Steel Life | A stop-motion short film

Steel.
Calm, cold, solid, rigid and unchanged.

Life.
Fast, emotional, harmful and responsive.

Have you ever wondered what would the world look like if all objects around got alive? Discover the world of steel and hardware, driven by music and inspired by humanity.

Steel Life
A short film by Mateusz Zdziebko & Patryk Kizny

Mateusz Zdziebko
Concept, Music, Set Design, Animation, Cinematography & Edit

Patryk Kizny
Set Design, Cinematography, Color Grading

Robert Paluch
Animation assistant

Aga Gonczarek
Animation assistant

Production: LookyCreative / www.lookycreative.com

Stop-motion tracking sequences shot on DitoGear™ OmniSlider. Learn more at www.ditogear.com

Press, licensing or stop-motion / timelapse project inquiries (yes, we’d like to shoot a spot for you!) – please contact looky@lookycreative.com

Enjoy also the “Making Of” / Teaser film:

Follow Mateusz Zdziebko:
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Follow Patryk Kizny
www.facebook.com/pacocreative
www.twitter.com/pacocreative
www.vimeo.com/pacocreative

Follow LookyCreative:
www.lookycreative.com
www.vimeo.com/channels/lookycreative
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  1. great work, guys!

  2. Thanks Mike! You're always first to post nice words :)

  3. Great stuff! Fits perfectly with the sound.

  4. Amazing work !!!!! LIIIKE!!!!!

  5. Great job guys!! I can appreciate how complicated that was to choreograph!

  6. Great work and amazing edition :)

  7. ILLYCH says:

    Patrick, well done!
    life nuts and bolts shown in all its glory. Super story!

  8. Patryk, well well well! Amazing is not a strong word to define this! Love it love it!

  9. Great one :) will share soon enough :) this is class!

    Great lightning as well!

  10. Fun to watch. Can't wait to see more from you guys. (Maybe a behind the scenes?)

  11. Thanks! Making of is referenced in the description:
    www.vimeo.com/​channels/​lookycreative#24820142

  12. Thanks a lot!

  13. Thanks!

  14. It took some time and effort, that's true :) Thanks mate!

  15. Thanks Raf!

  16. just genious... and perfect wiith the music!

  17. Great, now I feel dumb. :)

  18. Ben says:

    Wow, very nice and it took some TIME to make it I guess, so added to HD Time channel and slowmotion and timelapse theater.

  19. Thanks Ben!

  20. Great Job, very creative

  21. pure genius

  22. Very well done

  23. super! Respect)

  24. Mindrelic says:

    Patryk, i REALLY enjoyed this, can't begin to imagine how many man hours went into it. The subtle quick shifts in the lighting were great. grats!

  25. Great job, that works good with the sound, really interesting and well done. :)

  26. Edit Room says:

    I think you guys have done an amazing film!
    Great coloring, editing and timing. Great music that captures the raw steel material.
    I have got to try stop motion on my newly purchased OmniSlider!

  27. Uauuuu, buenísimo Patryk. Felicidades a todo el equipo.

  28. Berkanism says:

    Good job and clean visual

  29. Great Job Aga, Mateusz and Patryk! A Lot of organic precision in this one!

  30. Holy cow. Well done.

  31. Pretty amazing! That's a lot of work! Well done!

  32. Rewelacja! Miałem napisać coś w stylu 'Dobre bo polskie', ale wasz film gruuubo wykracza poza ramy tego stwierdzenia. Pozdro! :)

  33. BIG WORK!!!! ;)

  34. All...that...CHROME. Love it man, great concept beautifully executed.

  35. too awesome!

  36. Great Job, must have taken a long time to do!

  37. Incredible work:)

  38. nice stuff. added to vimeo.com/channels/ilovestopmotion

  39. This is insane!!!!! Awesome!!! :)

  40. So clever and creative - the timing is perfect

  41. mpared says:

    i love it its up at http://thecuriousbrain.com/ well done

  42. Excellent work....enjoyed it.
    I love steel.

  43. So good, Patryk! I look forward to meeting you and Agnieszka when I come back to Poland. I am think of doing a Poland video this winter. :) It would be great to finally shake your hand. Very beautiful video! -matt

  44. Nice work guys. I liked that this was a very different feel to stop motion work, which has sort have been dominated for a long time by old and rusty stuff (not to take anything away from the Bro.s Quay of course).

