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Gregor - Image by S Ricklin<br />
"We showed Josh the rough cut, to which he freely wrote and recorded poetry."<br />
Poetry:<br />
A classical narrator would have been out of the question for<br />
us. We wanted the off voice to comment the film from his own<br />
perspective instead of being given a text by us.<br />
The poet should - if possible - never have stood on a snowboard<br />
before and therefore create texts that can paint a mountain<br />
world even for laymen. Andreas has worked with Joshua several<br />
times before and thought he would be a perfect fit, as he is from<br />
England and has never snowboarded before.<br />
We showed Josh the rough cut, to which he freely wrote and<br />
recorded poetry. That means we gave him absolute artistic<br />
freedom and he didn't revise the texts anymore. So the narrative<br />
perspective is the same as that of the audience. Through the<br />
poems, images are stimulated in the viewers that are not even<br />
visible on the screen. This makes "Gale" a real experience<br />
Since 2021 Gale and Andreas Achermann performed fifteen<br />
times as a Ciné Concert from Anncey to Andermatt, Munich to<br />
Vienna. For a Ciné-Concert you need musicians who like to<br />
take risks. Because in a classical concert, mistakes are not as<br />
obvious as in a film music performance. Synchronizing image<br />
and sound is demanding and always holds new challenges. The<br />
musician is always on the side of the screen and the audience<br />
can watch him making music during the whole film. Andreas<br />
creates a discreet stage set with his instrument and it is an<br />
incredible artistic achievement as he reshapes the sounds with<br />
every performance.<br />
The online version includes the music, but you can imagine the<br />
impact with the live music, I guess like the rest of the product<br />
that’s all we can do at present is imagine.<br />
Splitboarding - Image by P Bucher<br />
Riders: Levi Luggen, Gregor Betschon, Matthias<br />
Schwestermann<br />
Sponsors: K2 Snowboarding, doodah, Exped, Hä? Wear, Pow<br />
Gloves<br />
Filmmakers: Gregor Betschon, Levi Luggen,<br />
Music: Andreas Achermann<br />
Poems: Joshua Truscott,<br />
Photo: Phil Bucher, Simon Ricklin<br />
Colors: Oli Schmocker,<br />
Special Thanks: Vera Rijks, David Bertschinger Karg, Kuno<br />
Egli, Ahriel Povich, Thomas Landolt, Markus Stoffel<br />
More Infos: www.galefilm.com<br />
52//WHERE ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS/<strong>#238</strong>
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