Der Erlkönig (Master's Project, Animation)
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- Опубліковано 12 жов 2015
- M.A. graduation project. Animation based on the poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Der Erlkönig. Music by Marek Kuczyński.
Describtion and making of: www.behance.net/gallery/29918...
Who rides so late through the night and wind?
It's the father with his child;
He has the boy safe in his arm,
He holds him secure, he holds him warm.
“My son, what makes you hide your face in fear?” -
Father, don't you see the Erlking?
The Erlking with crown and flowing robe? -
“My son, it's a wisp of fog.” -
“You dear child, come along with me!
Such lovely games I'll play with you;
Many colorful flowers are at the shore,
My mother has many a golden garment.”
My father, my father, and do you not hear
What the Erlking promises me so softly? -
“Be quiet, stay quiet, my child;
In the dry leaves the wind is rustling.” -
“Won't you come along with me, my fine boy?
My daughters shall attend to you so nicely.
My daughters do their nightly dance,
And they'll rock you and dance you and sing you to sleep.”
My father, my father, and do you not see over there
Erlking's daughters in that dark place? -
“My son, my son, I see it most definitely:
It's the willow trees looking so grey.”
“I love you; I'm charmed by your beautiful form;
And if you're not willing, then I'll use force.”
My father, my father, now he's grabbing hold of me!
Erlking has done me harm! -
The father shudders, he rides swiftly,
He holds in arms the moaning child.
He reaches the farmhouse with effort and urgency.
In his arms the child was dead. - Фільми й анімація
I really loved the switch in perspective when the son sees the Erlkönig. The immediate tonal shift and the way everything slowed down really sold the delirious state he was in.
Ah, thank you, I'm very glad you noticed that :))
@Наталья Игишева but that's what's amazing about the poem: that it admits that reading as well as others.
I didn't need to sleep tonight anyway.
Me to
Ikr that’s sick
I love the art style, and even though I’ve heard the original song that this is portraying, I like that if someone else hasn’t heard the song can still understand what’s happening
Benjamin Kuppler I think Kaitlyn is talking about Schubert’s amazing rendition.
Beautiful animation. I find it interesting that you had the child survive in your version.
Thank you:) Oh, but he didn't survive ;)
@@lune-moon5664 The two leaves at the end and the small one falling and withering symbolizes the child dieing.
Wow!!! Very impressive. It is also my understanding that in the boy's illness, he starts to hallucinate and passed away, which is what many other versions of visual stories missed.
Well done!
Thank you!! I wanted to make much more of this but unfortunatelly I had so little time that I had to cut most of it :( There were supposed to be many creatures of the forest appearing, everything changing... Maybe someday :D
Looking forward to it when you are done!
@@miklassic I think it's perfect the way it is. The shriveling of the leaf at the end tells you all you need to know. Brilliantly done.
@Наталья Игишева @sufiwho the poem is probably, more simply, just about the actual fae and the seelie/unseelie/sidhe court that just totally "did" this stuff all the time and goethe based his poem of the danish ballad "elveskud," in which the elf king's daughter is actually the antagonist. the wild hunt especially would just follow people around, especially if there was a battle going on, and take them for various reasons. if you hear a ruckus in the sky, it was them and you just didn't want to attract their attention-- or else! lol. (unless you're from other western or eastern cultures in which it was other processions of demons, ghosts, fae, gods like thor or freya, etc. though it still had the same dire consequences.) it's the whole mythos of cold iron, changelings and fetches, all that stuff. it's so interesting, but hella eerie if you put yourself in those poor people's shoes and have no other explanation.
@Наталья Игишева but the horse would've gotten spooked at anything, that's horses. and most animals, lol. the fae ride horses and in many cases _are_ the horses. though they definitely killed the boy through sickness as the entire fairy/faery thing was often what we could consider just neurodivergent and sickness and plagues weren't actually devils etc. 'changelings' were often just kids who had autism or adhd and or spoke their mind in unbecoming ways (bridget cleary's a famous case in that last instance).
Beautifully done. I've loved the Schubert piece for years, and while this doesn't use that piece I was equally moved by your artwork and animation and Mr. Kuczyński's soundtrack. Brilliantly done.
