Kvadrat

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Movie
Original title Kvadrat
Kvadrat film poster - one sheet - 327x220px.jpg
Country of production France ,
Russia
original language English , Russian
Publishing year 2013
length 107 minutes
Rod
Director Anatoly Ivanov
script Anatoly Ivanov
production Yury Rysev
Anatoly Ivanov
music different
camera Anatoly Ivanov
cut Anatoly Ivanov
occupation

Andrey Pushkarev
(as himself)

Kvadrat is a documentary from the year 2013, the daily life of a Techno - DJs shows.

The role model for the protagonist is the Russian DJ Andrey Pushkarev. The film is conceived as a mixture of road movie and music video . The documentary not only illuminates the atmosphere in the night clubs , but also gives a look behind the scenes of a life as a DJ. The film documents a journey from Switzerland via France, Hungary, Romania to Russia. In Kvadrat there are no interviews , no explanatory voice-overs , no data, no numbers. The narrative aspect is reduced to the visual and the musical background. The aim is to offer the viewer the greatest possible freedom in interpreting what is happening on the screen and not to impair him with "disturbing" elements, as in usual documentaries.

The film focuses on haunting snapshots, which are intensified by the background music. The director tries to stage the film away from the traditional dramatic structures.

In addition to the general facade of DJ work in night clubs, Kvadrat addresses topics such as: DJ tour , fatigue , sleep deprivation , self-destruction , absurdity, loneliness, the purpose of art and stereotypes of the artist.

action

DJ Andrey Pushkarev wakes up in his apartment in Moscow , packs his records in his suitcase and makes his way to Domodedovo Airport to fly to Zurich . Upon arrival, he is greeted by the supermarket club promoter. After a short sleep in his hotel room, he is woken up by his alarm clock in the middle of the night, packs up his things and sets off for his performance. After the gig , he gets on the train to Geneva and falls asleep again. After a brief visit to a friend in Geneva, he takes a flight back to Moscow.

This “storyline” is the first loop of the film, which Pushkarev repeats over and over again in the following film, with minor deviations.

When he arrives at his apartment in Moscow, he first processes his booking inquiries before selecting the records for his next gig from his stock of vinyl . He takes a taxi to the Leningrad train station and gets on the train to Saint Petersburg . Once there, he listens to new tracks on Beatport . In the evening he is driven to the Barakobamabar, where his next performance is due. At dawn he and a friend take the metro to the train station.

Back in Moscow - and back to a new action "Loop" - he sits together with friends and talks about his dream, only during the day "hang up" and move the techno clubs industry to the people by a health-promoting situation to to steer.

After a short trip on the metro , he hangs up at Club Mir and then flies back to Geneva . From Geneva he takes the train to Olten via Bern , where the promoter receives him and drives him to Club Terminus. There are technical problems there: The Technics SL-1210 turntables do not want to downshift from 45 to 33 rpm. In addition, a technician from the club later brushes the tone arm with his hand . Andrey tiredly takes a taxi to his hotel, where he processes further booking requests on the computer.

The following morning he takes the train to Lausanne and changes to a TGV to Paris. After a performance at Club 4 Éléments he travels to SWISS - hub in Zurich where he was to fly to Budapest dates.

The club crew takes him from Budapest to Kecel , where he plays in front of a large crowd at Club Korona. On the way back to Budapest he falls asleep in the car and misses the skyline of the capital. Once at the hotel, he once again only has a limited number of free hours before he drives back to the airport, which ends another “loop”.

When he arrived in Zurich, he booked a flight to Bucharest . Once there, he is driven to Craiova to hang up at Club Krypton without sleep or a break. The next day he missed the return trip because of one of the heaviest snowstorms in Romania . He arrives at Cluj-Napoca's club called Midi, hangs up for an ecstatic crowd, and then finds himself back in the car on the way back.

At the end you can see Andrey on the beach, where he looks after the waves and after a short time leaves the picture. His suitcase with the plates remains in the picture last.

