Life Between the Lines

Even Aristotle talked about scorpions which lived in books. The small book scorpion - just over 1 mm long -hunts even smaller book lice. In close-up photography a tracking shot across the page of a book resembles a flight across a desert landscape populated by strange inhabitants.

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Hans Purrmann

Director: Hans Purrmann

Hans Purrmann († 2013), production, direction, editing
Studied social and business communication at the school of arts "Hochschule der Künste Berlin". Afterwards, various activities in the fields of advertising, architectural and fine-arts photography, film- and television productions. Apprenticeship as film- and video editor. Creation and management of the media studio "Medienwerkstatt" in the artists' organisation BBK Berlin. Furthermore, freelance director and editor for video art and exhibition projects.

Alexander Fürst von Lieven

Director: Alexander Fürst von Lieven

Dr. Alexander Fürst von Lieven, production, microscope camera, author. Since 2008 assistant professor for zoology at the Free University in Berlin. A keen observer of nature from early childhood, especially interested in insects and other invertebrates. After studying biology at the FU Berlin, academic career, 2001 PhD, 2008 habilitation. From 2009 expansion of the scope of intrinsically scientific video microscopy to include the production of broadcastable footage.

Germany
2010
10 Min.
German
5
Director: Hans Purrmann, Alexander Fürst von Lieven
Script: Alexander Fürst von Lieven, Hans Purrmann
Cinematography: Alexander Fürst von Lieven, Christopher Rowe
Editing: Hans Purrmann
Music: Kolja Lieven
Narrator: Christoph Schmidt
Awards: Audience Award Best Short Film 2010,
Audience Award Best Short Film for Kids 2010
Nominations: Audience Award Best Short Film 2010,
Audience Award Best Short Film for Kids 2010
Website URL: www.microfaunafilm.de/