+pknair1 Thank you very much, I really appreciate it! I will let Mr. Kuczyński know that his soundtrack is very admired:)
Ich hasse die Vertonung
*this is a masterpiece* the sound quality is top notch,the animation is brilliant.Pretty pathetic to see it at measly 90k views
Ohhh ;( Thank you..!!
It doubled up
I know that this animation is supposed to be an illustration for the poem by Goethe, but with how this animation turned out the story that goes through my head when watching this is as follows :
This is the sequel of the poem and the man is the same father with the poem. He has since moved on and have another son. But under some circumstances he and his second son have to pass through the forest quickly. Unfortunately, like the first, the second son also caught the Erlking's attention and tepted the child (or it could be said that the child caught the same illness with his brother's and halucinates again). The second child almost gave in but then the father snapped him out of it and rushed through the forest, this time safely.
Glad that there are many interpretations of this short animation and that it moved you enough to share it :) Thank you, all the best!
I love you captured and emphasized both the father's determination and emotion.
Amazing how much emotion and expression can imbue in those few seconds. The sublimation of emotion . Really moving.
Ok, saved. I'll watch this shit tonight, when i'm high.
woah, I think the choice you made here to have the child be the one reaching out to the Erl-King and the father the one desperately running, slapping his hand away, is _so_ poignant. Along with the attention to detail, all the little bits in the background, the way the shadows meld into full beings and the leaves fall--- this is just so eerie and exhilarating at the same time. I love it!
Amazing job!
My german teacher just showed this to me and my class :)
Wow, thank you! :D
Wow. Very impressive!
Thank you! (love your avatar :D)
wow.... O.O ... That was fantastic! The music! The animation! Just awesome!
Thank you!! :))
It's the best animation "Der Erlkönig" i've seen... GoodJob :)
Thank you, cheers!:))
That change in the boy's face colour is what draws the line between what we read and what's actually going on behind the poem. Brilliant interpretation.
But....i was expecting the lied honestly.
This was very well done!
Thank you!:)
das müssen wir vor der klasse vorführen
Welche Klasse?
wir auch!!! (morgen)
samee😭😭😭
Trafiłam tu absolutnie przypadkiem, *ale nie żałuję*
Świetna robota 👀
Absolutely love this interpretation of Goethes poem !
I get goosebumps every time I watch this. Brilliant piece of work...
Great artwork! Really well done, love how you made the Erlking look. Awesome!!!!!
I don't know how I stumbled over this, but this is the best version of Erlkönig so far. Love it. 😍 The metaphor is just perfect!
Its a german poeme but i see only english comments lol
+Gandolf Gurgelmaier And I'm Polish ZING ;D
Okey im german
Haha hab ich mir auch so gedcht :D
I'm french :D
Lol
I'd like to hear this with the Schubert piece accompanying the animation
Yeah, Chopin
Same
Wow, I got goosebumps
I even shed a tear at the end.
I just love this work, I know it by heart, I watched different video sequences on UA-cam. This one amazed me
I really loved the background art, camera angles and the whole atmosphere
FANTASTICNO. WUNDERBAR. BRVO.
EVO SRPSKOG PREVODA:
BAUK
Ko jezdi tako pozno kroz noć i vetar taj?
To otac sa čedom svojim kroz pusti jaše kraj;
Dok vije vihor besni i strašna seče stud,
On dete svoje grli, o toplu greje grud.
"Što sine skrivaš tako lice i pogled svoj?"
-Bauka zar ne vidiš, oče u noći toj?
Bauka, krunu onu i njegov dugi skut?
"To, sine, noćne magle prelaze neba put."
" O drago čedo, hodi i pođi samnom ti!
Prekrasne igre mnoge s tobom ću igrati,
Po obalama cveće šareno ćemo brat'
Majka će moja tebi zlaćeno ruho dat."
O oče, zar ne čuješ šta zbori bauk taj,
Kako me tiho zove i mami u svoj kraj?
"Smiri se, čedo moje, to nije bio glas
Iz suhog lišća vetar pozdravlja šumom nas..."
