Dissonance | A Short Film by Till Nowak

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  • Опубликовано: 23 ноя 2017
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    Who owns reality? Who defines where fantasy begins? A genius musician lives a lonely life in a surreal, floating world. He plays the piano every day in a gigantic concert hall, but there is nobody to listen. One day his animated world collapses and reality breaks out. He misses his daughter and wants to visit her, but her mother doesn‘t allow it. The film seamlessly transforms from an animation into a live-action drama, reflecting the journey from the psychotic mind of a poor street musician into the real world. He only has one wish: To play for his daughter, which he is not allowed to visit any more.
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    CAST & CREW
    Director: Till Nowak
    Cast: Mirko Thiele, Klaus Zehrfeld, Hannah Heine, Roland Schupp, Nina Petri
    Music: Frank Zerban, Olaf Taranczewski
    Year: 2015
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    AWARDS
    - Best Animation (Oscar qualifying), Aspen Shortfest
    - Don Quixote Award, Krakow Film Festival
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Комментарии • 156

  • @Elixear
    @Elixear 6 лет назад +220

    As a musician, and as a human being, I cry each time I see it. It's the most beautiful 15 min film I've ever seen in my entire life. So powerful to me.

  • @cheechunlimited
    @cheechunlimited 2 года назад +25

    The utter scale of Till Nowak's short films is utterly magical. My brain can't process the universes he makes.

  • @jayrodgalaus6243
    @jayrodgalaus6243 4 года назад +67

    it's great that dissonance applies to both music and psychology, and this video portrays both! good one, animator

  • @TheTyphoon365
    @TheTyphoon365 4 года назад +93

    why doesn't this have millions of views

    • @robertvermillion6816
      @robertvermillion6816 4 года назад +1

      There aren't, I'm afraid, anywhere near that many people who could appreciate it.

    • @somethingwithbungalows
      @somethingwithbungalows 4 года назад +1

      Idk. It should!

    • @incubrian
      @incubrian 4 года назад +1

      just watch mainstream news and pop television and that will answer your question quickly.

    • @camgamer94
      @camgamer94 4 года назад

      TheTyphoon365 YES

    • @asterionse4769
      @asterionse4769 4 года назад +4

      It’s weird that the trailer for it has 190.000 views and the actual video only 95.000, I guess it’s because it was never uploaded to the till Nowak channel, but yeah it deserves much more views

  • @jer103
    @jer103 3 года назад +26

    There is just something when the overall visuals, visual effects, sound engineering, and music
    all comes together perfectly.

  • @glenduncan4050
    @glenduncan4050 6 лет назад +57

    More genius! So beautifully and tenderly captures the tragedy of mental illness. Absolutely BRILLIANT!

    • @obrey__
      @obrey__ 4 года назад +1

      Trainspush Through he describes the artistic style as tender; not the content.

  • @TangoDown229
    @TangoDown229 4 года назад +51

    Absolutely beyond anything words could ever inspire to convey to the human spirit. This video is far beyond anything I have ever seen before! BRAVO!

  • @dallincurtis901
    @dallincurtis901 6 лет назад +110

    Did anyone see the blueprints from Till's other film, "The Centrifuge Brain Project" at 10:00?

    • @rasmuswestergren6221
      @rasmuswestergren6221 5 лет назад +4

      Wow, that was attentively done!
      I have seen both films several times, but never noted that detail :0

    • @markronaldcesar9834
      @markronaldcesar9834 4 года назад +1

      Dandelion

    • @WingedEternitys
      @WingedEternitys 4 года назад +2

      _The Wedding Cake._ Nice catch.

    • @Kaslidaughterofchaos
      @Kaslidaughterofchaos 3 года назад

      @@WingedEternitys uh no that’s the dandelion in the bottom left?

    • @de1168
      @de1168 3 года назад

      Maybe this is a prequel?

  • @fedorindoukaev3361
    @fedorindoukaev3361 6 лет назад +18

    This is probably one of top 3 short films I ever saw, absolute masterpiece in all respects. This video should have 9 million views, not 9 thousand.

  • @johnsanborn4364
    @johnsanborn4364 Год назад +3

    This was the best bizzare and abstract short film I have ever seen. I fell in love with the old man's rotating round piano and said to myself I have got to get me one of those. Lol.

