With a few months to go to the premiere of the film, Fin Pictures has released the summary of the plot. Director Fin Manjoo reveals the reason behind timing the information for May 2017. “The previously released basic storyline was communicated even before we started editing the movie. “Since we perfected the final cut about two weeks ago, we…
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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…
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…
Woodwind trailer to be released later this month
Fin Pictures has begun working on the Dolby Surround Sound for their upcoming feature film, Woodwind. Here follows the production updates on what you can expect and when. At the same time Fin Pictures are also busy with the final touches on the end credits. This weekend they should start with the English subtitles for…
Woodwind: A perspective on the final cut
Fin Pictures’ Marcel Duvenage finished the sound mixing of their upcoming feature film, Woodwind on Monday night. We spoke to editor Josef Kahn (and director Fin Manjoo) who gave us as deep an analysis of the final cut that he’s allowed to reveal. Josef, your overall view of the edit? Kahn: “It works! For the last 90…
The poetic languages narrated in Woodwind
Fin Pictures has finished the recording of the final narration of Woodwind in Hamburg, Germany this week. Narration sound recordist Igor Yermilov and actress Andrea Christina Furrer were busy with the German language narration, which required intensive collaboration with South African director and writer Fin Manjoo over the last two weeks. One of the many…
Grading has begun on Woodwind
After a week of dealing and sitting with the German customs in Leipzig, the film Woodwind is finally in Munich. This is where the grading is taking place by Patrick Plischke of Besserdrei Studios. Plischke has collaborated with Woodwind director of photography Nicolas Joray before, another perfectionist. So, the grading will bring out the best from the cinematography. At the…
Visual edit and running time finalized
Fin Pictures advanced the fine cut of Woodwind, perfecting the transitions and completing the visual edit on Friday night. The running time is finalized at 131 minutes, not counting the credits yet. Woodwind director Fin Manjoo talks about the last visual cut. “Over the last two months we’ve gradually trimmed the film close to the…
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