MusicStories

Jungbrunnen-Special

Storyline

The MusicStories short film anthology tells stories inspired by classical music in six episodes. It makes use of various genres and visual languages - from black-and-white silent films to historical melodramas and roman c comedies. Specially interpreted classics such as Beethoven's "Für Elise" and "In the Hall of the Mountain King" by Edvard Grieg serve as the film music. The format creates a new kind of access to the audience through the symbiosis of classical music and narrative film.

About the film/director

Elena Walter has a Bachelor of Arts in Design Media Communication and a Master of Arts Film. In 2016, together with filmmaker Emanuel Fusillo, she founded the creative duo “Eye-catcher”. Elena works as a director, auteur filmmaker and creative producer. She is inspired
inspired by stories about people emancipating themselves in a world full of personal contradictions and dystopias.
contradictions and dystopias. The spectrum of her projects covers a wide range of formats, from classic short films to digital series and VR experiences. She has been a certified Green Consultant Film & TV since 2022 in order to use
sustainable forms of production in her projects and to incorporate “green storytelling” when writing scripts.

FILMOGRAPHY:
• Stille Begegnung – short film
• Schaulustige – short film
• Nucleus – short film
• Alles wird wieder gut – short film
• The Pittoresque Piano – short film
• Invasive Memories – interactive film
• MusicStories – short film anthology

Credits

Director:

Elena Walter, Emanuel Fusillo, Matthias Hektor Ventker

Script:

Elena Walter, Emanuel Fusillo, Matthias Hektor Ventker

Camera:

Jonas Schmieta

Editor:

Elena Walter

Sound:

Jannis Heidemann

Producer:

Elena Walter, Emanuel Fusillo

Contact:

Blickfänger Filmproduktion

E-Mail:

hello@blickfaengerfilm.com

• Germany

• no dialogue / subtitles: English
• 2024
• 28 min