  • @ItsLTF
    @ItsLTF 2 года назад +6

    I cannot believe this is the first time I’m seeing this piece after seeing “The Centrifuge Brain Project” years ago. Till Nowak is a genius. Absolutely brilliant and captivating work. I’m in tears. 🙌🏾❤️✨

  • @umop-episdn5112
    @umop-episdn5112 3 года назад +15

    I’d love to hear people’s interpretations of the last scene. I’m not sure what it means that it’s the stuffed animal guy talking to kids at the end.

    • @walrusesareawesome7631
      @walrusesareawesome7631 2 года назад +10

      I feel like it's the musician talking to a bunch of kids about the events of the film a few months later. He mentions that it'll take a lot of time for [his mental illness] to completely fade, and this is probably a bit left over. The difference being that now, when experiencing this, he imagines himself as the stuffed creature rather than "himself", as is evidenced by the creature walking in a more urban road cutting to him riding on a bus (?) in a more urban place. I'm not so sure on what him being the creature means so much, but I imagine it's good, considering how his imagined sphere city dissappear's as he rides past some buildings.

  • @PatDaliki
    @PatDaliki 5 лет назад +24

    I am absolutely in love the intro track, beyond beautiful. Really adds to the immersive feeling of this film.

  • @timmytoms__
    @timmytoms__ 5 лет назад +6

    This absolutely deserves an award!! Im crying!

  • @bandfromtheband9445
    @bandfromtheband9445 5 лет назад +9

    This film is incredibly heartbreaking and brilliant! It's amazing, and the music is so beautiful......

  • @morlockrevolt
    @morlockrevolt 6 лет назад +48

    How do you not have more subscribers?! Everything you put out is brilliant.

  • @FullFledged2010
    @FullFledged2010 6 лет назад +42

    I bet if pianists started playing that kind of moody spacey sounds more people would listen ;)
    I know i would!

    • @Yombi.
      @Yombi. 4 года назад +4

      I'm sure there are artist who play like that, but for the majority of listeners dissonant music is uncomfortable and therefore not very popular

    • @FullFledged2010
      @FullFledged2010 4 года назад

      @@Yombi. How is this type of piano music uncomfortable? Its beautiful 🙌

    • @wiener_process
      @wiener_process 4 года назад

      @@FullFledged2010 There are indeed composers whose music sounds at least somewhat like this.

    • @thatotherandrew_
      @thatotherandrew_ 2 месяца назад

      @@Yombi. I definitely wouldn't call this music dissonant - but anyways, 3 years too late to possibly suggest minimalist music - especially John Adams!

  • @rickshearer
    @rickshearer 6 лет назад +23

    Absolutely mesmerizing creativity, production and story. Outstanding work!!

  • @koketsok1513
    @koketsok1513 5 лет назад +6

    this deserves more views,on a side note my film class loved this

  • @alexnather7614
    @alexnather7614 6 лет назад +30

    This deserves an award

  • @justWaKs
    @justWaKs 4 года назад +2

    ¡Sin palabras!; Arte. Espacio, tiempo, nosotros, la mente y los seres con quienes compartimos. La música muy bonita, las animaciones, ver a Dobby ahí, todo, me alegro no haber leído la sinopsis antes. Masterpiece. Todas las estrellas

  • @andresbenot8457
    @andresbenot8457 5 лет назад +11

    This is absolutely brilliant, a masterpiece. You deserve more recognition.

  • @crowmigration8245
    @crowmigration8245 6 лет назад +28

    A bit too abstract for me, but I loved it from an artistic standpoint. Especially how the cgi hair moved and the rotating piano / giant impossible building.

  • @marchanditinerant4033
    @marchanditinerant4033 2 месяца назад

    I come back to watch it from time to time and each time i'm sorry to see that so few people could appreciate it, in a world where people consume fast and faster but i can say with certainty that many people love your work and with good reason.
    I wanted to leave a comment this time maybe just to say that i was here.

  • @xenura
    @xenura 6 лет назад +7

    Bro I just randomly come across this and watched the whole thing, very very well done! Loved it

  • @mho...
    @mho... 6 лет назад +4

    wunderschön , ich bin sprachlos! und hab mich nie besser gefühlsmäßig am boden gefühlt ;)

  • @sbroggie
    @sbroggie 5 лет назад +2

    Wow. How does this not have a million views? Excellent. Beautiful.