Production and project development

Due to the limited budget, Anatoly Ivanov acted as a writer, co-producer, director, cameraman, editor and sound engineer. Ivanov and Yury Rysev jointly funded the project. All those involved worked without a fee, so that despite the low budget of 100,000 euros, it was possible to film in five countries.

Locations

Kvadrat was filmed in:

Camera technology

The film was recorded on 55 shooting days between August 27, 2011 and July 16, 2012. It was taken with standard photo lenses in 1080p HD format with 2 Canon 1D mark 4 cameras. The crew consisted practically only of Anatoly Ivanov. Ivanov did without additional equipment such as dollies , cranes , steadicams , tripods, jibs and autorigs , as well as his own lighting.

Editing and post production

The editing was in Final Cut Pro X realized. The post-production started immediately after the shooting and took a year. There were countless difficulties, ranging from interfering pixels in the recordings to the hardware used (a MacBook Pro from 2011 and a pair of Sony MDR7506 headphones). went.

music

Kvadrat contains 35 tracks played by DJ Pushkarev, spanning various sub-genres of techno , from deep house to dub techno to minimal techno and electro :

  1. “Abyss” by Manoo - Deeply Rooted House, 2008
  2. “Direct” by Kris Wadsworth - NRK Sound Division, 2009
  3. “La Grippe (Helly Larson Remix)” by George Soliis - Wasabi, 2011
  4. “Air” by Havantepe - Styrax Leaves, 2007
  5. “Mauna Loa” by Mick Rubin - Music Wins Friends, 2009
  6. “Soul Sounds (Freestyle Man Original Dope Remix)” by Sasse - Moodmusic, 2005
  7. “Tammer (David Duriez Remix From Da Vault)” by Phonogenic - 20:20 Vision, 2000
  8. “Track B1” by Slowhouse Two - Slowhouse Recordings, 2008
  9. “Post” by Claro Intelecto - Modern Love, 2011
  10. “Acid Face” by Scott Findley - Iron Box Music, 2003
  11. “Warriors” by Two Armadillos - Secretsundaze Music, 2007
  12. “Grand Theft Vinyl (JV Mix)” by Green Thumb vs JV - So Sound Recordings, 2004
  13. “Tobacco (Alveol Mix)” by Kiano Below Bangkok - Only Good Shit Records, 2011
  14. When The Dark Calls by Pop Out and Play - Alola, 2001
  15. “Circular Motion (Vivid)” by Christian Linder - Phono Elements, 2002
  16. “Blacktro (Demo 1)” by Jerome Sydenham and Joe Claussell - UK Promotions, 2007
  17. “Green Man” by Mr. Bizz - Deepindub.org, 2008
  18. “Tahiti” by Ben Rourke - Stuga Musik, 2011
  19. “Willpower” by Joshua Collins - Prolekult, 2002
  20. “Lullaby For Rastko (Herb LF Remix)” by Petkovski - Farside, 2011
  21. “Agape Dub” by Luke Hess - Modelisme Records, 2009
  22. “Glacial Valley” by Makam - Pariter, 2011
  23. “The Time” by Vizar - Jato Unit Analog, 2011
  24. “Libido” by Sean Palm and Charlie Mo - Railyard Recordings, 2008
  25. “Ahck (Jichael Mackson Remix)” by Minilogue - We, 2007
  26. “Altered State (Artificial Remix)” by Jason Vasilas - Tangent Beats, 2004
  27. “Modern Times (Dub Mix)” by Hatikvah - Baalsaal, 2009
  28. “That Day (Loudeast Black Label Remix)” by DJ Grobas - Thrasher Home Recordings, 2004
  29. “The Hills (John Selway Dub)” by Filippo Mancinelli and Allen May - Darkroom Dubs, 2011
  30. “Running Man” by Petar Dundov - Music Man Records, 2007
  31. “Ice” by Monolake - Imbalance Computer Music, 2000
  32. “Lucky Punch” by Peter Dildo - Trackdown Records, 2006
  33. “Live Jam 1” by Rhauder - Polymorph, 2011
  34. "Can U Hear Shapes?" by Pop Out and Play - Alola, 2001
  35. “Be No-One” by Charles Webster - Statra Recordings, 2001

