filmemoker

The filmemoker ( Low German ; in standard German: filmmakers ) are a group of amateur filmmakers who since 1996 actual alongside their careers so far three science fiction films to Low German have produced. The films are parodies of the Star Trek television series . The focus is always on the "apparatus ridicule" - actually a jar in Low German, but here a symbol for the spaceship .

history

Filmemoker in Sulingen ( Lower Saxony ) have been working together since 1996 under the direction of Martin Hermann . While the team in the first Apparatspott film consisted of only two people, in the second film there were already six people on the "staff". The production team consisted of Martin Hermann, Dieter Köper, Ralf Vielhauer, Karlheinz Hespos, Karsten Witte and Detlef Klußmann. Martin Hermann was responsible for the direction, music, camera and editing. The whole team took care of the script and production.

While production costs of € 40,000 were sufficient for the second film, the third film, which was produced from 2005 to 2008, required € 150,000 - without the full cost calculation.

Productions

There are three full-length films from filmemoker (98, 93 and 108 minutes each). All begin in the title with "Apparatspott".

• Apparatspott 1: De Apparatspott - Ick heep no more pleasure here . (1999; preparations and production since 1996)
• Apparatus ridicule 2: Apparatus ridicule - scramble in Ruum un Tied . (2003; preparations and production since 2000)
• Apparatspott 3: Apparatspott - Dat mokt wie gistern (2008; preparations and production since 2005)

Linguistic new creations or: Platt for astronauts

The filmemoker also faced the problem of presenting space / science fiction / astronaut language in Low German. So they were also active in language creation and created a. a. the new Low German terms ruum-tied scramble (disturbance in the space / time continuum), Bannich Lichtstrohlflink ( faster than light ), Platt-Snack-Platine (speech generator), Schluckschuppen (drinking hall), straws (beaming), straw apparatus ( Transmitter), Butentrupp (outside squad / ground squad), Apparatspott (electrical one pot). The phrase "Strohl mi rup, Schrotty" means : "Beam me up, Schrotty" and "All'ns klor to'n Ballern" means: "All right to fire".

Appreciation / awards

• 2000 Culture Prize of the City of Sulingen for commitment to the Low German language
• 2003 Participation in the Nordic Film Days in Lübeck
• 2004 Culture Prize of the district of Diepholz
• 2006 NordWest Award from Bremer Landesbank (2nd prize)
• Participation in the Oldenburg Film Festival
• 2009 Heinrich Schmidt Barrien Prize

literature

• filmemoker GbR - Award for the Low German language. In: Culture Prize Winners of the District of Diepholz 1989 to 2006. (Ed .: Susanne Hinrichs; Ed .: Gemeinnützige Stiftung Kreissparkasse Syke), Diepholz 2007, pp. 96–99
• Falko Weerts : De Apparatspott. The science fiction story of the Sulinger filmemoker. Weerts-Verlag, Weyhe 2007; ISBN 978-3-940807-01-4

Individual evidence

1. ↑ “Even in space people speak flatly. The Sulinger filmemoker received the Heinrich Schmidt Barrien Prize this year  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Web links

• De apparatus ridicule in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Filmemoker website
• Apparatus ridicule 3 - Dat mokt like register
• "Flat for astronauts"

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