  • @vincentssoul2369
    @vincentssoul2369 6 лет назад +3

    Art out of the Family Drama, ...his wanted to play for someone he loved 2:00, totally brilliant work,
    Thank you

  • @user-zk9gh1nd3m
    @user-zk9gh1nd3m 4 года назад +1

    現在の表現技術を充分に生かしたファンタジー作品だと思う。
    I think it is a fantasy work that makes full use of current expression technology.

  • @BadrROUSSAFI
    @BadrROUSSAFI 4 года назад +4

    This is art, this is deep. Thank you.

  • @whiteydiamond
    @whiteydiamond 2 года назад +2

    A near perfect blend of animation and live action!
    This concept is fantastic!

  • @ninachuikova9945
    @ninachuikova9945 Месяц назад

    Ich sitze und kann nicht aufhören zu schauen. Für mich als Deutschlerner ist das ein sehr interessantes Video.

  • @MatriartNet
    @MatriartNet Год назад +1

    Bravo Maestro!!! So moving.

  • @generalkenobi4320
    @generalkenobi4320 2 года назад +1

    the animator could have easily been hired for inception or something....this looks absolutley incredeble😱

  • @UnanimousDelivers
    @UnanimousDelivers 4 года назад +3

    Looked this up on WIkipedia "Rendering took a full year with five computers running around the clock" .... damn.

  • @nekulez
    @nekulez 4 года назад +5

    Really wish there was sheet music and completed versions of the pieces

  • @nilulu4244
    @nilulu4244 6 лет назад +2

    thank you for sharing such a beautifull film you guys never dissapoint.

  • @oOKakarotOo
    @oOKakarotOo 4 года назад +4

    man i still love this video, i rewatch this every now and then, its so simple and touching

    • @Bibhavisual
      @Bibhavisual 2 года назад

      How is dat simple? I dont get the storyline?!! Like the stuffed animal talking at the end of the scene? What is dat mean? There has to be an explanation to this video! Its too abstract im so confused?!!

    • @wugirl55
      @wugirl55 2 года назад

      I don’t know about simple….. makes you really “feel” though, doesn’t it?

  • @elsandstorm8997
    @elsandstorm8997 3 года назад

    I didn't know how much I needed to see this, someone on Reddit linked it to me cause I made a meme with a bird house that looked like the Dissonance sphere.

  • @exorswitch1018
    @exorswitch1018 3 года назад +2

    I found another Hidden Gem that deserves millions of views
    👽👌

  • @sabrinaafrinsimi6964
    @sabrinaafrinsimi6964 4 года назад +2

    This is so brilliant :o

  • @SusanAmberBruce
    @SusanAmberBruce 4 года назад +2

    So surprised in a good way, bravo

  • @vickyy.7544
    @vickyy.7544 5 лет назад +1

    These are my type of films :)

  • @anaflynn1075
    @anaflynn1075 3 года назад +1

    Absolutely amazing

  • @abhinavkatore1835
    @abhinavkatore1835 4 года назад +2

    Mind blowing 😧😮

  • @yeahrightbear8883
    @yeahrightbear8883 6 лет назад +4

    Beautiful work

  • @cosmologicalturtle9528
    @cosmologicalturtle9528 2 года назад

    Utterly enchanting

  • @MrArmoredSoul
    @MrArmoredSoul 6 лет назад +1

    Is there sheet misic for the piece at the beginning?

  • @oOKakarotOo
    @oOKakarotOo 4 года назад +1

    this is beautiful

  • @MM-we5qb
    @MM-we5qb 4 года назад +1

    Masterpiece

  • @moncerrathamaya5492
    @moncerrathamaya5492 2 года назад

    I don’t understand any of it but it’s so amazing and it made me cry

  • @michaelpilon9657
    @michaelpilon9657 6 лет назад +1

    Very intruiging, I have subscribed and passed on thelink Mikein Ottawa Canada

  • @soeinspast4096
    @soeinspast4096 6 лет назад

    5:57
    anyone know how this cinematic drone music is called?

  • @tomguder
    @tomguder 2 месяца назад

    Danke! Schöne Grüße aus Leipzig.

