Eine Beispiel

Eine Beispiel is a film crew that was founded in 2003 in Helsingborg. The name Eine Beispiel is German and translates to "an example" (though, the grammatical gender is incorrect. The correct spelling would have been Ein Beispiel). The one time Eine Beispiel and Bulletrain cooperated was during the recording of the music video for "Bad Blood (Outta Love)".

Before Eine Beispiel
Most of the future members of Eine Beispiel went to the same school, Magnus Stenbocksskolan in Helsingborg, while some of the members had also gone to the same preschool. Robin Svensson, Pontus Byqvist and Marcus Olsson started in the same class at Magnus Stenbocksskolan in 1995 and soon learned to know each other. Others who started at Magnus Stenbocksskolan that same year but in another class were Niklas Sandberg and Lukas Klit. Oscar Forssell also went to Magnus Stenbocksskolan but only for about a year and he started back in 1994. In 1997, Joakim Lithell (who was born in Gothenburg) moved to Helsingborg and started in the same class as Sandberg and Klit.

Around the year 2000 Svensson, Byqvist and another friend called Karl Roos recorded a film with two parts: the first part was a caveman music video parody of LOK:s "Lok står när de andra faller" called "Ugh står när de andra faller". The second part consisted of faux interviews where the trio imitated celebrities such as Madonna and Boris Yeltsin, while sometimes wearing a Mickey Mouse mask.

By the time they advanced to the 7th grade in 2001, Erik Lagerstedt had started at Magnus Stenbocksskolan. Alexandru Fredriksson (at that time, Alexandru Grigorescu) started at Magnus Stenbocksskolan in 2002. During this time Lithell was part of another film crew and he participated in some of their short films, such as Ninja on Fire and Rendevouz Sensation 9 - "50 second space ride". Forssell had also created his own film crew, called OF Studios (short for Odd Films and not Oscar Forssell), and they would later release short films such as The Clones of Iraq, The Last Move, Verus Amicus Rara Avis, Gestalten på Raus kyrkogård and Plockarna. Forssell also participated in Skånes Kortfilmfestival Pixel 2003 with the short film Cykelfilmen.

The start of Eine Beispiel (2003)
It all began during a lesson in German in the autumn of 2003 when Svensson, Byqvist, and Lagerstedt were discussing a possible play to perform in front of the rest of the class. An idea popped up about filming this play instead of performing it live. This would later be discussed with Lithell and Sandberg during a prao at Bauhaus in Hyllinge that same autumn. Lithell and Sandberg were happy to work behind the camera and shortly after a manuscript was written down. The first play was recorded on the 22nd of November 2003. It was entirely in German and it was simply called Eine Beispiel (at that time the members of Eine Beispiel thought that "eine Beispiel" meant "a play"). The play was well received among the viewers and a second and third play were recorded during December 2003.

From E.T. The Extra Tranquillizer to Normand (2004–2005)
In January 2004 the crew decided that they wanted to do expand beyond just recording German plays. The first short film in English (E.T. The Extra Tranquillizer) was recorded that very month. There was also a new member who joined the crew that month, namely Alexandru 'Andi' Fredriksson (birth name Alexandru Grigorescu). In February 2004 another member, Olsson, joined the crew. A bunch of shorter films were shot during the spring of 2004 including a sequel to the Eine Beispiel trilogy. At that time another person, named Klit, started to make appearances in some shorter unofficial films.

Eine Beispiel's first major setback happened in June 2004 when Olsson decided to leave the crew during the production of The Job. During that summer the crew decided to make a bigger production than ever before. The film would consist of four different parts each written by different members of Eine Beispiel. The film was called Paradox (named after the Paradox Tower Quest in the MMORPG Tibia) and filming started in late summer of 2004. During the editing of the film Eine Beispiel felt that ending was not as powerful as it could have been so they decided to add a fifth part, which was recorded in early 2005. At the start of the Paradox project Klit was supposed to be the main character but he gave up his acting career after just one day of filming. Instead, Fredriksson took over his part.

After finishing Paradox Eine Beispiel decided to bring in another new member, namely Henrik Skiöld, and he joined during the spring of 2005. After that the crew had some production issues and only a few shorter films were produced for a couple of months. Even though a larger film was recorded during the late summer of 2005, it was not until that same autumn that the first Swedish film was to be recorded (even though Eine Bleistift from 2004 was in Swedish that concept never got in to production). It was directed by Lagerstedt and it went by the name of Normand. A few scenes were filmed during that same autumn but unfortunately the microphone malfunctioned and due to this the project was cancelled. Instead, Svensson decided to start write another Swedish manuscript for a so far secret project, which was to take place in Råå, Helsingborg.