"Hoćeš li, slatko cedo, hoćeš li kraju mom?
Tebe će moje kćeri paziti ljubavlju svom
One će noću igrat' lagani tanac svoj
I ljuljaće te brižno i pevat' slatki poj"
O oče, zar ne vidiš otkud u onaj mrak
Da baukove kćeri rukom mi daju znak?
"Da čedo moje, vidim, al' tebe vara gled
To noćni vetar starih povija vrba red..."
"Ja volim čedo tebe i lice što ti sja,
Nećeš li milom, silom odneću tebe ja!"
O oče, on me hvata, bauk me grabi sad,
Bauk mi, oče, evo zadade bol i jad!
Dubokom prožet jezom otac uskori gred
U naručju mu sinak od bola bled,
A kad je pred dom stig'o s mukom i jadom svim,
Mrtvo je čedo bilo na grudima njegovim.
Preveo Aleksa Šantić
Hvala! :D
This is outstanding. I really loved the ambiguity if the child survived or not in the end.
I’ve been trying to find words to describe how good this is and I don’t think I can
The owl is so cool.
This story has so much meaning.
im scared
Why thank you
oooooo the erlkonig was so perfectly creepy (I should not have watched this in the middle of the night) and I loved the lead up to the climax with their hands reaching out to each other. But then it ended so quickly afterwards and I was left wanting the rest of the story. I guess deadlines often spoil creative masterpieces :) Awesome work!
the erkonig just stared into my freakin' soul at 02:17!
Das ist so gut!!! Ich liebe die Animation und die sounds haben es viel spannender gemacht
Damn, great job, love this.
LOVED THIS!! I heard Schubert song and was thinking of learning how to do animation just so I could make a short film to it. Thats not needed anymore. This was really great!
You're too kind, thank you! :D
This is awesome and I really hope you did well on your project because holy cow this deserves an A+.
It is in Poland: "5+"
Congratulations, this is amazing! I really love both the animation and the music. Keep up the good work!
near nihil thank you! I will :))
Hi, I'm a French teacher and I will show this to my pupils too : we're going to study the poem "Cauchemar" by Paul Verlaine ; it's inspired byvGoethe's Erlkönig. This vid is amazing !
Beautiful art work, interesting interpretation.
The Animation is really well done
😃
Pięknie wyszło! Naprawdę świetny klimat :)
Też pracowałam z tym wierszem w swojej animacji i wiem jaką ma moc - niesamowity klimat i wielka szansa dla eksploracji stylu.
Gratuluje! :)
Dziękuję pięknie! :D Tak, wiersz jest kopalnią inspiracji, do dzisiaj nie przeszedł mi zachwyt nad nim...
Absolutely *stunning* and underrated
Wir müssen das für Deutsch Unterricht auswendig lernen
Same
Wir auch 🥲😂
@my story SAMEE (ich mache aber noch nen Film dazu)
Sent chills down my spine. Fantastic work!
Thank you!!
8 years later and still a masterpiece
that was so dam cool omg what an artistic depiction
+caruso
Wonderful! You've set the atmosphere very well.
I hope you'll upload more great animations. Subscribed to you!
+PancakeTutu Thank you!! :D I hope I will, that's ton of work but I love it
May I ask how long it took to create this animation? I'm just a beginner in my illustration/animation process and I'm always curious to know what lies ahead :)
+PancakeTutu Of course :)) Hm, if you give it all, it should take about 3-5 months. I took me longer because I had other classes as well and I wasn't sure how exactly was it going to look like. I struggled with the concept for a few months. First time takes longer but you'll learn a lot in the process :) Please, let me know when you make something, I'd love to watch it!!
this is terrifying and amazing
Das Video ist einfach UNGLAUBLICH gut. Wenn das meine Schüler sehen, werden sie den Erlkönig nie wieder vergessen.
Warum kennen es noch nicht ALLE?
You're too kind, thank you so much! :')))
Wonderful work! The dark creature reminded me of Aku from Samurai Jack when he rises from the ground :D
+Rida Farooq Thank you so much! :D I didn't think of that but you're so right xD I got inspired mostly by... Naruto (the eyes) and Venom I think. But it's always hard to tell where ideas come from :)
+La Margaretta Your work certainly looks like it could be a classic anime though :)
Dude that was epic good job
Duude, thank you. You're too kind
This was brilliant
Beauty! Thanks
It gave me chills!
