Franz Impler Keeps it Surreal in “Nothing to Expect” – Motion design [Video]

3D artist and filmmaker Franz Impler, whose bonkers grad film Out Of Bounds we featured in Stash 149, is back with a new short film – complete with his surreal story-telling and signature unpolished CG style.

Franz Impler: “The biggest challenge in this project was that the process of concept and story development went on for four years from the first idea to the final result. A lot has happened over this period and a lot has changed, and so has the project.

“The initial idea came to me right after I finished my diploma at the beginning of 2020. I started writing the script and making sketches for the characters and settings. It was just a few weeks before the pandemic hit Europe and the first lock downs began. 

“It’s not often you get to be so flexible on a project and it was a bit scary at times because it felt like losing …