Casting (performing arts)
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| - | '''''Entr'acte''''' is the title of a [[1924]] French silent [[surrealist film]] by [[René Clair]]. It premiered on [[November 27]], [[1924]] as an [[entr'acte]] for the [[Ballets suédois]] [[ballet]] production ''[[Relâche]]'' at the [[Théâtre des Champs-Élysées]] in Paris. The music for both the ballet and the film was composed by [[Erik Satie]], it was his final piece. | ||
| - | For this production, the [[dada|dadaists]] collaborating on the project had invented a new flavor of [[dada]] or [[surrealism]]: [[instantanéisme]]. The complete film takes about 20 minutes using such techniques as watching people run in [[slow motion]], watching things happen in reverse, looking at a ballet dancer from underneath, watching an egg over a fountain of water get shot and instantly become a bird and watching people disappear. | + | In the [[performing arts]], '''casting''' (or '''casting call''') is a vital pre-production process for selecting a cast (a meaning of the word recorded since 1631) of [[actor]]s, [[dancer]]s, [[singer]]s, [[model (person)|model]]s and other talent for a live or recorded performance. |
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| - | The [[Casting (performing arts)|cast]] included [[cameo appearance]]s of [[Francis Picabia]], [[Erik Satie]], [[Man Ray]] and [[Marcel Duchamp]]. The conductor of the orchestra at the [[premiere]] was [[Roger Désormière]]. | + | |
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| - | The film is included on the Criterion Collection DVD of Clair's film ''[[À nous la liberté]]'' ([[1931]]). The two parts of the film are as follows (note that time indications are approximate, since neither film nor music techniques at the time of the premiere allowed exact temporisation in a public performance): | + | |
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| - | A sequence of about 90 seconds, starring Satie and Picabia firing a cannon from the top of a building. This sequence was played at the beginning of the ballet, right after the little ouverture ("Ouverturette"), and before the curtain raised ("Rideau"). The music to this part of the film is called "Projectionnette", and is included as 2nd item in the [[Relâche]] partition. There appears no real effort for music to film synchronisation in this part of the film. Probably the "Projectionnette" music was played two or three times before proceeding to the "Rideau" part of the music. | + | |
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| - | The rest of the film was played as entr'acte between the two acts of the ballet. The score for this part of the film is not included in the [[Relâche]] partition, but was written down by Satie in a separate score, titled "Cinéma". This part of the music contains "expandable" repeat zones, in order to match the start of a new tune with certain events in the film, thus it was one of the earliest examples of [[music]] to [[film]] [[synchronization]]. In the score, Satie names 10 sections that are associated with scenes in the film. | + | |
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| - | == Clip == | + | |
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| - | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjFW138iqpc{{GFDL}} | + | |
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