We speak with Woodwind actress Andrea Christina Furrer, who plays Alina in the upcoming feature film. Question: Much will be made of the lead character in Woodwind, the composer Bonifaz. However his girlfriend/partner/wife Alina is also involved in music. What can we say about how she connects to the music that Bonifaz discovers? ACF: I…
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The art of walking the way of Woodwind
Director Fin Manjoo goes into minute detail on the making of the most subtle movements that are usually taken for granted in films, underlining the path of Bonifaz in Woodwind. One of the roles of art is to open audience perception, and after experiencing a powerful art installation, music or film, one can still feel the…
Fin Manjoo: Capturing the ‘unfilmable’ in Woodwind
Director Fin Manjoo writes about how the treatment of the cinematography, music and performance all combined to create one of the most magical scenes in Woodwind. About nine months before the shoot of Woodwind, I was discussing the approach to the art of the film with crew members, when I spoke to a very good Russian cinematographer…
Fin Pictures releases first Woodwind trailer
Watch the official trailer for the feature film, Woodwind which begins at film festivals around the world this summer. Story: In a contemporary mythological portrait of a young South American composer named Bonifaz (Leandro Taub), his startling coincidences with an American painter Agna (Jasmin Jandreau) and his former German partner Alina (Andrea Christina Furrer), haunt…
Subtitles to unite four languages in Woodwind
Over the last few days Fin Pictures has been busy inserting additional English subtitles on the feature film, Woodwind. Director Fin Manjoo has taken the decision to insert English subtitles even for spoken English in his film, for starters at least when screened in the European festival circuit and explains the reasons. There’s four distinct…
Woodwind trailer to be released in a few days
Word from Fin Pictures is that the much anticipated trailer of Woodwind could be released to the public on Monday. The actual release might be strategically timed for the media, so “in a few days” is the most accurate estimation. Director Fin Manjoo shares advanced insight on the trailer and the complete film. “From the 150 second…
Woodwind’s meant to be experienced in the cinema
With new technology so many viewers are watching movies on laptops, their tablets and even phones. It would be quite ironical to watch Woodwind like this, when you consider one of the themes of the story is immersing yourself in the natural world. Our surround sound supervisor and mixer Alec Mackay underlined this point in his…
Mackay: Bonifaz has shared a new perspective on music and sound
We spoke to Woodwind’s sound supervisor and surround sound mixer, Alec Mackay about the film. The sound design and mixing was completed by Marcel Duvenage, before Mackay worked on the Dolby Surround Sound. Here follows Mackay’s input and feedback on the feature film after finishing the surround: On the music of Bonifaz On first reading…
Grading, surround sound and Spanish titling update
Patrick Plischke is virtually finished with the grading of Woodwind at Besserdrei Studios in Munich. Cinematographer Nicolas Joray is going to Germany for final touches with Plischke tomorrow, and with final approval from director Fin Manjoo, Fin Pictures is on target to finish the film on Friday. Tomorrow Manjoo will go through the surround sound, mixed by…
Leandro Taub: Woodwind made me grow
The story of Woodwind is the story of music composer, Bonifaz. Actor Leandro Taub is Bonifaz, and he speaks to us about his transformation from Argentina to Germany and India to become Woodwind‘s protagonist. “Not many directors send you music to study (in this way). Fin Manjoo did it,” said Taub. “(Learning) Arvo Pärt among other great composers,…
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