Moderately and Melodiously

(trailer) single-channel loop, 8:57 + installation version, 3:00, loop, 2013

Moderately and Melodiously is a short film adaptation of a story by French writer and filmmaker, Marguerite Duras. The story concerns the banal life of a wealthy woman, and her varying relationships with her child, the child’s piano teacher and an unemployed, working class man she meets at a cafe. My piece centers on the unfolding drama between the child — a young piano student, and her teacher. Exploring the relationship between teaching and learning, the parts that will and ego play, and how desire and enthusiasm can be found, the piece can be described as melodramatic.

CREDITS:
Gabrielle Jennings - Director
Phoebe Johnson - Piano Student
Michelle Olsen - Piano Teacher
John Tanzer - Director of Photography
Sasha Freedman - Editor
Larkin Donley - Camera Operator
Dan Kanes - Digital Imaging Tech
Marc Doten - Sound Recordist
Agnieszka Jakubowski - Hair and Makeup
Paul Sabater, Spot Welders - Trailer Editor/Post Processing
Max Weiner - On Set Photography/PA
Filip Kwiatkowski - Production Assistant

SPECIAL THANKS:
Samsung Faculty Enrichment Grant, Art Center College of Design
Orange Grove Meeting House
Ethan Johnson
Stork Lawrence
Haines Hall