Synopsis
In May 1860, an American pastor noted the sounds of squeaky doors, raindrops falling in a bucket and the singing of birds. He writes musical notation from that. It’s a first. His daughter remembers.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (4)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Ecce Films
Full credits (9)
- Executive Producer : Emmanuel Chaumet
- Screenwriter : Isabelle Prim
- Director of photography : Isabelle Prim
- Music Composer : Simeon Pease Cheney
- Editor : Isabelle Prim
- Sound recordist : Isabelle Prim
- Sound editor : Isabelle Prim
- Grader : Yannig Willmann
- Music Performer : Antonin-Tri Hoang
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction, Experimental
- Sub-genre : Video art
- Themes : Memories, Music, Science and nature
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2020
- Runtime : 9 min 14 seconds
- Production formats : 16mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
Resources
Presskit(2)
DownloadThe Music of the Birds
(pdf - 412 Ko)
DownloadThe Music of the Birds
(pdf - 412 Ko)
Website(1)
http://eccefilms.fr/La-musique-des-oiseaux
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)