SPECIAL WORKING METHOD

„The special working method of wtp international allows focusing on the creative process. I develop the script, make the directing of the actors on set. Mira Gittner is responsible for the pictures and the editing. After the last shooting day Mira shuts herself away in her editing studio and doesn’t leave until the work is done. I see the film once the rough cut is ready. This division of responsibilities has been proved with six feature films and will continue for the next films.”

(Roland Reber)

The films are made without public funding and with the commitment and creativity of everyone involved, with a small team and multiple tasks within the ensemble.

Acting, art work and setting, organization etc… are not divided at wtp international film- production, but are created by the members of the company.

This broad distribution of the tasks results in an integrated art work to which everyone involved has a creative relation. Roland Reber is not only the director, but also author and co-producer, Marina Anna Eich who plays the role of the WIFE also takes over the organization and production and is responsible for the sales, distribution and public relations of the film. Besides her playing the role of GODOT, Mira Gittner is also responsible for the artwork and the editing.

Roland Reber considers film making as a creative adventure. Everyone has the chance to bring in his ideas and creativity. This approach also leaves a lot of space for spontaneous ideas, which can be inserted during the shooting or even during the editing.

Besides filmproduction wtp is now also operating in sales and distrubution which offers other selected independent films a platform to show reach an international audience.

Teamwork – literally speaking.

ANGELS WITH DIRTY WINGS is the result of teamwork. At the beginning of the shootings there was only a title and the idea of three women who drive through the countryside with their motorbikes. From then on everything came up in an organical way. During the ongoing shootings the story was developed. Director and author Roland Reber then wrote some scenes, which were shot in the next days. There was no improvisation. In that way, bit-by-bit, the film was made. Everyone could bring in his creativity and ideas.

This working method, to see filmmaking as a creative adventure, is typical for Roland Reber and the wtp team. With a small team and a multiple distribution of tasks within the ensemble an artwork is created to which everyone involved has a creative relation.

Roland Reber is not only the director but also author and co-producer, besides playing the part of LUCY, Antje Nikola Mönning also produced, Marina Anna Eich played the role of GABRIELA and also took over the organization of the production and is responsible for the distribution, the public relation and sales of the film. Mira Gittner played the role of MICHAELA and was responsible for the cinematography and the editing. This approach leaves much space for spontaneous ideas during the shooting period. That is how the biker scene was included. During the shootings for a commercial the film team met a biker who organized a group of Harley riders for the next day. During the break between the driving scenes one of the bikers explained to Mira Gittner something about her motorbike and others were talking about the media society. Roland Reber had the spontaneous idea to make a scene out of this, which was immediately realized.

• art or profit
• no public funding
• no private funding
• sometimes no screenplay
• creativity of everyone
• director as a conductor
• small team, multiple tasks
• discussions with viewers