Oder aber Uber

Nick Ball

Built around one relatable truth: some things just don’t need to be complicated.

UBER INERTIA SYNDROME

A Behavioural Analysis of Pathological Path Dependency by Nick Ball.

SYNOPSIS

A framework for identifying U.I.S., recognising its symptoms, examining field examples, and introducing the intervention protocol: O.A.U. — Oder aber Uber.

U.I.S. can strike any German, anywhere, at any time. It is most common in unremarkable locations: pavements, bus stops, car parks, suburban side streets.

Short distances that barely register as decisions at all. These places are so familiar that discomfort is absorbed without question.

What follows are four case studies of Uber Inertia Syndrome in the wild.

SMALL DISCOMFORTS, MICRO EXPRESSIONS, AND THE PHYSICAL NEGOTIATION OF CONTINUING EVEN WHEN CONTINUING NO LONGER MAKE SENSE.

Directed by Nick Ball

DoP: Alwin Kuchler

Produced by ANORAK Film

Client: Uber

Marketing Director: Franziska Walter

Senior Marketing Manager: Marta Margielska-Chrzan

Executive Creative Director: Dan Hennessy

Executive Producer: Catherine Baikousis

Producer Birgit Damen

Production Coordinator: Patrick Oliveira

Postproduction Supervisor: Tim Peters

Production Designer: Marco Bittner Rosser

Stylist: Veronika Harb

Make Up Artist: Sophie Kaspar 

1st AD: John Lowe 

Location Manager: Victor Padjas

A Camera 1st AC: Radka Sisulakova @radoslavomira

B Camera 1st AC: Pavol Wolf

VTR: Marek Skurka

Agency: Serviceplan Group

Chief Creative Officer: Till Diestel

Managing Partner: Christoph Everke

Managing Director: Mark Andree

Creative Director: Stefan Rehne

Senior Copywriter: Alina Biedermann

Account Director: Amina Malik

Head of Production Services: Aisha Blackwell

Editor: Leo King

Producer: Angela Hart

VFX & Post Production: Katalyst

VFX Supervisor: Steffen Röthinger

Grading: Time Based Arts

Producer: Théa Dagnaud

Colourist: Simone Grattarola

Sound Studio: Supreme Music

Sound Design & Mix: Markus Stemler

Sound Producer: Florian Lakenmacher

SFX: Aleksandar Djordjevic, Martin Klein

Production Services: Chelsy Films

Executive Producer: Klaus Forsthuber

Service Producer: Vinh Tran

   

Casting: HB Casting

Casting Director: Hannah Birkett

Additional Crew   

Gaffer: Rost Vasyliev

Key Grip: Milan Meszaros

Best Boy : Raul Tskrialashvili

A Camera 2nd AC: Radovan Novosad

B Camera 2nd AC: Karol Pruzinsky

B Camera Operator: Tomas Juricek

Production Assistant: Tereza Svatoňová

Art Director: Sophia Linhart 

Exteriour Prop.: Oliver Gstraimer 

DIT: Peter Racz "Tiger"

DIT Assitant: Csaba Morva 

Sound: Blazej Vidlicka

Generator Operator: Jana Schneiderova 

Make Up Assistant: Uschi Filip 

Styling Assistant: Julia Trybula

Local AD : Alban Bekic 

QTake Operator: Rafael Skurka 

Assistant Location Manager: Moritz Reidiger 

Set Manager: Ivan Haring

Base Manager: Roman Schonmann

Base Operator: Marc Hires, Marian Hric