Watch: 'Maneuvers' – A Clever Stop-Motion Snow + Skiing Short Film | FirstShowing.net

by Alex Billington August 26, 2021Source: Vimeo It’s time for a brief escape to the mountains to catch some rad ski tricks. Maneuvers is a fun skiing short film, featuring experimental animation combining skiing with stop-motion animation techniques. Made by a Swiss skier / filmmaker named Sämi Ortlieb, Maneuvers is made up of vignettes of various ski jumps, ramps and other tricks – a group of skiers hitting the mountains for some good fun in the snow. Directed by Ortlieb, Vimeo explains: “his many passions collide into a playful ode to the do-it-yourself origins of skiing and its close relationship to nature.” I really admire the creativity – taking the usual ski video and upgrading it with this stop-motion style and spunk. From what I can tell, most of it was made in-camera on the slopes. Thanks to Vimeo Staff Picks for the tip on this one. Brief description from Vimeo: “Maneuvers (Manöver) is an experimental animation combining skiing with stop-motion animation.” Maneuvers is directed by the unconventional Swiss skier / filmmaker Sämi Ortlieb – you can follow him on Instagram @samiortlieb. He works for the production company Level 1, and you can see more of his video work on…
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