Kategorie: Video

Szechenyi Hidmester

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Budapest 2013
Director: Diana Pacheco, Tobias Pehböck

Fazekas János is the bridge keeper of the Szechenyi Bridge, the oldest bridge of Budapest. His family is taking care of this bridge already in the third generation. Growing up always related and strongly connected to this bridge, János decided to give up his career as solo guitarist and animation drawer, and take over his fathers job as a bridge keeper.

For the task “One man one day” of the documentary directing class with Tamas Almasi and Attila Kèkesi, Diana Pacheco, my colleague from Ecuador and me decided to follow Fasekas János one day in his Job as a bridge keeper, taking care of the myth-enshrouded beautiful chain bridge.

We tried to describe one cycle in checking the bridge, following János to the places at the bridge only a view people know of. Furthermore we re-created as a task all the sounds that happened in the places. We recorded sounds (footsteps, cars, bikes, drops) and collected sounds from sound libaries to create the mood we experienced while shooting.

“Living Habits”: my graduation film for the Erasmus Mundus Master Course Docnomads

Portugal 2014
Director: Tobias Pehböck

Grazianos and Ursulas living habits are a bit different as you may know. They live with their 11 year old daughter Jamila for more than 17 years in their camper van.  During my finals semester with Docnomads I joined them in their life, living myself in a camper van. We shared stories, food and places to be. Out of the time together my graduation film “Lebensgewohnheiten” was formed. With this film I graduated my studies with Docnomads in 2014. The Erasmus Mundus Master Docnomads was one of the most inspiring times in my life. Travelling with a wild bunch of documentary filmmakers was exciting, shootings short films in three different countries, learning from different experiences made in the filmindustry all over the world.

Fresh Roots

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Budapest 2014
Director: Tobias Pehböck

The short documentary “Fresh Roots” follows the passionate B-boy Ren in his life as a breakdancer in the capital of Hungary. He sketches the development of the Hungarian Breakdance Scene and describes the main value of the Hip Hop movement in Europe while traveling to a breakdance battle with his friends and Crew mates. They have one common goal: to present the Hungarian on the international Breakdance floor.

Credits:
With:
Somoskői Ren Mihály
Noris Lobontiu
Aitner Dora
Ali Abovo
Balázs Schally
Bogdan Purice

Directing, Camera, Editing – Tobias Pehböck
Soundrecording – Manuel F. Contreras, Tobias Pehböck
Translating – Asia Dér, Sari Haragonics, Rebeka Balogh
Found footage from “Fresh Roots Clan” and “Funkademy”

Music:
Supervision: Break DJ Zielak
DJ Zuluwail – Bboy Rock the beat Vol.3 (soundcloud.com/zuluwail)
KAZAHAYA – “Remember Hip Hop ft. D-Story, Wax and Herbal T, Braille” (breakinbread.org/)

Special Thanks:
Somoskői Ren Mihály,
Aitner Dora
Urban Dance Studio
Szederkényi Zsolt
Csordás Gábor
Fazekas Róbert
Ali Yo
Manuel F Contreras
Umair Bilal
John Sohel Rahman
Peter Kerekes
Allan Rosenthal
Kékesi Attila
Tamás Almási
Kollányi Tamás
Erika Winkler
Sziopisz Mária
and the Crew of the warehouse

The Wor(l)d Juggler

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Lissbon 2013
Director: Tobias Pehböck

“The wor(l)d juggler” is a documentary about the young passionate Hip Hop Artist Malaba and his way of achieving attention for his music in the colorful Hip Hop Scene in Lisbon, Portugal. Malaba is working hard long nights recording his music in the studio, promoting his music by wearing shirts with the saying “I sell original hip hop music” and giving concerts in every small pub in Portugal.

Malaba lives in a small village close to Lissbon with his girlfriend and their 4 year old son Bruce. His decision to give up his well paid job as personal trainer in a gym to concentrate on his music, had the result that his family now struggles with money issues. So Malaba needs to work once a week in a private Club in Lisbon, where he is serving drinks to earn some money for his family.

Malaba faces now two completlely different lives he has to juggle with. On the one hand he needs to support his family and be a father, on the other hand he is chasing his dream, to bemusician and live the life of a rapper.

 

 

A Singapore Ghost Story

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Singapore 2012
Director: Tobias Pehböck

“A Singaporean Ghost Story“ is a documentary about the people living in Singapore, about their believes, their wishes and fears. While talking to the people in this busy, developed citiy, I could find some interesting customs and traditions and it seems like there’s a strong belief in ghosts in this multicultural society.

Is Singapore haunted by Ghosts and where do this incidents happen? Are the ghost dangerous and would they harm you? Why do people believe in Ghosts and are People able to see them?

Good News

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Stuttgart 2010
Director: Celina Schmidt

Good News was produced at HDM Stuttgart. I was part in a 4 man camera team switching parts from camera operator, 1st assistant, focus puller, and lighting technician. Good News was shoot completely in studio on the Arriflex D-21.

Global 2000 Spot

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Vienna 2009
Director: Alexandra Wieser

This is short commercial for the annual Global 2000 Geburtstagsfest Party that took place at WUK Vienna. Students from Fh St. Pölten created this short clip for Global 2000. I shot it on the Sony EX-1.

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