Music In The Air
Vienna is beautiful. Its music is wonderful. Everybody is flying high.
25 minutes film by Werner Boote for the New Year´s Concert 2012 of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Mariss Jansons.
With "The Philharmonics": Tibor Kovács, Thilo Fechner, Roman Jánoška, Stephan Koncz, Ödön Rácz, Daniel Ottensamer, František Jánoška und Shkelzen Doli
and: Kenia Bernal Gonzalez, Mayuna Hasebe and many others.
Broadcasted worldwide: 01.01.2012, between the first and the second part of the New Year´s Concert
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Kenia Bernal Gonzalez high above the castle Belvedere, Vienna
Director Werner Boote created this wonderful portrait of the city of Vienna, its people, “The Philharmonics” and their music. The idea of people floating in the air – lifted by the spirits of music – came to him while looking at a painting of René Magritte, “Golconde”.

photos:
Flug über Wien
Kellnerin am Stephansplatz

articles:
Kurier
Kronenzeitung
Oberösterreichische Nachrichten
Österreich
Kleine Zeitung: "Der Pausenfilm bringt die Menschen zum Schweben", 29.12.2011

credits:
written and directed by: Werner Boote
photography: Harald Staudach, Dominik Spritzendorfer, Heribert Senegacnik
costume designers: Nora Abeska, Christoph Birkner
edited by: Tom Pohanka
make up: Susanne Weichesmiller
assistent director: Rudi Takacs
stunt coordinators: Erwin Reichel, Christian Schmidt
lightening: Herbert Kohlhammer, Mathias Pötsch, Patrick Stupnicki
CGI postproduction: Ralf Ricker
production manager: Heribert Fuchs, Florian Michel, Thomas Weidinger, Walter Hämmerle
commissioning editor: Heidelinde Rudy
producers: Felix Breisach, Michael Heinzl
Felix Breisach Medienwerkstatt, ORF 2012

Kenia Bernal Gonzalez, The Philharmonics and director Werner Boote
Take a look how SCARY the shooting of this film was!

A crane brings actress Kenia Bernal Gonzalez high up to the sky.
In the final film you of course do not see the wires. They have been removed by Ralf Ricker.
Most of the shots have been filmed on original location. But sometimes we did not get the permission to film with the heavy cranes in front of historical buildings or our cranes could not lift the actors high enough. That´s why we had to do additional shooting in the studio with green screen.


Five cameras "RED" in the studio close to Vienna.