3D Ghost Frames.

A series of imagined film stills based on the transposition of the visual aesthetics of selected historically significant films into digitally modelled and rendered 3D scenes using Blender or Cinema 4D.

  • Reference: Selected Film
  • Making-of: 3D Scene (Blender)
  • Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
  • Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
  • Reference: Selected Film
  • Making-of: 3D Scene (Blender)
  • Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
  • Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
  • Making-of: 3D Scene (Blender)
  • Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
  • Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
  • Reference: Selected Film
  • Making-of: 3D Scene (Blender)
  • Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
  • Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
  • Making-of: 3D Scene (Blender)
  • Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
  • Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
  • Reference: Selected Film
  • Making-of: 3D Scene (Blender)
  • Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
  • Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
  • Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
  • Making-of: 3D Scene (Blender)
  • Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
  • Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
  • Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
  • Making-of: 3D Scene (Blender)
  • Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
  • Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
  • Making-of: 3D Scene (Blender)
  • Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
  • Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
  • Making-of: 3D Scene (Blender)
  • Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
  • Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
  • Reference: Selected Film
  • Making-of: 3D Scene (Blender)
  • Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
  • Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
  • Making-of: 3D Scene (Blender)
  • Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
  • Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
  • Making-of: 3D Scene (Blender)
  • Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
  • Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
  • Making-of: 3D Scene (Blender)
  • Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
  • Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
  • Reference: Selected Film
  • Making-of: 3D Scene (Blender)
  • Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
  • Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
  • Making-of: 3D Scene (Blender)
  • Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
  • Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
  • Making-of: 3D Scene (Blender)
  • Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
  • Reference: Selected Film
  • Making-of: 3D Scene (Blender)
  • Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
  • Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
  • Reference: Selected Film
  • Making-of: 3D Scene (Blender)
  • Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
  • Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
  • Making-of: 3D Scene (Blender)
  • Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
  • Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
  • Reference: Selected Film
  • Making-of: 3D Scene (Blender)
  • Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
  • Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
  • Making-of: 3D Scene (Blender)
  • Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
  • Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
  • Reference: Selected Film
  • Making-of: 3D Scene (Blender)
  • Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
  • Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
  • Making-of: 3D Scene (Blender)
  • Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
  • Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)

The coursework investigated the translation of cinematic visual language into the digital environment. Each participant selected a historically significant film distinguished by its unique and influential aesthetic, analysed its characteristic visual principles, and subsequently transposed these qualities into a series of newly invented images. Rather than recreating existing film stills, the objective was to produce original ghost frames—fictional cinematic moments that never existed, yet convincingly belonged to the visual universe of the selected film.

Following an introduction to analytical methods and contemporary 3D visualisation workflows, students examined their chosen film with particular attention to recurring visual characteristics, including object selection, composition, framing, lighting, colour palette, perspective, materiality, texture, and atmosphere. Based on these observations, each participant developed two conceptual still-life scenes that translated the identified visual language into original spatial compositions. The scenes were then modelled and rendered using Blender or Cinema 4D, with particular emphasis on achieving a coherent and convincing cinematic representation through digital modelling, material definition, lighting, camera settings, and rendering.

The module introduced students to the principles and diverse manifestations of cinematic still life while strengthening their ability to critically analyse image-based representations. At the same time, it fostered the capacity to systematically observe, abstract, and transpose visual characteristics from one medium into another. Participants acquired practical skills in professional 3D modelling and rendering workflows using Blender or Cinema 4D, learning how to construct highly detailed, atmospherically convincing digital images that conveyed the distinctive visual identity of a cinematic world without directly reproducing existing film scenes.

Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Reference: Selected Film
Film Title: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Release Date: 1920
Directed by Robert Wiene
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Making-of: 3D Scene (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Daniel Go
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Daniel Go
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Daniel Go
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Reference: Selected Film
Film Title: Metropolis
Release Date: 1927
Directed by Fritz Lang
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Making-of: 3D Scene (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Rémi Romano
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Rémi Romano
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Rémi Romano
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Making-of: 3D Scene (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Fall 2025
Student Work: Gustav Lucas
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Fall 2025
Student Work: Gustav Lucas
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Fall 2025
Student Work: Gustav Lucas
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Reference: Selected Film
Film Title: 2001: A Space Odyssey
Release Date: 1968
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Making-of: 3D Scene (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Student Work: Farah Hammoud
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Farah Hammoud
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Farah Hammoud
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Making-of: 3D Scene (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Vincenzo Papa
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Vincenzo Papa
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Vincenzo Papa
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Reference: Selected Film
Film Title: Blade Runner
Release Date: 1982
Directed by Ridley Scott
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Making-of: 3D Scene (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Antoine Kientz
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Antoine Kientz
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Antoine Kientz
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Antoine Kientz
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Making-of: 3D Scene (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Thomas Rossat
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Thomas Rossat
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Thomas Rossat
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Thomas Rossat
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Making-of: 3D Scene (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Jean-Baptiste Rolland
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Jean-Baptiste Rolland
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Jean-Baptiste Rolland
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Making-of: 3D Scene (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Phileas Schulhof
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Phileas Schulhof
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Phileas Schulhof
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Making-of: 3D Scene (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Paul Crisinel
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Paul Crisinel
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Paul Crisinel
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Reference: Selected Film
Film Title: Fallen Angels
Release Date: 1995
Directed by Wong Kar-Wai
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Making-of: 3D Scene (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Ziyong Mu
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Ziyong Mu
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Ziyong Mu
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Making-of: 3D Scene (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Pierre Verhellen
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Pierre Verhellen
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Pierre Verhellen
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Making-of: 3D Scene (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: David Carrasco Rosário
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: David Carrasco Rosário
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Making-of: 3D Scene (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Denis Roman
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Denis Roman
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Denis Roman
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Reference: Selected Film
Film Title: Daisies (Czech: Sedmikrásky)
Release Date: 1966
Directed by Věra Chytilová
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Making-of: 3D Scene (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Charline Hugues
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Charline Hugues
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Charline Hugues
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Making-of: 3D Scene (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Louise Germain
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Louise Germain
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Louise Germain
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Making-of: 3D Scene (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Kari Chen
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Kari Chen
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Reference: Selected Film
Film Title: Double Indemnity
Release Date: 1944
Directed by Billy Wilder
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Making-of: 3D Scene (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Ugo Grini
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Ugo Grini
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Ugo Grini
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Reference: Selected Film
Film Title: Pierrot le Fou
Release Date: 1965
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Making-of: 3D Scene (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Solène Gal
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Solène Gal
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Solène Gal
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Making-of: 3D Scene (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Elodie Charrel
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Elodie Charrel
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Elodie Charrel
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Reference: Selected Film
Film Title: In the Mood for Love
Release Date: 2000
Directed by Wong Kar-Wai
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Making-of: 3D Scene (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Qinghong Wang
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Qinghong Wang
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Qinghong Wang
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Making-of: 3D Scene (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: François Burrus
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: François Burrus
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: François Burrus
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Reference: Selected Film
Film Title: Sin City
Release Date: 2005
Directed by Frank Miller & Robert Rodriguez
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Making-of: 3D Scene (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Ben Schroeder
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Ben Schroeder
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Ben Schroeder
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Making-of: 3D Scene (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Joshua Rigby
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Joshua Rigby
Teaching Module: 3D Ghost Frames
Imagined Still: 3D Rendering (Blender)
Course: Constructing the View: Still Life (AR-413), ENAC, EPFL
Semester: Autumn 2025
Student Work: Joshua Rigby