  • @MrBasilides
    @MrBasilides 2 года назад

    Impresionante!

  • @billyraybar
    @billyraybar 6 лет назад +2

    Brilliant

  • @asterionse4769
    @asterionse4769 4 года назад

    It’s weird that the trailer for it has 190.000 views and the actual video only 95.000, I guess it’s because it was never uploaded to the till Nowak channel

  • @poko9562
    @poko9562 4 года назад +5

    I need the Piano st sjsjsj you don’t know how addicted i am to it

  • @panamarasta
    @panamarasta 4 года назад +1

    I wish I could have the subtitles to fully appreciate this film

  • @sKitZoBonKa
    @sKitZoBonKa 3 года назад +1

    That piano is absolutely amazing

  • @pierrez1984
    @pierrez1984 4 года назад

    Just WOW

  • @notdefined5768
    @notdefined5768 4 года назад

    music?

  • @Paullittos
    @Paullittos 6 лет назад

    portuguese subtitles please

  • @a-ragdoll
    @a-ragdoll 2 года назад

    4:24 we need a full version of this

  • @freelancer391
    @freelancer391 6 лет назад +2

    I this was amazing work! Only missing part I see as far as animation (don’t know if it was intentional) is the reflection in the windows as his head/body figure does not match the reflection at 7:35 -7:43. You all did great!

    • @archaicoutlaw
      @archaicoutlaw 6 лет назад +14

      Freelance Productions I interpreted that scene as realism versus fantasy. Maybe how he sees himself and his fantasy world versus how we see reality. The two started bleeding together as his version of reality was shaken. When the police officer made him leave, and after the doctor gave him his diagnosis. But in the end, as we saw that his little companion wasn't merely make believe, that the reality within the composer was just real as anything else. That's just my take. I could be wrong lol, but it was brilliant and beautiful.

    • @freelancer391
      @freelancer391 6 лет назад

      Oh alright! Just didn't know thanks! @archaic_outlaw

    • @miniesarah01
      @miniesarah01 6 лет назад +2

      I think it's intentional as well. We could even wonder what does he see in this reflection ?

    • @anonymouswhite7957
      @anonymouswhite7957 3 года назад +3

      @@archaicoutlaw A bit late, but according to the interview with Till Nowak you are correct. Instead of reality being intruded with fantasy, he wants to view fantasy as the world and reality as an intruder. Nobody understand what the pianist experienced in the spherical dissonance, and at the end of the day we all had no right to dictates what is real or not for others.
      I see similarities in umwelt (manga), caldera (short animation), and stonehearst asylum (movie). We often call people who rambles about demons, aliens, etc. as mad, but really our own perception is none the saner. Magenta as a color doesn’t really exist (essentially it’s our way to differentiate “green” wavelengths in nature), our eyes sometimes skip time to fill in information (saccadic masking), our perception is lagged for about 80 milliseconds (technically our consciousness live in the past, rather than the present). This is the majority of the (“normal”) people, we also have people that can see more colors (tetrachromats), experience connected senses (synesthesia), colorblind, can’t feel pain nor sadness, etc. Everyone have their own bubble in which only their perception based reality exist, and currently we have nothing to experience each other bubbles. Dissonance is aimed to make viewers rethink their own reality, and realize the subjectivity of it.

  • @JonnesTT
    @JonnesTT 4 года назад +2

    I don't get it tbh.
    Does a spheric dissonance exist? Is it actually a mental illness or a musical concept?
    And wtf does that end mean?

    • @elsandstorm8997
      @elsandstorm8997 3 года назад

      I think the ending means when he got to see his daughter and she gave him the plushie, a d she played the song, he could finally move on.

    • @whiter4bbit930
      @whiter4bbit930 2 года назад

      I kinda thought it was him loosing grips on reality and subduing to some form of mental illness

  • @nestednorway
    @nestednorway 6 лет назад +1

    👌🏻

  • @tombfreerunning5761
    @tombfreerunning5761 6 лет назад

    Wow

  • @user-um5ox2ce4b
    @user-um5ox2ce4b 6 лет назад

    новак ....
    вы из чехии ?

  • @retrospectivasmovies7558
    @retrospectivasmovies7558 5 лет назад +1

    10/10

  • @btd6engineer
    @btd6engineer 6 лет назад +6

    this was so fucking good. it was life changing.

