Red & The Kingdom Of Sound - an animated adaptation of Benjamin Britten's The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra

Gomm, Phil; Holland, Simon; Harmer, Denise; Buckner, Jordan

Red & The Kingdom Of Sound - an animated adaptation of Benjamin Britten's The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra

Gomm, Phil and Holland, Simon and Harmer, Denise and Buckner, Jordan (2017) Red & The Kingdom Of Sound - an animated adaptation of Benjamin Britten's The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra. [Animation, Audio work, Digital art, Exhibition/show, Film, Performance, Sound art, Theatre, Video]

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Gomm, Phil and Holland, Simon and Harmer, Denise and Buckner, Jordan

Description/Abstract:

Red & The Kingdom Of Sound is an animated adaptation of Benjamin Britten's 1945 composition, The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra. Red & The Kingdom Of Sound was written, directed, art-directed, produced and edited by Phil Gomm.

Red & The Kingdom Of Sound visualises the symphony orchestra as a fantastical realm comprising fifteen different architectural districts deriving from the different musical instruments of the orchestra. Red, the animation's protagonist, personifies the new-comer to classical music as he makes his way through the distinctive musical terrains of Britten's orchestral landscape.

The animation has been devised to be screened with live accompaniment by symphony orchestras and was commissioned as part of the ONE is more project. The ‘ONE is more’ project, funded by Creative Europe, aims to develop partnerships across boundaries internationally and culturally.

In addition to an ongoing programme of performances in France, Germany, Poland, Bulgaria, Slovenia and Slovakia, Red & The Kingdom Of Sound is also being disseminated to European schools on DVD as part of their respective music curricula. Red & The Kingdom of Sound will also screen at the Lyon Biennale in March 2018. With the assistance of translators, Phil Gomm introduces the animation at the live screenings, explaining the conceptualisation and creative processes of the film's production.

Item Type:

Art/Design Item

Other Contributors:

Alan Postings

Official URL:

https://vimeo.com/371102193

Date:

17 November 2017

Material:

3D Computer Animation / Autodesk Maya, Photoshop, After Effects

Measurements or Duration:

17 minutes 23 seconds

Funders:

Creative Europe Programme of the European Union

Locations / Venues:

Location

From Date

To Date

Lyon Biennale, France

4 March 2018

Concert Hall, Katowice, Poland

18 January 2018

Volkhaus, Jena, Germany

19 November 2017

Theatre Municipal, Abbeville, France

17 November 2017

Jeu de Paume Theatre, Albert, France

16 November 2017

Projects or Series:

ONE is more, An Orchestra Network for Europe (ONE)

Uncontrolled Keywords or tags :

classical music, music

Schools:

Other Departments > Research & Innovation
School of Film, Media & Performing Arts

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Depositing User:

Phil Gomm

Date Deposited:

06 Feb 2018 14:52

Last Modified:

24 Apr 2025 10:22

Gomm, Phil, Holland, Simon, Harmer, Denise and Buckner, Jordan

Art/Design Categories:

Animation, Audio work, Digital art, Exhibition/show, Film, Performance, Sound art, Theatre, Video

URI:

https://research.uca.ac.uk/id/eprint/4683

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