Picturing Joy: Klimt in ‘Melodia’
This pre-production photo for the set team of Melodia shows two framed prints. The photographer has dropped keys on the floor to indicate scale.
The details are from Beethoven Frieze by Gustav Klimt, designed in 1902 for the Secession Building in Vienna. One print shows an angelic chorus singing ‘Ode to Joy.’ Another shows the composer embracing a female figure; a representation the world, she returns the embrace.
In the short film the prints appear mounted on the wall of the title character’s apartment. It is characteristic that Mel surrounds herself with creature comforts but that nothing—except perhaps the piano itself—is extravagant in price. She has plants and books and framed prints. We see her enjoy a good bath, a cup of oolong, candlelight, and a goblet of wine. Her window looks out on Metro rail line; though above the ground floor, she hardly lives in a penthouse. Her taste in music is eclectic.
Mel, a Taiwanese pianist, is played by Ms Yi-An Chen; the music is performed in the soundtrack by Dr Chung Hua Weng. ‘Melodia’ was conceived as part of a worldwide 250th celebration of the composer’s birth in 2020. Shooting and release were delayed by the Covid pandemic.
Mel, a Taiwanese pianist, is played by Ms Yi-An Chen; the music is performed in the soundtrack by Dr Chung Hua Weng. ‘Melodia’ was conceived as part of a worldwide 250th celebration of the composer’s birth in 2020. Shooting and release were delayed by the Covid pandemic.
Melodia: a short film in rondo form
(Art: Gustav Klimt. Photo: A T Beaune)
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A T Beaune Creations with f/Lash Productions
‘Melodia: a short film in rondo form’
梅樂蒂 : 本短片採迴旋曲式結構
陳羿安 Yi-An Chen as Mel
翁重華 Chung Hua Weng, piano
with
艾倫咚 Aaron Don Don
哆啦囉 Dora Lo
田雨璇 Anna Tian
阿曼 Manav Mehta
余宗翰 Hank Yu
陳佳琳 Jia Lin Chen
故事和方向 story and direction
唐博訥 A T Beaune
攝影師 director of photography
范樂怡 Laticia Fan
本片攝於台灣 filmed in Taiwan
© A T Beaune Creations MMXXII
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