About Movies and Movie-making.
Selichot in the Shtetl
Painting and video presented at Selichot Concert of Ron Zuckerman’s music at the Fishlowitz Cultural Center, Temple Adat Shalom (Poway, CA), on August 31, 2013.
Jacques et George
Animation – special effects – stop motion – it started here! Jacques Offenbach and George Méliès were pop icons; Offenbach of the musical theater of the 1800s (operetta) and Méliès of the emerging movie arts of the 1900s. Presents excerpts from two Méliès silent films accompanied by new R. A. Zuckerman variations on the famous Offenbach Can Can. Narrated version.
Natasha’s Song
Choreographer / Dancer Natasha Ridley and company turned in a visually stunning, bravura dance performance at the San Diego ArtWalk on April 28, 2013. The Mission Federal ArtWalk is an annual fine art festival in downtown San Diego’s scenic Little Italy neighborhood. Fine dancing was performed by Cherise Bryant, Maria Mandenhall Lopez and Lesa Green.
Ethel and Marmalade
This animation screenroll features gif and animation clips. The music for Ethel and Marmalade is a single, synced track, that was written and performed as a single continuous piece of music. Yes, you can paste together bits from different music tracks, but it is hard to produce a smooth and seamless sound flow with pasting.
For demonstration purposes (so music was up front), we did not add the dialog as a voice over or sound effects. We can do voice overs and sound effects in our studio, but did the job with titles this time.
La Mantovana – with and without narration
Songwriters note this: Your hot song can be turned into a music video. In La Mantovana, the recorded versions of the period music performance and the recorded version of my new Variations existed before the video was produced. Usually in movies, the movie is done and the music is done in post production. This sample does just the opposite.
ABOUT LA MANTOVANA: The history of “La Mantovana”, first published in 1600, is presented with a period performance by Ensemble Lucidarium. This is followed by contemporary dance variations on the medieval theme, composed by R. A. Zuckerman in 2012. Clips of dancers in many styles are used to illustrate the “Variations”.