Dödgrävaren and Komedin (2006–2007)
During 2006 most of the crew's focus was on shooting Svensson's film, now known as Dödgrävaren. The first scenes were shot during the spring and summer of 2006 but because of another microphone malfunctioning only a few of the scenes were deemed usable. At the same time the crew decided to record some shorter skits that would all be part of a larger film. Two new members were introduced to the crew, Gabriel Uhlin and Fredrik Olsson. Olsson made his only appearance in a skit, in what is now known as Komedin, before he left Eine Beispiel. These two projects (Dödgrävaren and Komedin) were both recorded during the same time period and were both completed in 2007.

Halo: The Day Our World Died and "Bad Blood (Outta Love)" (2008–2009)
During the spring of 2008, Eine Beispiel decided to enter an international Halo competition. The task was to produce a short film about the video game series Halo. Eine Beispiel came up with an idea and the short film went by the name of Halo: The Day Our World Died. The crew won the category of Best Swedish Halo film, which lead to them getting a bigger budget.

In July 2008 Byqvist contacted Jonas Tillheden. He asked if there was any interest in the crew filming a music video for the band. Tillheden said that there was and the song they picked was "Bad Blood (Outta Love)" from Johnny Gonebad. Byqvist, Svensson, Lagerstedt, Lithell, and the new member Oscar Forssell appeared at one of the band's live concerts on the 25th of October 2008 at The Tivoli in Helsingborg. Besides the material that was recorded during this live concert the crew also recorded some studio scenes together with the band on the 8th of February 2009. The music video was completed in May 2009 and it was then uploaded on YouTube by both Bulletrain and Eine Beispiel.

Seasons on Ice and CoolStuff Film Awards (2009–2010)
In October 2009 it was decided that Sandberg was no longer part of the crew since he had not been part of any of the film productions in over two years. Eine Beispiel were the responsible film directors at the ice show Seasons on Ice, which was held at Lindab Arena in Ängelholm in April 2010. The same month, Eine Beispiel decided to participate in CoolStuff Film Awards 2010 with a short film that was inspired by Japanese over the top commercials. Out of all the short films that were submitted, this one was the runner-up with a total score of 18,0 points (the winner had 18,5 points). The short film also got the highest average grade by the jury, with a grade of 9,3 out of 10. When the formula for how the points were calculated changed in 2011 Eine Beispiel came out on top with a score of 7,3 (while the video that previously had the highest score before the change came in third with a score of 6,4).

Det dolda (2011–2013)
In March 2012 a promotion trailer was released for a new project entitled Det Dolda. It was based on the old concept of Eine Bleistift from 2004 that was never finished. Det Dolda was later dismissed in August 2012 due to issues with the script. Though the script was later revised in November 2012 and the film went into production in December that year under the name Det dolda (note the difference between the upper and lower case "D" in the second word). The film went into post-production in September 2013 and premiered on the 22nd of November that year, the same day Eine Beispiel celebrated their 10th anniversary as a film crew.

Eine Beispiel also decided to participate in CoolStuff Film Awards 2012 with a short film that was once again inspired by Japanese over the top commercials. However, this short film did not make it to the finals.

Röd skymning and a stop motion project (2014–today)
During a trip to Blekinge in June 2007, Svensson, Lagerstedt and Byqvist became interested in an abandoned house in the woods. The house was again of interest in June 2008, when it was photographed and more closely examined by Svensson, Lagerstedt and Byqvist. During 2009–2011, Svensson worked on a script for a horror movie that was to take place in Blekinge but the idea was ultimately scrapped. The abandoned house would later inspire Lagerstedt to write down his idea for a film in 2013. Svensson took Lagerstedt's script, changed some parts of it and named it Röd skymning. In July 2014 Eine Beispiel did some location scouting for the film. However, by the summer of 2015 the plans for Röd skymning were put on hold indefinitely.

Also during this time a music video for a song called "Candlelight" was planned but it never came into fruition. Instead, in early 2016 a stop motion project was under consideration but was also put on hold. In August 2017 it was decided that Skiöld was no longer part of the crew.

In June 2018 the production for Röd skymning was started up again and principal photography took place in July that year, with the flashback scenes being shot in January 2019. The final establishing shots were recorded in June 2019.

