The one-man band
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The one-man band |
| Original title | One man band |
| Country of production | United States |
| Publishing year | 2005 |
| length | 4 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Mark Andrews Andrew Jimenez |
| script | Mark Andrews Andrew Jimenez |
| production | Osnat Shurer |
| music | Michael Giacchino |
The One Man Band (OT: One Man Band ) is a four-minute short film from 2005, produced by Pixar . It is available on the DVD of the computer animation film Cars .
action
A tired-looking musician begins to play a multifunctional instrument in a deserted place with a fountain in the middle. While playing, he looks at an empty metal cup on the floor and lets his gaze wander over the square. Suddenly a little girl comes out and walks purposefully towards the fountain, ignoring the musician. When she tries to throw a gold coin into the fountain, the musician draws attention to himself with a high-pitched musical note. The musician starts playing again and the girl approaches him with interest. During the game he pushes the metal cup forward with his left foot. When the girl hesitantly looks at the cup at the end of the music game, he gestures for the girl to put the coin in there. Just before the girl is about to do so, guitar music can be heard from the background. The musician looks surprised in the direction of this music and the girl turns around too.
A string musician opens a roll of paper hanging from a relay, on which he is shown playing the violin. Then he begins to play a string instrument and accompanies himself on a flute. Fascinated by this melody, the girl walks over to him. Still playing, the player bends forward slightly while a head figure on a scissor-joint construction emerges from his hat, which also wears a hat, which automatically swivels in front of her head and should indicate to the girl to put her coin in there. When the girl tries to do this, the first musician starts playing again while balancing on a drum. With this acrobatic performance, he overestimates himself and falls to the ground. After a short silence, the string musician just shakes his head and starts playing again. The first musician gets up and goes to great lengths to get the girl's attention for himself. Visibly annoyed, the string musician pulls the bow over his string instrument with a hideous sound and lets it fall to the ground. On his back from a quiver he draws a new bow and begins a brisk piece of music. Also very annoyed, the first musician pulls a kind of rip cord and a folding mechanism opens, on the arm of which 16 small trumpet players let go of an infernal noise. The string musician then pulls a ripcord and wing-like cantilevers emerge from behind his back on the left and right, on which 10 violins automatically playing over cables join the piece of music.
In the “music duel” that now follows, the two opponents soar alternately in a louder and higher pitch that the girl is torn between the two. In the end, the girl is pushed with her back to the fountain by the musicians and is so frightened at the finale that she covers her ears and the gold coin slips from her, also because of the now enormous volume. This rolls over a manhole cover, turns again slightly, and then falls through the manhole into the sewer system. Six pairs of eyes look after the coin through the manhole cover until only a distant impact on the surface of the water can be heard.
The girl is about to cry and her lips are trembling slightly as her sadness turns to anger while the two musicians look at her helplessly with wide eyes. With an evil look, she alternately holds out her left, open hand to the musicians in order to receive compensation from them. They just look at each other, completely embarrassed, and feel hastily at their trouser pockets and jackets to make it clear to the girl with a gesture of hand and shoulder that they have no coins with them. Now even angrier, the girl points with her right index finger at the left, outer violin that hangs on the strings of the string musician. While the string musician looks at the girl in complete amazement, the other musician tears off this violin without a word and hands it over to the girl. Then he gives her the matching bow. When the girl has the instrument, she turns away from the musicians and positions herself on the square. In doing so she raised the first musician's cup with the bow and placed it in front of her.
During the first attempts to elicit notes from the violin, only a scratching occurs and the musicians cover their ears in disgust. The girl tunes the violin once, twice, and she's already playing the instrument like a young god, so that the musicians sit up and take notice in surprise. During their game, footsteps can be heard approaching and seconds later a sack full of gold coins falls on the cup. The girl immediately ends the game, drops the violin and bow and sets off with the sack to leave the place. When she is at the level of the fountain, she looks graciously at the two musicians, reaches into the sack and holds a gold coin in her left hand. The faces of the musicians brighten, but neither of them knows which of them will receive the gold coin. The girl makes a brief gesture and you can see two gold coins lying on top of each other. Now the musicians are beaming and they nod to the girl to give them the coins. The girl waves the coins and shows the musicians to pick them up from her. As the musicians run towards the girl, she throws the coins over her shoulder into the upper basin of the fountain with a skillful movement. The musicians look in amazement at the coins as they sink into the basin. While they look behind hopelessly, a string on the instrument of the string musician breaks. In the credits you can see the musicians trying to get to the coins during the twilight, with the first musician balancing on a drum and the string musician standing on the head and the bass drum of the first musician and just in front of the upper basin of the fountain stretching out your arms. When he just touches the pelvis, they lose their balance and the film ends.
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The film was directed by Mark Andrews and Andrew Jimenez and produced by Pixar. It appeared on the Cars DVD. In the film there is no speaking, the music is in the foreground. The short film was nominated in 2006 for an Oscar in the category Best Animated Short Film 2006 , but lost to the short film " The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation " .
Web links
- The one-man band in the Internet Movie Database (English)