Symphonic Distress (2022)
SYNOPSIS
The music came first: a mixed contemporary piece by composer Yuliya
Zakharava, in which instrumentalist Pamela Reimer plays a piano score,
while also triggering prerecorded sequences and incorporating vocal
and percussive elements. Asked to provide a visual component for the
work, I was struck and conquered by its intensity and beauty from the
very first listen. Although both the music and the film are in themselves
apolitical and stateless, the wish to collaborate and the urgent impulse
to express ourselves through art have been exacerbated by the outbreak
of the Russo-Ukrainian conflict. The intention, therefore, while avoiding
any direct reference to war, is to tacitly evoke certain universal emotions
born out of its consequences: fear, suffering, outrage, vulnerability,
abnegation, hope.
TECHNICAL SUMMARY
Experimental short film / Music video • Runtime: 10:04 • 4K Video
Color / Black and white • Aspect ratio: 1,33:1 • Language: Silent film
CREDITS
Screenwriting, directing, photography, editing, production:
Marco Joubert
Composer: Yuliya Zakharava
Piano, voice, percussions: Pamela Reimer
Interpretation: Marie Tifo
Puppeteer: Alexandra Gorlin-Crenshaw
Extras / Hands: Marco Joubert, Pamela Reimer
Animals: Camouflage, Clara, Cosmos
With support from:
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Marco Joubert | Filmmaker + cinegrapher
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