Hardly Working

An ethnographic exploration of the work and daily life of non-player characters, the digital extras in video games. Their labor loops, activity patterns as well as bugs and malfunctions paint a vivid analogy for work under capitalism.

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"The Street Sweeper"

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"The Laundress"

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"The Carpenter"

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"The Stable Hand"

Jacob Banigan

Narrator

Crew

Bernhard Zorzi

Additional Music

Adina Camhy

Thanks

Mathieu Janssen

Thanks

Marcie K. Jost

Thanks

Lorenz Kabas

Thanks

Jona Kleinlein

Thanks

Felix Klee

Thanks

Karl Marx

Thanks

Mariša Milovanović

Thanks

Lena Weiss

Thanks

Franz-Josef Windisch-Graetz

Thanks

Peter Zorn

Thanks

Forum Stadtpark

Thanks

Susanna Flock

Cinematography

Robin Klengel

Cinematography

Leonhard Müllner

Cinematography

Michael Stumpf

Cinematography

Susanna Flock

Script

Robin Klengel

Script

Leonhard Müllner

Script

Michael Stumpf

Script

Michael Stumpf

Translator

Directing

Susanna Flock

Director

Robin Klengel

Director

Leonhard Müllner

Director

Michael Stumpf

Director

Editing

Robin Klengel

Editor

Susanna Flock

Editor

Leonhard Müllner

Editor

Michael Stumpf

Editor

Production

Leonhard Müllner

Producer

Michael Stumpf

Producer

Robin Klengel

Producer

Susanna Flock

Producer

Sound

Adrian Jonas Haim

Music

Bernhard Zorzi

Sound Designer

Susanna Flock

Sound Recordist

Robin Klengel

Sound Recordist

Leonhard Müllner

Sound Recordist

Michael Stumpf

Sound Recordist

Writing

Leonhard Müllner

Writer

Michael Stumpf

Writer

Robin Klengel

Writer

Susanna Flock

Writer

Crew

Bernhard Zorzi

Additional Music

Adina Camhy

Thanks

Mathieu Janssen

Thanks

Marcie K. Jost

Thanks

Lorenz Kabas

Thanks

Jona Kleinlein

Thanks

Felix Klee

Thanks

Karl Marx

Thanks

Mariša Milovanović

Thanks

Lena Weiss

Thanks

Franz-Josef Windisch-Graetz

Thanks

Peter Zorn

Thanks

Forum Stadtpark

Thanks

Susanna Flock

Cinematography

Robin Klengel

Cinematography

Leonhard Müllner

Cinematography

Michael Stumpf

Cinematography

Susanna Flock

Script

Robin Klengel

Script

Leonhard Müllner

Script

Michael Stumpf

Script

Michael Stumpf

Translator

Directing

Susanna Flock

Director

Robin Klengel

Director

Leonhard Müllner

Director

Michael Stumpf

Director

Editing

Robin Klengel

Editor

Susanna Flock

Editor

Leonhard Müllner

Editor

Michael Stumpf

Editor

Production

Leonhard Müllner

Producer

Michael Stumpf

Producer

Robin Klengel

Producer

Susanna Flock

Producer

Sound

Adrian Jonas Haim

Music

Bernhard Zorzi

Sound Designer

Susanna Flock

Sound Recordist

Robin Klengel

Sound Recordist

Leonhard Müllner

Sound Recordist

Michael Stumpf

Sound Recordist

Writing

Leonhard Müllner

Writer

Michael Stumpf

Writer

Robin Klengel

Writer

Susanna Flock

Writer