genre

Ivanov combined the genres road movie and music video and created a techno musical with only a few dialogues. He adapted the aesthetics of fictional and non-fictional film material and removed the clichés of a documentary in order to have the opportunity to make his own type of film. What is shown should speak for itself and evoke emotions, and the viewer should also be animated to question what is happening for themselves.

publication

The film was quietly released on Vimeo on October 17, 2013 in 720p resolution . It includes subtitles in English, French and Russian. So far it has been played 53,000 times there ("plays", not "loads"). The cinema premiere took place during the “Come Together” festival on April 18, 2014 in Rostock . There it was shown in a 2K DCP resolution.

reception

The public and the press were surprised at such a debut without an advertising campaign.

The audience praised the aesthetic, atmospheric, realistic and musical attributes of the film, its realistic nature, the decision to forego traditional interviews and the innovative editing.

See also

  • Speaking in Code - a documentation in the field of electronic dance music
  • Berlin Calling - a feature film that takes place in the electronic music scene

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Director Anatoly Ivanov's article about the production details of Kvadrat February 17, 2014
  2. ^ FilmStarts.de Kvadrat
  3. ↑ Pulse Radio ( Memento of the original from July 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Kvadrat Documentary Shows The Realities Of Techno DJing, January 31, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / pulseradio.net
  4. ↑ Kvadrat original synopsis from February 2011 June 23, 2014
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g Kvadrat director's thoughts about his film 8 July 2014
  6. ↑ Berlin Mitte Institute ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Kvadrat - film about the jet setting of techno DJs, April 8, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.berlin-mitte-institut.de
  7. ↑ Mixing.dj ( Memento of the original from May 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Kvadrat: Russian road-movie by the side of Andrey Pushkarev, October 29, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / mixing.dj
  8. ↑ Kvadrat (en) - credits
  9. ↑ Shot on What? ( Memento of the original from November 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - Kvadrat (2013) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / shotonwhat.com
  10. ↑ Visual Imaging News ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Issue 2014-01, page 16 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.visualimagingnews.com
  11. ↑ a b The DJ's Journey ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Digital Media World, March 13, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.digitalmedia-world.com
  12. ^ Kvadrat Gear - a feature documentary about the filming of Kvadrat, by Anatoly Ivanov
  13. ↑ Kvadrat official track list
  14. ↑ Diffus Mag ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Checked in, May 12, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / diffusmag.de
  15. ↑ Kvadrat director tweet about the film October 17, 2013
  16. ↑ Kvadrat (en) on Vimeo
  17. ↑ Kvadrat (fr) on Vimeo
  18. ↑ Kvadrat (ru) on Vimeo
  19. ↑ Come together festival program
  20. ↑ Lichtspieltheater Wundervoll cinema programming ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.liwu.de
  21. ↑ StepCamera.de The documentary 'Kvadrat' was shown at the 'Come Together' Festival in Rostock, June 19 2014
  22. ↑ 0381 Magazin Mitternachtskino - Kvadrat
  23. ↑ kinoprogramm.com cinemas from Rostock
  24. ↑ Nightparty.ru Вышел фильм о "реалиях техно диджейства" , October 17, 2013
  25. ↑ Das Schöne Leben Kvadrat, Russian road movie & music documentary about the everyday life of DJs, October 20, 2013
  26. ↑ Synthtopia New Documentary Looks At The Reality Of Techno DJing, April 30, 2014
  27. ↑ Mixmag ( Memento of the original from October 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. «Квадрат». Фильм с участием Андрея Пушкарева, October 22, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mixmag.info
  28. ↑ ALAAF and KICKIN 'review