Agnete and The Merman

This legendary feature length music film is an adaptation of an immersive sonic theatre piece originally staged by the composer Cristian Vogel as a commission for the Aarhus European Capital of Culture in 2017. The story is loosely based on a Scandinavian supernatural folk ballad of the same title. In the staged version, the actors and audience were immersed in the music as it played through a 24 channel Funktion-One sound system set up in a theatre in Aarhus, Denmark.

The parallel film project was filmed on set during rehearsals and edited into a movie by Tanya Goehring and Trevor Jacobson aka The Automatic Message. 

The cinematography and resulting film capture in detail many sensations of the original piece whilst extending the narrative in a surprising way.

The soundtrack of the film has been remixed especially in High Order Ambisonics, mixed down and mastered into stereo.

*Official Selection: Aarhus European Capital of Culture 2017*
*Official Selection: Render International Music Video Festival 2017*
*Official Selection: ZKM InSonic Immersive Futures 2017
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Credits:
Merman: Siegmar Aigner
Agnete: My Nilsson
Cinematography and Video Edit: The Automatic Message
Music and Sound Design: Cristian Vogel
Make up and Fashion: VOFT / Valeriya Olkhova
Staging and Choreography: Cristian Vogel
Inflated Restraint Scenography: CITA
Additional Lighting: Sune Petersen
Photography: Tanya Goehring
Production: NeverEngine Labs