The domain www.einebeispiel.com was acquired in 2019 by Forssell but it was not until November 2020 that the website launched. With it came the launch of the new logotype.

Filmography

 * Eine Beispiel (2003) – directed by Eine Beispiel
 * Eine Beispiel 2: Das zweite Beispiel! (2003) – directed by Niklas Sandberg
 * Eine Beispiel 3: Das endgültige Finale! (2003) – directed by Niklas Sandberg
 * E.T. The Extra Tranquillizer (2004) – directed by Niklas Sandberg
 * Fag5 (2004) – directed by Niklas Sandberg
 * The 2 nd World War 2: The story of the 6 th U.S. division (2004) – directed by Robin Svensson
 * EB-extreme (2004) – directed by Eine Beispiel
 * Eine Beispiel 4: Die Rückkehr! (2004) – directed by Robin Svensson and Niklas Sandberg
 * The Job (2004) – directed by Niklas Sandberg
 * Paradox (2004–2005) – directed by Eine Beispiel
 * 1: MANHUNT (2004) – directed by Robin Svensson
 * 2: Monster Mash (2004) – directed by Robin Svensson
 * 3: The Matrix (2004) – directed by Pontus Byqvist
 * 4: The 1000 Dollar Execution (2004) – directed by Niklas Sandberg
 * 5: The End of Eternity (2005) – directed by Erik Lagerstedt
 * Nightmare Asylum (2005) – directed by Niklas Sandberg and Robin Svensson
 * Ohne Beispiel, nur Beispiel: En EB-dokumentär (2005) – directed by Eine Beispiel
 * Riesen (2005) – directed by Robin Svensson
 * Vanish (2005) – directed by Pontus Byqvist
 * Ramlösa (2005) – directed by Pontus Byqvist
 * Dressmann (2005) – directed by Alexandru Grigorescu
 * A Bloodsplattered Problem (2005) – directed by Niklas Sandberg
 * EB-extreme 2: The Chronicles of Stupidity (2006) – directed by Eine Beispiel
 * Nightmare Asylum 2: New Blood, bitch! (2006) – directed by Eine Beispiel
 * Dödgrävaren (2006–2007) – directed by Robin Svensson
 * Komedin (2006–2007) – directed by Eine Beispiel
 * Hellraiser: "Masdjävulen" (2006) – directed by Robin Svensson
 * Postmannen (2006) – directed by Robin Svensson
 * Dolmio (2007) – directed by Robin Svensson
 * Trollet Erik (2007) – directed by Robin Svensson
 * Skaft (2007) – directed by Eine Beispiel
 * Livsfarlig Ledning (2007) – directed by Eine Beispiel
 * Eine Beispiel 5: Pathetisch in dem Keller (2007) – directed by Pontus Byqvist
 * Duckiens (2007) – directed by Robin Svensson
 * Skeden (2007) – directed by Eine Beispiel
 * Mexico (2007) – directed by Robin Svensson
 * The 2 nd World War 2 First Blood Part 3 (2007–2008) – directed by Eine Beispiel
 * Halo: The Day Our World Died (2008) – directed by Robin Svensson
 * Robins Historiska Äventyr - Avsnitt 5: "Barbarerna" eller "Hur Sverige föddes" (2008) – directed by Robin Svensson
 * The 2 nd World War 2 First Blood Part 3 Chapter 2 (2008–2009) – directed by Eine Beispiel
 * SARTANO Episode 1: Genesis Overload (2008–2009) – directed by Robin Svensson
 * Bulletrain - "Bad Blood (Outta Love)" (2008–2009) – directed by Eine Beispiel
 * Japanese Commercial for CoolStuff Film Awards (2010) – directed by Eine Beispiel
 * Seasons on Ice (2010) – directed by Eine Beispiel
 * Utforskarna (2011) – directed by Eine Beispiel
 * Maikeru no roboto (2012) – directed by Oscar Forssell
 * Det dolda (2012–2013) – directed by Pontus Byqvist and codirected by Robin Svensson
 * Robins Historiska Äventyr - Avsnitt 565: Svampinfektion i Hattriket (2019) – directed by Pontus Byqvist
 * Röd skymning (2013–2015, 2018–2020) – directed by Robin Svensson