  45. We are looking forward to meeting you, Matthew! And a Poland video is really a great idea. Would love to see my country through your eyes!

  46. Quant says:

    Great work!!!

  47. very well composed, visually and aurally stunning, loved it

  48. godino says:

    Fantastic!

  49. I like how everything is so new. I think objects are alive; they just, like plants, need us to move them around and their properties take much much longer to change.

  50. Very nice, pleasure to look at.

  51. Dramatically!

  52. Joshua VP says:

    Very nice work Patrick, amazing display of energy and patience, this must have taken hours.

  53. Great film guys!!!!

  54. Great job guys! I watch it another time and another and another and I can't stop admire yours masterpiece ! ;-)

    P.S. - Best regards from Poland ;D

  55. This is what fell off my mouth when I watched the video: WOW! This is so cool! Everything is excellent!
    Well done guys! :)

  56. I know plenty of music video production companies who'd be very interested in seeing what you might come up with for promos, nice

  57. Great work! Oh the patience to do this...

  58. Olybop says:

    http://blog.gaborit-d.com/steel-life-un-stop-motion-qui-envoie-du-boulon/

  59. sick. added to the magnificent section of www.zenfaster.com

  60. dude you rock!

  61. Loved It!!!

    Posted @ http://post.ly/2GaJF

  62. Great music and image !

  63. Be careful, it takes a lot of time :)

  64. Thanks a lot! Oh, yes, this one was time-consuming.

  65. Dzięki! Miło usłyszeć również pozytywny odzew z kraju :)

  66. Thanks for posting!

  67. Thanks Matt! And get in touch with us once youre again in Poland.

  68. Thanks! That's our stop-motion debut!

  69. Thanks! It took rather weeks :) Or months from start to end! We started shooting in February!

  70. Thanks Caleb!

  71. Merci beaucoup!

  72. Thank you very much for amazing feedback on this! I am glad you like it!

  73. Edit Room says:

    I can imaging that ;)

  74. great example of talent, skill, patience and dedication to seeing a great creative concept all the way through...kudos to all involved...

  75. FREMOX says:

    Wow ! Excellent work guys !

  76. great work guys. really enjoyed it :)

  77. kommak says:

    I usually don't like stop-motion, but here, it looks really good =D

  78. Light and colours are very cool!

  79. So good Patryk!

  80. Superb ! Bloged on http://info-graf.over-blog.com

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  82. Very imaginative. Loved the editing and imagery. Thanks for sharing your beautiful work.

  83. Wow, amazing! My OCD dreams just came true.

  84. This is amazing. Very Cool.

  85. ARK11 says:

    crazy cool

  86. elrecke says:

    Great Idea. Simple objects, but you gave all those odd things live and heartbeat.
    Thanks for your worthy effort. It was a pleasure to watch this.
    Cheers.

  87. Nobbi says:

    I'm looking for a better word as awesome :)

  88. rbcdir says:

    nice one
    http://www.stainlesssteelflanges.in/

  89. Dear Patryk!

    My name is Lucas and I am junior curator at One Minute Festival Brazil (www.festivaldominuto.com.br)

    We think your video 'Steel Life" is very interesting. If you submit it to One Minute Festival, you can win cash prizes.

    The Festival is now permanent and online, and it offers different themes and cash prizes every month.

    Check out more infos, deadlines, and rules in the website www.festivaldominuto.com.br

    If your video is longer than 1 minute, you can edit it to have maximum 63 seconds long, and then submit it.

    Take a look at some awarded videos:

    - Mousetrap (http://www.festivaldominuto.com.br/videos/5274?locale=pt-BR)
    Eckhard Kruse

    - The Birth of Idea (http://www.festivaldominuto.com.br/videos/8871?locale=pt-BR)
    Urte Budinaite

    We are looking forward to see your video there!

    Best wishes

    Lucas Bettim

  90. Impuls says:

    Inspiring video! Tempo absorbs the soul.

  91. great video, we've posted on our facebook wall for the enjoyment of our thousands of fans
    facebook.com/OFFmagazine

  92. Nice one Patryk, I had not seen this one yet and was looking for inspiration for a short film I want to make about a small machine shop where I live that has been making some tools and a dolly on pneumatic wheels for my shootings. This gives me some great ideas. Thanks