Ballade

Film miniature with classical music score in the narration layer, inspired by a vocal performance of Fryderyk Chopin’s Ballade in f minor op. 52 by Novi Singers. The starting point is the separateness, loneliness of bodies, souls, thoughts, feelings of a Woman and a Man.

A dark silhouette of a man appears in the empty space of the frame. He waits. When the night comes, HE disappears. A white silhouette of a woman appears. SHE too waits expectantly. When finally they wait longer than usual, they meet for the first time. This is a unique moment which contains the entire magic of the birth of love. Physical distance seems not to matter. After amorous ecstasy comes the time for life. Each of them creates an image of the other person in their own world. They lose themselves in activities only seemingly connected with the loved one. And suddenly, they feel that they are growing apart, that even the image of their love has gone…

Directed, screenplay, artwork, animation, photography by Joanna Jasińska – Koronkiewicz
Music by Frederic Chopin Ballade in F minor Op. 52
Music arranged and performed by Novi Singers
Editing, sound by Maciej Ćwiek, Krzysztof Napierała
Camera Assistant by Krzysztof Napierała
Produced by Mariola Olejniczak
Film Editor by Katarzyna Komorowska
Executive Producer by Ewa Sobolewska
Film made by panting animation directly under camera, Digital Betacam, B&W, format 16:9 HD, 03:30’
Film co -financed by Polish Film Institute
Producer, distributor: TV Studio Filmów Animowanych Sp. z o.o Poznań
Date of production: 15.02.2010 © TV SFA