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PLAY: DIRECTOR: OPERA: PREMIERE:	THE CORONATION OF POPPEA (MONTEVERDI) CHEN SHI-ZHENG ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA LONDON, COLISEUM OCT, 18th 2007	Making a welcome return to the London Coliseum, director Chen Shi-Zheng follows the critical success of his sumptuous staging of Orfeo with this highly anticipated new production of Monteverdi’s last opera, The Coronation of Poppea. Acclaimed for his graceful and fluid interpretation of early works, Chen Shi-Zheng creates a beautiful production in which Monteverdi’s masterful drama of lust and ambition triumphing over reason is given a magical setting. Enriched by cinematic qualities, it provides the perfect vehicle for the cream of young British talent – Kate Royal, Anna Grevelius, Lucy Crowe and Doreen Curran as Ottavia and Tim Mead – who are joined by two of Britain’s most celebrated singers, Robert Lloyd and Diana Montague. Early music specialist conductor Laurence Cummings resumes his successful partnership with Chen Shi-Zheng.
VIDEO PRODUCTION DETAILS		ARTISTS
AGENCY: ART DIRECTION SENIOR DESIGNER: MY FIELD OF WORK: CO-SENIOR DESIGNER:	flora&faunavisions, Berlin LEIGH HAAS SEBASTIAN PURFÜRST, FREELANCER CONCEPT / EDITING / DESIGN WIKIMEDIA ADMINISTRATION CHRISTIAN PLÄHN	DESIGNERS: FORMAT:	YVES JATES ASLAN-SEBASTIAN MALIK ANITA RIBIC MICHAEL HOLLINGER PAL / WIDESCREEN
THEATRE TOUR		VIEW FROM THE OPERATOR'S BOX


GALLERY
		>> Director Chen Shi-Zheng >> Premiere "The Coronation" >> Conductor Laurence Cummings >> Rehearsal Scene by Scene >> Ego Operator Perspective >> Rehearsal Lights >> The Art of Fine Tuning >> The Big Curtain >> Box Office >> Ego Actor Perspective >> Rehearsal @ Three Mills >> 1st Public Performance for Press >> Production Meeting	>> L. Haas, C.Shi-Zeng & W.Spangler >> Kate Royal during Shooting >> Orchestra Pit >> Projections Miss Love >> Flying Dancers >> ENCORE! >> Light Designer Mimi J. Sherin >> Light Rehearsal "Senecas Death" >> Coliseum, London >> Auditorium >> Desk in the Stalls >> The Prologue >> Poppea's Shadow
INTERVIEW ON RADIO eINS (BERLIN)
		"WECK-ATTACK" It's 5 a.m. London time, the day of the premiere and I am soo happy to catch a bucket full of ZZZZ's after weeks of hard work on the show. For some reason my mobile never seems tired and a merciless ringing and buzzing goes on and on for minutes in the middle of the night. My subconsciousness is getting nervous now and tries to push me out of my dreamless sleep. Half awake I am answering the phone only to figure out I am in an live interview on Radion Eins. Check it out right here;): Interview Radio Eins "Weck-Attack"

PRE-PRODUCTION AND CONCEPTS: WIKIMEDIA
		CROSS CHANNEL + OVER SEA COMMUNICATION: WIKIMEDIA DATABASE The whole team was kind of spread across the world (LA, NY, LND, BLN) in the early phase of the production. To communicate as fast and easy as possible I decided to use a Wikimedia engine as our creative headquarter and database in the web. Through all the time zones and individual working rythmes everybody could check out at any time the state of the video production, add comments and suggestions. The possibilities of interactive storyboards, it's non-linearity, the user - as - author philosophy makes the Wikimedia Engine a fantastic tool. Combined with a fast FTP server you can easily exchange and visualize ideas and speed up the whole production process enormously.


PRE-RENDERING VS. ON THE FLY EDITING		REALTIME COMPOSITING: THE CATALYST SYSTEM
Working for theatres and operas often means to make quick decisions on the fly. This often is quite challenging for the artists especially if you are working with video. Therefore we decided to follow two design strategies: highly detailled and carefully edited moments and a more commonly usable kit of bits, pieces and scenes of video that were pre-selected and organized in a library.		The whole video parts were played back on a cue to cue basis from a catalyst system. Basic edits, masks and colors could be modified during the rehearsals in realtime. Hello and thanks to Rob, our operator!

SCENE "CORONATION" (2D / 3D Animation + COMPOSITING)
		CONCEPT / 2D + 3D ANIMATION: LENGTH: FORMAT: CORALS FOOTAGE RESEARCH: WATER PLANTS: MUTATED CORALS:	SEBASTIAN PURFÜRST 4:30 mins PAL 16:9 MICHAEL HOLLINGER SEBASTIAN PURFÜRST MICHAEL HOLLINGER SEBASTIAN PURFÜRST ASLAN-SEBASTIAN MALIK



SCENE "Senecas DEATH" (FILMED FOOTAGE / COMPOSITING)
		CONCEPT: POST / COLOR GRADING: DESIGNERS / FILMERS: ORIGINAL FOOTAGE:	SEBASTIAN PURFÜRST CHRISTIAN PLÄHN SEBASTIAN PURFÜRST SEBASTIAN PURFÜRST CHRISTIAN PLÄHN YVES JATES FILMED ON HD / RE-SCALED TO PAL



VIDEO KIT "POPPEA ADVERTS" (EDITING)
		PHOTOGRAPHY STILLS: CONCEPT, PHOTOGRAPHY / EDITING:	SVEN SCHRADER SEBASTIAN PURFÜRST


DESIGN STUDY "POPPEA - SHADOW DAEMON"
	CONCEPT: POST / COLOR GRADING: DESIGNERS / PHOTOGRAPHERS: ORIGINAL FOOTAGE:	SEBASTIAN PURFÜRST SEBASTIAN PURFÜRST SEBASTIAN PURFÜRST CHRISTIAN PLÄHN YVES JATES FILMED ON HD / RE-SCALED TO PAL


DESIGN STUDIES "NERO / NERONE LOGOS" (COMPOSITING)
	PHOTOGRAPHY, EDITING, POST,COLOR GRADING: NOTES:	SEBASTIAN PURFÜRST Some of these logos are based on cheap flashing OPEN neon signs I filmed in Berlin at a turkish take away place. Originally they were used in a THE HOTEL visuals (Last Sight) but it turned out that's it is a small step from OPEN to NERO.


DESIGN STUDIES FOR THE PROLOGUE: DIVINE FASHION VICTIMS (COMPOSITING)
	PHOTOGRAPHER, DESIGN, POST: NOTES:	SEBASTIAN PURFÜRST These animations are based on my huge video texture pool full of flashing LED / neon stuff filmed around the world. I've created several visuals with it - there's endless possibilities with a good pool of material.


VIDEO KIT "POPPEA - SHADOW DANCE" (COMPOSITING)
	DESIGN, POST, COLOR GRADING, PHOTOGRAPHY: ADDITIONAL WATER TEXTURES:	SEBASTIAN PURFÜRST CHRISTIAN PLÄHN


SCENE "LSD / SEX / ORGY" (COMPOSITING)
	DESIGN / ANIMATION: FOOTAGE:	SEBASTIAN PURFÜRST SEBASTIAN PURFÜRST FLORAFAUNAVISIONS


DESIGN STUDY "CUBA DIVE" (COMPOSITING)
	DESIGN / ANIMATION: FOOTAGE: ADDITONAL WATER TEXTURES:	SEBASTIAN PURFÜRST SEBASTIAN PURFÜRST MICHAEL HOLLINGER CHRISTIAN PLÄHN



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