"SHAPE has been an extremely reliable and professional partner to us and you have impressed us with the ability to work from the brief while hitting the right creative notes beyond it.I would recommend SHAPE without hesitation and hope that our two companies work together again in the future."
- Tom Acland // Managing Director // Neue Digitale / Razorfish
SHAPE MINDS AND MOVING IMAGES is an integrated production company for commercials, branding, animation and iOS apps. Merging creativity and craftmansship SHAPE features both a roster of handpicked directors and inhouse post- and animation facilities. Run by director Uwe Flade and exec producer Frank Siegl SHAPE is driven by ideas and production experience. Animation directors and partners Egmont Mayer and Heidi Wittlinger add to the creative potential that makes SHAPE more than just another production house.
Apart from commercial work SHAPE creates apps for iPAD and iPHONE from scratch. While "Nighty Night!" hit #1 in more than 30 appstores around the world (section paid books) "Pete and the secret of flying" got picked as APP OF THE WEEK in the US.
AGENCIES
Scholz and Friends, Warner Music, Scholz und Volkmer, Heimat, Aimaq & Stolle Creative Brand Consulting, RedBull Media House, LukasLindemannRosinski, JungvonMatt Spree, KircherBurkhardt, Neue Digitale
Clients
Siemens, Deutsche Bahn, Reporter ohne Grenzen, Dacia, Volkswagen, Swisscom, Deutsche Sporthilfe, IKEA, Ferrero, Sony Ericcsson, Handelsblatt, RedBull, Hermes, HEAD, Commerzbank, Google, Böhringer Ingelheim, ELLE, TUI, T-SYSTEMS, ESI
Bands (Uwe Flade / SHAPE)
A-ha, Depeche Mode, Rammstein, Aura, Disco Ensemble, Apocalyptica, Zoot Woman, Franz Ferdinand, ZPYZ, Sportfreunde Stiller, Volbeat, Jennifer Rostock, Tarja, Kaizers Orchestra, In Extremo
TV Stations
ZDF, Deutsche Welle, REDBULL Media House, ARTE
Managing Directors
UWE FLADE (Founder, Creative Director)
directed music videos für Depeche Mode, A-HA, Rammstein, Franz Ferdinand and many other national and international artists. He directed commercials for Sony Ericsson, Burger King, Swisscom, German Sports Aid, Hermes Logistics (corporate) and many more, as well as shorts for Sony Playstation UK and Electronic Beats (German Telekom) for which he also wrote the screenplays.
+49 30 4849221 13/ / uwe@shape-minds.com
FRANK SIEGL (Managing Partner, Executive Producer)
has been in the commercial business for more than 18 years. For the last 10 years he was managing director and executive producer of Markenfilm Berlin. He brings his vast experience to the table, having produced more than 150 commercials for all kinds of clients and for a wide range of budget sizes. He has worked with directors like Jonas Åkerlund, Frank Todaro and Johan Renck.
+49 30 4849221 12 / / frank@shape-minds.com
TEAM
CHRISTOPHER LENZ (Producer)
has worked for LOGAN, LA and other famous West Coast Post Productions before he came back to his beloved homeland to work for SHAPE.
+49 30 4849221 15 / / christopher.lenz@shape-minds.com
OLIVER NEY (Trainee)
supports SHAPE inhouse in terms of postproduction with an already amazing knowledge.
+49 30 4849221 30 / / oli@shape-minds.com
ANJA SCHÜTZ (Assistant)
just finished her studies in Media Technology and joined SHAPE in late 2011.
+49 30 4849221 14 / / anja@shape-minds.com
PARTNERS AND ASSOCIATED ARTISTS
HEIDI WITTLINGER (animation director, animator, character developer)
EGMONT MAYER (animation director, animator, character developer)