Storm of knowledge

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Storm of Knowledge is a soap opera from Rostock . It has been broadcast on MV1 and on the web since December 2013 . In addition, there was a play on the Austrian broadcaster Okto from April to May 2015. It is intended to create the genre of the science soap, which describes a series created as a soap opera, which in addition to the usual genre-typical features of a soap opera, contains scientific locations and content the focus moves. The first season consists of five episodes of ten minutes each. The aim of the web series is to present MINT subjects in a positive light, especially for young women, and thus to make starting such a degree more attractive.

history

The series originated from the “City of Science” competition organized by the Stifterverband for German Science , in which 32 cities took part. The background to the competition was to inspire as many people as possible for the respective science location. As a result, actors around Uwe von Lukas and Michael Lüdtke from the Rostock thinks 365 ° association created a concept. At the end of March 2012, the mayor of Rostock sent the application. Shortly afterwards, the Science Soap was recognized as one of ten winning projects and received 50,000 euros to implement the idea. As a result, the film production company Pinkau Interactive Entertainment produced a teaser for the award ceremony on June 4, 2012, which was supposed to convey the idea of ​​a science soap as a collage of various images and graphic elements. Then the science marketing association Rostock thinks 365 ° and the then Senator for Youth and Social Affairs of the City of Rostock, Liane Melzer , worked on the project together with media representatives and film experts. Their concept was to create a five-part series with an open ending at a high level under the title “Storm of Knowledge”. The overall project was coordinated by Judith Platz-Greitsch.

The shooting took place between July 30th and August 16th, 2013. Most of the shooting was done in Rostock, scientific institutions in the Hanseatic city and on the steep coast of Ahrenshoop , Darß . On December 6, 2013, the premiere took place in the Audimax in front of 400 people. Michael Lüdtke led through the evening, most of the actors, the crew and the steering group were present.

In October 2014 Michael Lüdtke took over the coordination baton from Judith Platz-Greitsch.

From December 13, 2013 to January 10, 2014 “Storm of Knowledge” was broadcast on the regional TV channel MV1. In addition, there was a broadcast on the Austrian broadcaster Okto from April 27 to May 25, 2015.

Script and plot

Around 20 students of the Rostock University of Communication and Media Studies were responsible for researching the possible content of the Science Soap as part of a script seminar at the Institute for Media Research, led by the lecturer Andy wheels and supported by the dramaturge Carsten Schneider. In the seminar, which took place in the winter semester 2012/2013, the possible characteristics of the main characters, ideas for locations and the so-called storylines , i.e. the possible rough narrative threads of the science soap, emerged. The script seminar was financially supported by the project "Your university fits (to) you!" The participants in the script seminar were Claudia Altmann, Bettina Bohnsack, Stephanie Busch, Carolin Eisele, Bente-Aileen Frede, Anja Grikowski, Hans Frederick Keil, Sarah Kreyenbring, Catarina Maaß, Julia Natusch, Daniela Nitzsche, Natalja Podolska, Julia Schneider, Maria Sklomeit and Julia Stüwe. Carsten Schneider was the script coach for story development.

At the end of February 2013, the storylines from the script seminar were available and handed over to a professional team of authors for further processing. The script was written from March to June 2013 under the direction of the main author Janny Fuchs (screenwriter and dramaturge at the Rostock Volkstheater, among others ) and the co-authors Mark Auerbach, Thomas Wüstemann, Andreas Ehrig and André Jagusch. The 2nd unit / intro comes from Andreas Ehrig. Directed by André Jagusch. Most of the people mentioned belong to the “Rostocker Schule” filmmaker network.

The first five episodes of the series revolve around seven young women and men who study or work at Rostock scientific institutions. Between the lecture hall, laboratory and beach, you will not only experience challenges that are heartfelt but also academic. Above all, the main actress Nele, who - barely arrived in Rostock - is supposed to fulfill the career plans set by her family.

Characters and cast

The most important roles in the science soap are taken on by students in their third year of training at the Rostock University of Music and Theater as part of their acting studies.

role actor
Nele Wagner Anke Retzlaff
Julia Katharina Goebel
Anastasia Anastasija Bräuniger
Christine Monke Ipsen
Florian Thomas Lettow
Clement Caspar Weimann
Nils Clemens Maria Riegler

Direction, production and project

The executive producer for the association [Rostock thinks 365 °] was Thomas Böhm (Juni Media GmbH & Co. KG, MV1 ). The production was implemented by the local film cooperation network "Rostocker Schule", the Rostock Institute for New Media is a cooperation partner. Thomas Wüstemann is production manager for the shooting, directed by André Jagusch, camera Jakob Creutzburg, editor Simone Rau, 2nd unit / intro Andreas Ehrig. Other filmmakers from Rostock were involved in the shooting and production.

Michael Lüdtke has been coordinator of the “Science Soap - Storm of Knowledge” since October 2014 (until December 2013 managing director of Rostock thinks 365 ° ). From August 2012 to September 2014 Judith Platz-Greitsch (TV journalist) coordinated the overall project. The steering group that set the framework for the project included: Dr. Angelika Ballschmiter (until 2013 science transfer officer at the University of Rostock), Liane Melzer (former Senator Rostock, currently Mayor of Hamburg-Altona), Elizabeth Prommer (director of the Institute for Media Research at the University of Rostock) and Uwe von Lukas, deputy chairman of the Rostock association thinks 365 ° and Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics.

The film and television economist and producer Marco Voss was the consultant for the production of the artistic project Science Soap. The Science Soap was also promoted in a variety of ways through the commitment of supporters from the University of Rostock, Rostock scientific institutes and facilities as well as the Hanseatic City of Rostock.

The title track "Bodies of Water" was written by Robert Lee Fardoe, a singer / songwriter from Wales who lives in Berlin. There is a remix version of the song with Julian Laping.

Over 100 people were involved in the production, the budget was 120,000 euros.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Subpage of okto.tv for the science soap Sturm des Wissens
  2. ↑ Storm of knowledge teaser of Pinkau Interactive Entertainment on YouTube
  3. ^ Remix of "Bodies of Water" by Robert Lee Fardoe and Julian Laping on YouTube
  4. ^ Dpa: First episode of the soap "Storm of Knowledge" on the Internet. Focus Online, December 12, 2013, accessed April 25, 2015 .

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