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Single. A Record is Being Produced

19800.0 / 1049 min
Documentary

Overview

Single is not a theoretical treatise; it just uses clips to show how a single is produced. The song is Time to Love, the singers call themselves Witchcraft. Also involved are the composer, arranger, producer, the studio musicians and later on the strings. At the beginning the off camera narrator points out a scandalous discrepancy. The film crew spent two days in the recording studio observing a three minute piece of music being produced. The film itself condenses the duration of production: 15 minutes into the film, the narrator announces that the producers are satisfied with the basic backing-track, after a four hour test. After 24 minutes we learn that the crew has left the studio after nine hours filming, whilst work on the guitar tracks continued for some hours.

Cast

Crew

Harun Farocki

Harun Farocki

Director

Harun Farocki

Harun Farocki

Script

Gerrit Sommer

Gerrit Sommer

Editor

Ingo Kratisch

Ingo Kratisch

Cinematography

Gerd Braun

Gerd Braun

Cinematography

Helga Kohlmeier

Helga Kohlmeier

Editor

Brigitte Kurde

Brigitte Kurde

Editor

Gerd Braun

Gerd Braun

Editor

David Slama

David Slama

Cinematography

Dorothea Haffner

Dorothea Haffner

Editor