  • @Jungeit
    @Jungeit 2 года назад +1

    Why did he stopped making videos?

    • @GloomyFish
      @GloomyFish Год назад

      Well he works with Marvel now so he's probably busy with that

  • @erunstoppable1174
    @erunstoppable1174 4 года назад

    If somebody who speaks that language can you translate to English?

  • @williamdong4589
    @williamdong4589 4 года назад

    wow. what is real?

  • @basstassthick2877
    @basstassthick2877 6 лет назад

    4:20 My god, that was epic piece of music ! blaze it...

  • @ramonmyers317
    @ramonmyers317 5 лет назад

    I need to learn this playing style!!!! anyone?

  • @kairotheprotogen514
    @kairotheprotogen514 2 года назад

    ONCORE!

  • @grieferoncamera4600
    @grieferoncamera4600 Год назад

    i need this music

  • @mattwright2954
    @mattwright2954 4 года назад

    Hey yo!!!!! 👍

  • @ramonmyers317
    @ramonmyers317 5 лет назад +1

    This needs a piano tutorial!!!!!

  • @thr33wisemonks
    @thr33wisemonks 6 лет назад

    Hmmm

  • @Zalidia
    @Zalidia 4 года назад +9

    I... I don't understand what I just watched.

  • @marco77ar
    @marco77ar 5 лет назад

    I’ve only shown (showed),....I’m even questioning that. To one other person.

  • @zab95
    @zab95 3 года назад +1

    15:04

  • @hatsunedustin7793
    @hatsunedustin7793 4 года назад

    Aight where the soundtrack. I need it now

  • @user-li6md8oz2l
    @user-li6md8oz2l 4 года назад +1

    مقطع يجيب لك المرض النفسي

    • @axea8
      @axea8 4 года назад

      صدقت فيلم مدته بس 15 دقيقه قدرو يوصلولك شعور مريض الانفصام وايش المشاكل اللي تواجهه

  • @yaroslav6280
    @yaroslav6280 4 года назад

    Плохо что нет русских субтитров...

  • @jellyfox675
    @jellyfox675 4 года назад

    No

  • @LaggyGust
    @LaggyGust 4 года назад +3

    I Didn't Understand... Pretty cool tho

  • @dallincurtis901
    @dallincurtis901 6 лет назад

    Yeah, I saw that, nice try xD

  • @deano43
    @deano43 4 года назад

    Inception anyone?

  • @de1168
    @de1168 3 года назад

    Absolute
    Fucking
    Masterpiece

  • @nicotinecnts
    @nicotinecnts 3 года назад +1

    This is too confusing for my pea size brain

    • @ianmeade7441
      @ianmeade7441 3 года назад +1

      In a nutshell:
      "I reject your reality and substitute my own!"

  • @lukasgehtdichgarnichtsan7906
    @lukasgehtdichgarnichtsan7906 2 года назад +1

    From my point of view, this is way too abstract. I really dislike highly abstract, symbolic movies like these. But the technical skills are impressive

    • @galactushero
      @galactushero 2 года назад

      denke die runde Welt repräsentiert alles, was der Hauptfigur wichtig ist - der Rest unten ist einfach nur fremd - am Ende muss die Hauptfigur in der Fremde leben, weil man ihr alles, was sie liebt, nicht lässt und es nur Ablehnung gibt

  • @40watt53
    @40watt53 4 года назад +1

    centrifuge brain project was better

  • @MichaelMyers-pj2uk
    @MichaelMyers-pj2uk 4 года назад

    This is really weird to watch while stoned

  • @akrlglg
    @akrlglg 4 года назад

    I don’t know the moral of the vid

  • @user-um5ox2ce4b
    @user-um5ox2ce4b 6 лет назад

    "delivery"
    saw on molodist fest

  • @marierosin3512
    @marierosin3512 3 года назад

    well done technically but poorly conceived and scripted

    • @Elixear
      @Elixear 2 года назад +1

      Look better, you'll find love. If you can't see it, you're not human. Sorry.

  • @abczyxbruh8382
    @abczyxbruh8382 2 года назад +1

    Bro you went way too artsy. I have no idea what the fuck is going on and I don’t care.

    • @qgamer
      @qgamer Год назад +1

      stick to playing call of duty, Animal