Cancelled projects

 * The Lord of the Korvs (2003) – idea by Eine Beispiel
 * 6 Mile (2004) – written by Robin Svensson
 * EB Extreme Tour (2004) – written by Eine Beispiel
 * Pedal 2 the Metal (2004) – written by Robin Svensson
 * Eine Bleistift (2004) – written by Robin Svensson
 * Paradox – written by Eine Beispiel
 * Del 2: Myrdelen (2004) – idea by Joakim Lithell
 * Del 3: Tibia-delen (2004) – written by Pontus Byqvist
 * Del 5: Halo-delen (2004–2005) – idea by Eine Beispiel
 * Eine Beispiel 5: Der Frage- und Antwortspiel Meister! (2004) – written by Pontus Byqvist
 * The thing that teleported on the table... (2005) – idea by Erik Lagerstedt
 * Normand (2005) – written and directed by Erik Lagerstedt
 * The Rage: The Job 3 (2006) – written by Niklas Sandberg
 * Komedin – written by Eine Beispiel
 * Refuserade EB-projekt (2007) – written by Pontus Byqvist
 * Komedin 2: Jävla Joakim (2007–2010) – idea by Eine Beispiel
 * Eine Beispiel Greatest Hits (2008–2009) – directed by Pontus Byqvist
 * Erik på det övergivna tivolit (2008) – directed by Robin Svensson
 * Naah, crap: Erik blir attackerad av Trollet Erik (2008) – directed by Robin Svensson
 * Naah, crap: Erik knaprar piller och blir "osynlig" (2009) – directed by Robin Svensson
 * Trollet Erik: The Movie (2007–2010) – written by Robin Svensson
 * Operation Hammerhead (2008) – written by Pontus Byqvist
 * Mytknäckarpågarna (2009) – idea by Eine Beispiel
 * SARTANO Episode 2: Enter Sqworfs (2009–2010) – written by Pontus Byqvist
 * Halo-film 2 (2009–2010) – idea by Robin Svensson
 * Blekinge-skräckfilm (2009–2011) – idea by Robin Svensson
 * Bone Wagon (2010–2011) – written and animated by Robin Svensson
 * Alexander Kyckling-parodi (2010–2011) – written and animated by Robin Svensson
 * Nightmare Asylum 3: Survival Is Optional (2011) – written by Pontus Byqvist
 * Det Dolda (2011–2012) – written by Robin Svensson and Pontus Byqvist
 * Candlelight (2014–2015) – idea by Robin Svensson
 * SARTANO stop motion-projekt (2016) – idea by Eine Beispiel

Stand-alone video clips
These are video clips that are not officially linked to Eine Beispiel's filmography but where one or more member worked on the project.
 * Chaotic Mayhem (2004)
 * Slasher (2004)
 * Robin is Predator (2006)
 * Eine Brawl (2006)
 * Min vän Pontus (2010–2011)
 * Koloni-flycam (2011)
 * Sommarlovet 2011 (2011)
 * Min vän Pontus 2.0 (2019)

Lost projects

 * Eine Beispiel (2003) - When Eine Beispiel was recorded there was a problem with the third scene. This caused the film crew to rewind the tape to where the third scene started so that they could re-record it (all the editing was done in the video camera at that time). The third scene was recorded again, along with the rest of the film but when the crew looked at the material afterwards they noticed that they had rewinded the tape too far and accidentally taped over the second scene instead of the third scene. This cause the crew to once again rewind the tape, this time to where the second scene starts, and record the film all over again. Therefore, the only scene left from the original recording is the very first scene and the time difference between the first and second scene is close to one hour due to this mistake.
 * Soft air gun (2004) - This project, which was a part of the EB Extreme Tour, was recorded in the spring of 2004 in Vikingsbergsparken in Helsingborg and it was one of the few films to feature Marcus Olsson, with Robin Svensson as the cameraman. The intro to Soft air gun used still frame photographs of each member, taken with the video camera, with improvised commentaries from the other film crew members regarding the photographs. The movie consisted of two parts: the first part was a two-team-based war using airsoft guns while the second part was based around the last man standing concept (won by Pontus Byqvist). The film was the only one recorded with Niklas Sandberg's camera and he used the same tape to record his grandfather's funeral later that year and therefore the project got lost forever.
 * EB-extreme (2004) - This project was filmed with one of Joakim Lithell's cameras and he also did all of the editing. A lot of small clips were filmed and most of them made it in to the final film but there were some that disappeared in the editing process, never to be seen again. Some of these clips featured the film crew members jumping off a bench and building a human pyramid. It also featured Lithell doing a front flip and riding his bicycle. There were also many more scenes with Alexandru Fredriksson in them, where he for instance did some stunts on a playground slide; stunts that were later re-recorded as part of EB-extreme 2: The Chronicles of Stupidity.