The dark comedy anthology series EIN MORD FREI is set in a world similar to ours, except every full age German citizen is allowed to commit one murder in life without any legal consequences. Everyone receives a red killing license for their 18th birthday which has to be turned in when the deed is done.
To make the underlying law understandable, we created the opening credits as a sequence of consecutive offhand murders – with painfully comprehensible motives such as self-defense, jealousy and revenge. The bizarre humor is reflected in the design: collages with abstract white room, gaudy but muted color palette, characters as jumping jacks moving excessively.
To make the underlying law understandable, we created the opening credits as a sequence of consecutive offhand murders – with painfully comprehensible motives such as self-defense, jealousy and revenge. The bizarre humor is reflected in the design: collages with abstract white room, gaudy but muted color palette, characters as jumping jacks moving excessively.
The series is not public yet.
Scene 1: Theft – Animated by Tatjana Theuer
Scene 2: Car Crash – Animated by Chantal Eglin
Scene 3: Bad Singing – Animated by Rebecca Zahor
Scene 4: Bad Haircut – Animated by me
Scene 5: Snitching the last roll of toilet paper – Animated by me
Scene 6: Drunk Husband – Animated by me
But why bird heads? In the EMF world, everyone is basically outlawed, being able to be killed by or kill anyone else. In German, outlawed means „vogelfrei“ (free as a bird). The bird heads symbolize this really important aspect of the series. They are universal and anonymous but still showing some emotions through the affixed human eyes. Plus, the bird species in the title sequence have a certain behavior, reputation or appearance fitting to their act. Staying bird themed, the German state is represented through the federal eagle taking away the killing licence after each murder.
Chick receives killing license for her 18th birthday
Logo reveal at the end
Production
Rene Colling
Jan-Hendrik Holst
Art Direction, Idea, Story
Julia Alena Schneider
Animation
Julia Alena Schneider (Scene 4-6 + Ending)
Tatjana Theuer (Begininning + Scene 1)
Chantale Eglin (Scene 2)
Rebecca Zahor (Scene 3)
Rene Colling
Jan-Hendrik Holst
Art Direction, Idea, Story
Julia Alena Schneider
Animation
Julia Alena Schneider (Scene 4-6 + Ending)
Tatjana Theuer (Begininning + Scene 1)
Chantale Eglin (Scene 2)
Rebecca Zahor (Scene 3)