Permutations

I rewrote the 1995 version of AM2ONIAK two times, but kept the structure of the old version. I dropped unnecessary szenes, cut out lots of dialoge and –most important– switched language to an artificial german-english mix.

As for the storyboards, i had to complete more versions (I think I did five or six of them, together with the ones I did during the ninetees). For shooting I blend two versions together: The last I did and -surprise– the drawings of the unpublished comic-book.

Here are two pages of each version in comparison. The one which is "better" drawn is the old version. The sketch-look is actual the shooting board for most of the scenes. Even I did professional storyboarding from time to time, I avoid to give them a "finishing" look, sketches will do better for me in most cases.

The original concept AM2ONIAK (or ammonia) was written 16 years ago in Berlin. Originally intendend as a super-8-short-film, I ran out of money right before planning the shoots, I even had to sell my camera. I decided to switch my storyboards into a small-comic-book, but my publisher went broke before printing.

Script, storyboards and the pages of my unpublished comic-book where hidden in shoebox, I squezzed some tears, moved around and forgot this episode of my bohemian past.

Than, a few years ago, shortly before finishing our short CELLULOSE, AM2ONIAK came back in to my mind.