying on the floor and switches off the television, ending the film.
interpretation
- The mother is most fascinated by the television. She only changes her facial expressions when the television picture disappears, then she wakes up from her trance .
- The father cannot sleep without the sound of the television. As soon as only the series melody begins, he begins to wallow in his sleep.
- The daughter plays with the dolls, which allow the only emotions through their scenes of violence and love . The fact that the son destroys the dolls highlights the aggressiveness that rests on these dolls. In the film, the family members are, so to speak, the "puppets" controlled by the television.
- The son is not interested in the program, but only in the fact that something is on TV at all. Therefore, he reacts the most violently when the picture finally fails.
- The dog represents reason in the film. He mainly reacts to the unrest that reigns in the family, so he is the only one who reacts to the family and not to the television, as can be seen from the brawl the daughter is playing with the dolls. Here the dog is only unsettled by the daughter. This also becomes clear at the end of the film when the dog "switches off" the film.
Reviews
The jury of the youth film festival Créajeune recognized the team for its motivation and the aesthetics of the film. The BDFA jury praised the socio- critical aspect of the film, among other things.
Awards
- First place and gold medal at the Federal Film Festival for Family Film 2011
- Media competence award at Créajeune 2011
- First place and winner of the honorary award at the regional film competition of the BDFA
Web links
- TV Mania in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Interview with Jörn Michaely in the Saarbrücker Zeitung
- Article about the premiere in the Saarbrücker Zeitung
- Article about the regional film competition of the BDFA in the Saarbrücker Zeitung
Individual evidence
- ^ Article in the Saarbrücker Zeitung about the premiere party . Retrieved November 17, 2011.
- ↑ Kinowerkstatt St. Ingbert . Retrieved November 17, 2011.
- ↑ Créajeune award ceremony . Retrieved November 17, 2011.
- ^ Winner of the Federal Film Festival for Family Film . Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 17, 2011.
- ^ Winner of the Créajeune film competition . Archived from the original on January 14, 2012. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 17, 2011.
- ^ Winner of the regional film competition of the BDFA . Retrieved November 17, 2011.
