A Collective Voice
First draft · 35 minutes · For review
| Structure of the edit |
0:00 | Intro — Archive & Teasers Everyone will watch this — important to review carefully. Each musician speaks once or twice. Archive footage introduces everyone and sets the conversation. Music frames the mood. Music (see variants) Archive images All musicians introduced Open questions below |
~3:00 | Full conversation Drawn mostly from the second half (better energy), with key statements from the first part woven in. Difficult moments are kept — that’s the reality. Small edits to avoid misreadings. Grandpa joke start Nassib statement trimmed Alon / Momo phone: keep or cut? |
~35:00 | End Closes with a light moment, then music for gravitas, then fade to black and full orchestra image. Beethoven Triple Concerto (2019) Fade to black · Full orchestra |
Three versions to review
Option 1: Full edit
Full edit Proposed
The complete proposed version. Reflective tone throughout the intro. Opens with the grandpa joke as a warm ice-breaker. Nassib's first statement slightly trimmed.
Music arc
Intro: Beethoven 7 · II Allegretto (2012) → Bruckner 9 · end (2019)
End: Beethoven Triple (2019)
Names, instruments & years of joining are still being polished. Subtitles are for now automatically generated by the program. But I will review all in EN + other languages to follow. |
OPTION 2: INTRO
Intro variant
Serious start, LONGER · Slow music
More weighted opening tone. Same slow music. Opens with a longer historical context by Muriel rather than the grandpa joke. More weighted, formal tone from the first frame. It also features Nassib's entire first historical statement.
Music arc
Intro: Beethoven 7 · II Allegretto (2012) → Bruckner 9 · end (2019)
End: Beethoven Triple (2019)
Note the video below just shows the intro! The rest of the conversation is the same as the full edit.
OPTION 3: INTRO
Intro variant
Upbeat transition · WEDO archive images
SHORTER START, JOKE ICE-BREAKER
Warmer, more expansive feel. Music lifts into Presto — more expansive feel. Includes additional WEDO historical archive images between teasers. The video starts with the grandpa joke, and then the first Nassib statement is a bit trimmed
Music arc
Beethoven 7 · II Allegretto → III Presto (2019) Too cheerful?
End: Beethoven Triple (2019)
Note the video below just shows the intro! The rest of the conversation is the same as the full edit.
| Four questions for you |
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| Topics covered |
The orchestra’s evolution Effect of Oct 7 & Gaza Finding a way to speak to each other Edward Said & foundational truth Being musicians & intellectuals The Akademie Ethical principles & methods Personal transformation & identity Cost of dialogue Collective responsibility Meliorism & future Freedom · Equality · Brotherhood