Breathtaking!!!
+Brian Danker
This is really good made ,
I love it
Thanks for this great video
Thank you for your kind words:))
Muszę się tego nauczyć na niemiecki,świetna animacja!
:0 this is beautiful
WOOOOw amazing, imagine this with the Schubert´s music, but i like the story without the music. It´s different, congratulations!
very good, good work
Piękna animacja ! Brawo!!!❤
Chyba pierwszy polski komentarz XDDDDD😆
great work!!! - Tolle Arbeit!!!
Thanks!!
Impressive adaption
Its so good!!
I love this so much
WONDERFULL!!!
+Мария Папкова Thank you!! ^^
this animation is great
Amazing, that's all I can say
That was fucking Awesome Yo! Thank you!
Amazing
I can hear Schubert humming along.
Haven't you heard: I'm Sakamoto brought me here. Besides this is a very beautiful song that I couldn't help but to listen to it's original version and not the anime version. But nonetheless this is a very good song that I've came to love
Why does this only have 99k views?
Given the length of the film, I was expecting you to use Schubert's setting of Goethe (or Liszt's setting of Schubert's setting of...) which are about this long. But what you did instead, to my ears anyway, was to be use those same abrupt shifts in tone, but with new music.
Bravo!
Wow! Du hast den Erlkönig richtig gut gemacht! Heute im Deutsch unterricht hatte ich echt angst um das kind!😅 Sehr sehr gut gemacht!🙂
Super, może cala wersja?
Absolutely beautiful animation! Have you heard of Shubert’s take on the poem? It’s quite beautiful too
omg! perfect
Wow!
Schubert: I hate you but I also love you.
Hey guys I just want to ask if I can use this art for my german project
Sure thing, go ahead :)
So in this version the boy survived?
WOW, really nice! :)
Thank you!!:)
Wow klasse😍
What happened to the child?
amazing Bravo
Doing a animation is very hard. Keep it up with your hard work
Thank you so much, I will!:))
Brilliant. The only """complaint""" I have, is that I wished the music your friend made sounded a little more like the song made from the poem! :P
A good child!
loved it
:))))
wow richtig gut
Terrific and terrifying. Happier ending than most erlkonig productions and this wasn’t a happy ending lol
The leaf at the end falling and withering resembles the death of the child
Przepiękne. Gratuluję zdania na magistra (bo master to magister, tak?). I animacja zgadza się nawet z moją interpretacją na lekcji, z czego się cieszę (przynajmniej chociaż to mi się udało).
A podpinając się do komentarzy innych: Polka mieszkająca w Niemczech, która spędza czas praktycznie tylko na angielsko-języcznych platformach i społecznościach (yuhu)
Dziękuję serdecznie!:)
Nice video das müssen wir uns angucken in deutsch gerade reinziehen 😂
wow richtig toll
+FranzisBeautyUniversum Danke!! ^^
Fun Fact:
'Erl' was the old german word for 'Elven'
So the Erlking was the german version of an Elvenking
+Starscreamnemesis Ooo, I didn't know that :D
***** ^^ most people don't know that. Its pretty old german and i guess, most people have forgotten the meaning
but you did a lovely job, its awesome to watch :3 and the sounds, i really like how you managed to work all together without sounding cheap or like from inside a can
+Starscreamnemesis
That's actually wrong. Goethe changed the name from "Elfkönig" from a scandinavian fairytale with an Intention. "Erl" referes to european "Erlen", which are trees, so that it wouldn't be directly connected to a fairytale. instead he wanted the poem to be close to nature and these kind of images. But it's definitely not an old german word for elves.
wow, wirklich klasse Animation! Einfach toll! Wie lange hat es gedauert, sie zu machen?
Hey
Its an amazing video :)
I saw that the Eris Tribute with the Song 'Our solemn hour' is one of yours too and that you might still have it..
Is that true and could you send it? I loved it.. one of the best works I've seen so far